Savannah Marshall is the first to admit her victory over Clarissa Shields in the amateur ranks holds little bearing heading into Saturday’s undisputed showdown at The O2 – but that will not stop her from dropping the occasional reminder.
A points defeat to Marshall a decade ago remains the sole blemish on the glistening resume of Shields while fuelling a rivalry that will come to fruition at the tip of a historic all-female card this weekend.
“It was a long time ago, 10 years ago, it means nothing, but like I said before it gets under her skin, it winds her up so of course I’m going to bring it up,” said Marshall.
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Shields recently suggested the loss to Marshall had been a “robbery” though played down the idea of a rivalry as the pair attended Wednesday’s Grand Arrival event in London.
She said: “You guys (the media) have created that rivalry yourselves, we fought in 2012 when I was 17, she got the decision but I went on to win the Olympics twice and the World Championships three times. If you ask me it’s really not a rivalry, but we’ve never been able to fight again so we get to fight again and see who is the better professional.”