Savannah Marshall vs Claressa Shields imminent, as Richard Riakporhe closes in on world title struggle | Boxing Information

British fighters Savannah Marshall and Richard Riakporhe are near securing main title showdowns.

Marshall has been in negotiations for an undisputed middleweight title conflict together with her nice rival, US star Claressa Shields.

Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and multi-weight skilled champion, is without doubt one of the best fighters within the ladies’s sport. However she has by no means fought Marshall as a professional. The Briton, with a 2012 novice victory over Shields, is the one boxer to have crushed the American. Each would relish renewing hostilities of their long-running feud.

BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom is near finalising the competition between Marshall, the WBO 160lb titlist, and Shields, who holds the IBF, WBA and WBC belts on the weight, within the UK on Sky Sports activities.

“It isn’t introduced but. There’s plenty of hypothesis as to what is going on on with that struggle, we all know it may be within the UK. Lots of people are speculating as to when it will be,” Shalom instructed Sky Sports activities Information.

“[There’ll be a] huge press convention in London which I am trying ahead to. It has been a very long time coming. It has been quite a bit longer for Savannah and Claressa than for me. They have been ready for this their entire careers. The numbers, the anticipation for that, I believe we will see one thing we have not seen earlier than.”

After demolishing Fabio Turchi so impressively earlier this month, London cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe is advancing in direction of a world title shot himself. Promoter Shalom is eyeing a struggle with the WBC cruiserweight belt-holder Ilunga Makabu for Riakporhe later this yr as nicely.

“We’re very shut [to a title fight]. Richard, that was his dream 12 months in the past. He is now on the point of it. He does not care which one it’s. I choose the WBC Makabu route. I believe that is an ideal one for Richard,” Shalom mentioned.

“He [Riakporhe] appears the half, he appears as if he can take anybody on and he appears as if he can knock anybody out. I hope he’ll struggle for a world title this yr.”