Savannah Marshall intends to bounce again from her high-profile loss to Claressa Shields towards the undisputed super-middleweight champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn.
Marshall will problem Crews-Dezurn for the unified WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF world titles on the AO Area in Manchester on the June 17 Liam Smith vs Chris Eubank Jr Sky Sports activities Field Workplace invoice.
Marshall and Crews-Dezurn have an opponent in frequent. Shields is the one skilled boxer to have overwhelmed every of them.
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Savannah Marshall admits her defeat to Claressa Shields was ‘arduous to take’, however is set to return again stronger in her subsequent battle towards Franchon Crews-Dezurn
Marshall beat Shields in an beginner contest over a decade in the past and the 2 have had a bitter rivalry ever since, which culminated of their epic title battle final yr.
In a lower-key event, Crews-Dezurn stepped in to field fellow American Shields in a professional debut for each of them in 2016.
Crews-Dezurn nevertheless had a warning for Marshall.
“The distinction is she had 10 years, 10 months and 10 rounds to organize for Claressa Shields. Myself, I had two and a half weeks and Claressa is that good so I give her credit score there. However for me I am only a totally different animal,” the champion informed Sky Sports activities Information.
Marshall and Crews-Dezurn confronted each other to file The Gloves Are Off forward of their June 17 world title battle.
“Taking place to middleweight [for Marshall’s previous title fights] made her a weight bully,” Crews-Dezurn stated afterwards.
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The ill-feeling between Savannah Marshall and Franchon Crews-Dezurn got here to a head on the finish of the press-conference
“However I am a real super-middleweight and I really feel like she’ll really feel the distinction in energy, physicality and every little thing. It’ll be enjoyable. She is aware of.
“The distinction will probably be simply dealing with me.”
The American additionally emphasised that her abilities prolonged past boxing, even bursting into music reside on Sky Sports activities Information.
“I design my very own boxing attire. I sing. I songwrite. I am truly a co-promoter on this battle,” Crews-Dezurn stated.
“You solely reside life as soon as. I am an undisputed champion preventing all over the world. I do know I’ve obtained a few followers out within the UK. Who is aware of, I would stroll out and sing.”
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Undisputed champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn despatched a powerful message to challenger Savannah Marshall
On that entrance no less than, Marshall doesn’t intend to compete together with her American rival.
“I am not a singer,” Marshall stated, however joked: “Give me a few vodkas and we’ll see.”
She’s going to although relish the boxing contest with Crews-Dezurn.
“She’s powerful, robust, bodily, loads of coronary heart, will probably be evening,” Marshall stated.
It may very well be simply the battle Marshall wants, after coming to phrases with a loss to Shields that was troublesome to just accept.
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Savannah Marshall says she’s trying ahead to transferring up in weight to face Franchon Crews-Dezurn and has known as the battle a ‘show-stealer’
“It was actually painful, I used to be 100 per cent assured going into that battle,” Marshall defined. “Though Claressa is a world-class fighter, she actually carried out, I noticed the very best Claressa I’ve ever seen.
“It was arduous to take, a bitter tablet to swallow notably as a result of we aren’t the very best of buddies.”
However she added: “It is the way you come again, is not it?”
The comeback for Marshall begins on June 17.
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