Story byDETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 27: Claressa Shields, poses with the WBC Elizabethan Belt and the WBO World Lightweight and Heavyweight Title belts after a second-round KO over Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse at Little Caesars Arena on July 27, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Terrell Groggins/) | Getty ImagesAdam GuillenMon, February 23, 2026 at 5:14 AM UTC·2 min readThe No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer in the world, and self-proclaimed GWOAT, Claressa Shields, was back in action last night (Sun., Feb, 22, 2026) against Franchon Crews-Dezurn in Detroit, Michigan in a rematch 10 years in the making. From the jump, the two ladies wasted no times getting acquainted once again as they each channeled their inner-Max Holloway and started throwing bombs in the center of the ring.