Crews-Dezurn and Marshall on a WAR footing!

The undisputed super middleweight world champion, American Franchon Crews-Dezurn, will defend her titles against the former world middleweight champion, British Savannah Marshall, this Saturday at the Manchester Arena in England, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports and ESPN.
Crews-Dezurn (8-1, 2 KOs) was an international amateur standout before turning professional in 2016 against two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields. She has remained undefeated since the loss to Shields, capturing the vacant WBC crown via majority decision against Maricela Cornejo in September 2018 and winning the vacant WBO title in a rematch against Cornejo two years later. In her last fight, Crews-Dezurn defeated then-undefeated WBA and IBF champion Elin Cederroos by 10-round unanimous decision to become the undisputed queen.

Marshall (12-1, 10 KOs) is a two-time Olympian who has a win over Shields as an amateur. She made her professional debut in August 2017 and captured the vacant WBO middleweight world title with a seventh-round TKO victory over Hannah Rankin in October 2020. She defended it three times, all by stoppage. In her last fight, her feud with Shields culminated in an undisputed middleweight title showdown that gave Marshall her first loss as a professional. She now looks to become champion again in her second shot at undisputed glory.

Both fighters were face to face in the final press conference of this highly anticipated encounter.
“We train to take punishment. We train for war. I am a 10 round fighter. She’s used to being a knockout at middleweight who knocks out girls in the first or second round. I went to war in 10 rounds with an excellent athlete like Elin Cederoos, in my last fight, a former unified champion. I’m ready for anything,” Crews-Dezurn commented.

For her part, Marshall commented: “This fight means everything to me, being crowned undisputed champion will be great. She is here now, she has all the belts and saves me from having to pick them up one by one. She has brought them all to me. I’m ready to get in the ring and do my best. It will be a war.”