Days before making history at State Farm Arena, Claressa Shields held her media day in Atlanta, and FreddyO was there with the camera. The undisputed champion was all smiles and all business as fight week got underway.
Fight week in Atlanta
Shields was preparing to face Australia’s Kaye Scott for the WBA and WBC middleweight titles in the first women’s fight ever to headline State Farm Arena. To get there, she dropped down to 160 pounds for the first time since 2023, cutting roughly 38 pounds over a 14-week camp.
How it played out
The work paid off. Shields stopped Scott in the sixth round to improve to 19-0, picking up the fourth stoppage of her pro career. See all of FreddyO’s photos from fight night here.
Click through the gallery below to see the photos from media day.
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