Boxing famous person Claressa Shields has signed a “groundbreaking” $8m (£6.1m) promotional contract with Salita Promotions and Wynn Information.
The deal, which Shields stated on Thursday throughout an look on US tv spans two years, is essentially the most profitable within the historical past of ladies’s boxing.
The 2-time Olympic champion has received all 17 of her skilled fights, together with a memorable and historic 2022 victory over Britain’s Savannah Marshall on the O2 Enviornment, and is at the moment undisputed heavyweight world champion.
In an announcement launched with affirmation of the deal, Shields stated: “This deal represents greater than only a contract, it is a assertion.
“I’ve fought my entire career to prove that women’s boxing deserves equal respect, equal pay, and equal opportunity. Partnering with Salita Promotions and Wynn Records gives me the platform to keep breaking barriers inside and outside the ring. Together, we’re building something that’s never been done before.”
The five-division world champion, who goes by the moniker GWOAT [greatest woman of all time], has labored with promoter Dmitriy Salita for a lot of her skilled profession, however had the chance to discover different choices after their earlier contract expired in July.
Salita advised Sky Sports activities Information: “At the moment marks a groundbreaking step for girls’s sports activities and for boxing.
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Over two million viewers tuned into Shields vs Marshall making it the most-watched girls’s skilled boxing occasion in historical past and creating the largest viewers for a dwell girls’s sport occasion on Sky
“Claressa Shields has signed a multi-year, multi-fight partnership with Salita Promotions and Wynn Records-the richest deal in women’s boxing, with a minimum guarantee of $8m – pairing the GWOAT’s championship talent with a powerhouse in music and culture.
“This athlete-led collaboration units a brand new commonplace for a way fighters construct their careers, and I am proud we’re doing it with Claressa because the trailblazer.”
Shields’ most up-to-date bout was a unanimous-decision victory over Lani Daniels in July.
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Unified welterweight champion Lauren Worth is concentrating on a future struggle with pound-for-pound famous person Shields
The 30-year-old is anticipated to subsequent face Franchon Crews Dezurn, who she beat on her skilled debut in 2016.
In the meantime, unbeaten Britain’s welterweight world champion Lauren Worth has repeatedly expressed hope of taking over fellow Olympic champion Shields sooner or later.
