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Claressa Shields surpasses Oleksandr Usyk, Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue with record-breaking win

Claressa Shields made history on Sunday night.

The self-proclaimed GWOAT of boxing unified all four belts in the women's heavyweight division by dominating the significantly overmatched Danielle Perkins over the distance.

Shields beat Perkins convincingly to unify all the belts at heavyweightCredit: GETTY
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Shields, boxing in her birthplace of Flint, Michigan, dropped the previously undefeated Perkins in the tenth and final round with a right hook en route to a comfortable unanimous decision victory.

The three judges scored the fight in her favour by margins of 97-92, 99-90, and 100-89 to improve her unblemished record to 16-0.

Her triumph at heavyweight comes after the two-time Olympic gold medallist's undisputed reigns in the super welterweight and middleweight divisions.

In doing so, she became the first three-weight undisputed champion in the four-belt era.

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Prior to this weekend, Shields was tied with Oleksandr Usyk (cruiserweight and heavyweight), Terence Crawford (super lightweight and welterweight) and Naoya Inoue (bantamweight and super bantamweight) on two.

But her latest triumph takes her clear of the pack.

She is also the first undisputed female heavyweight champion (175lbs plus) in history as well.

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Speaking after her record-breaking win, Shields said: "Danielle was strong, she was definitely a problem but my experience and my skills got me over it.

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