My Art My Rules
From My Perspective
Claressa Shields retains titles with 10-round unanimous decision against Tori Nelson
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Shields' domination continued Friday night retaining her middleweight world titles. The 22-year-old two-time Olympian from Flint, Michigan decided to turn pro in hopes of being the greatest woman of all time.
Being ringside documenting the bout behind the camera, I thought Claressa threw every punch with power and accuracy. This was my first time watching Tori Nelson in person and she was a tough, skilled fighter. I know I'm not supposed to talk about age with women (forgive me grandma), but she held her own.
“I’m not happy because I didn’t win, but other than that I thought I executed pretty well,” said the 41-year-old Nelson. “I gave her a better fight than she was expecting.
“No disrespect to Claressa, she doesn’t have great power. She has great speed and she overwhelms you with a lot of punches. My movement threw her off like I knew it would but knowing she was the champion, I needed to just push a little bit more.”Nelson said
