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Claressa Shields Wins Junior Middleweight Title, Beats Ivana Habazin in Unanimous Decision

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Claressa Shields wore a crown over her blue, braided hair, and shouted a victorious call-and-answer plea to the crowd.

“What’s my name!?”

“What’s my name!?”

“What’s my name!?”

She’s been called T-Rex, an Olympian, the GWOAT and absolutely, call her champ.

Shields, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, remained undefeated and won the 154-pound championship with a unanimous decision over overmatched Ivana Habazin on Friday night at Ovation Hall.

“I am the greatest woman of all time ’cause she couldn’t do nothing with me,” Shields said. “Zero.