Shields vs Marshall most watched women’s pro fight in boxing history

Claressa Shields versus Savannah Marshall was the most-watched women’s professional boxing event in history.

More than two million viewers tuned into the historic all-women boxing card making it the biggest audience for a live women’s sport event ever on Sky.

Shields beat Marshall to become the undisputed middleweight world champion in one of the best fights of the year so far. The bout headlined an iconic show presented by Sky Sports and promoter BOXXER which was the first-ever all-female boxing event televised in the UK and Ireland.

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A peak audience of over one million watched as Shields secured a unanimous decision victory to unify all four of the major middleweight titles and cap off a historic night.

The Mikaela Mayer vs Alycia Baumgardner world title fight and, some of the UK’s most exciting young boxers, including Olympic gold medallist Lauren Price, Olympic bronze medallist Karriss Artingstall and Tokyo Olympian Caroline Dubois, featured on the show.