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Claressa Shields successfully defended her undisputed middleweight title with a lopsided unanimous decision over Maricela Cornejo on Saturday night in Detroit.
Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) won with a score of 100-89 on one card and 100-90 on the other two.
"You saw the best of me tonight," she said. "The only thing I could have done better than I did tonight was get a knockout, and I think I would have knocked a lot of girls out with the punches I landed. Maricela is smart and she's tough."
Shields has won two Olympic gold medals and professional titles at super welterweight, middleweight and super middleweight.
Cornejo (16-6) hasn't beaten an opponent with a winning record in more than four years. She opened her statement by thanking Shields.