Savannah Marshall and Franchon Crews-Dezurn go head to head in Manchester tonight, with the latter’s undisputed super-middleweight titles on the line.
Franchon Crews-Dezurn will defend the undisputed super middleweight championship today against Savannah Marshall, in the main event bout of a Boxxer show from AO Arena in Manchester, England.
The fights air starting from at 2 pm ET on ESPN+ in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
Marshall will meet her American opponent at the AO Arena in Manchester and has vowed to improve on her defeat to Shields.
Like Marshall, the only defeat of Crews-Dezurn’s career came against Shields.
Savannah Marshall lost her unbeaten record to pound-for-pound superstar Claressa Shields last October but returns to action with another undisputed title up for grabs.
Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) moves north to super middleweight to take on Franchon Crews-Dezurn for all four major titles at 168 lbs.
Marshall was unsuccessful in her attempt to become an undisputed champion at middleweight, outboxed by a furiously frantic Claressa Shields last year. Undeterred, she now challenges Crews-Dezurn for the four belts at super-middleweight.
The ‘Silent Assassin’ had earned a perfect 12-0 record, including 10 KOs, before coming up against long-time rival and undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields in October. The Hartlepool boxer lost a unanimous decision but has been given the opportunity to fight for undisputed status at super middleweight against Franchon Crews-Dezurn.
Crews-Dezurn defeated Elin Cederroos last September by unanimous decision, capturing the WBA and IBF super middleweight titles with the win. She has held the WBC title since 2018 and the WBO title since 2019. Her career accolades are outstanding, considering the 36-year-old had an unorthodox journey to stardom.
Having suffered a first professional loss last time out against Claressa Shields, Marshall hasn’t wasted any time with a warm-up bout and on Saturday night will step up a division to challenge Crews-Dezurn – a fierce fighter who is putting all four of her super-middleweight titles on the line at the AO Arena in Manchester.
