MMA fighter Dakota Ditcheva considers how Savannah Marshall could match up with Claressa Shields in an MMA bout rather than a boxing match: “She’s just a natural fighter and a good athlete”; plus Peter Fury, Marshall’s boxing coach, explains how she is on course for the Shields rematch
Savannah Marshall has embarked on a new career in mixed martial arts to pursue her rivalry with America’s Claressa Shields.
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Shields is boxing’s undisputed middleweight champion but recently competed in the PFL SmartCage and Marshall will make an MMA debut herself in June.
Shields beat Marshall in a thrilling 2022 title fight. Although Marshall went on to go undisputed at super-middleweight, they could meet again down the line, in MMA or boxing.
Dakota Ditcheva, an MMA fighter who also competes in PFL, believes Marshall could get her revenge in an MMA contest.
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“It would be an exciting fight. Their journey in boxing together has brought a lot of eyes to the sport so I can only imagine it would be an absolutely amazing match-up in MMA as well. Savannah really impressed me when she came to train, I haven’t seen Claressa. But I’m backing Savannah 100 per cent, she really impressed me,” Ditcheva told Sky Sports.
She admires both for making this foray into a new sport.
