Claressa Shields to face Kaye Scott at middleweight

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Claressa Shields will move back to middleweight to challenge unified WBC and WBA titleholder Kaye Scott on August 15 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, live on DAZN. Shields (18-0, 3 KO) has moved across weight classes from 168 to 175 and back to 160 while seeking opponents she has not already beaten, and she is motivated by legacy and undisputed ambitions. Scott, a 42-year-old Australian, is 5-1-1 (0 KO) and won the WBC and WBA belts after a December majority decision rematch. The matchup follows promotional disputes that have limited Shields' available opponents.

Shields returns to middleweight to challenge Scott's WBC and WBA belts