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Claressa Shields, the undefeated and undisputed women’s heavyweight boxing champion, steps into the ring for the second time in 2025 on Saturday, July 26 when she puts her titles on the line against Lani Daniels. Shields vs. Daniels serves as the main event of the DAZN boxing card from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Betting Odds And Line Movement
Claressa Shields is a massive -10000 betting favorite over Lani Daniels, who is listed as the +1800 betting underdog heading into the undisputed women’s heavyweight title fight.
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels
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Shields (16-0-0) is the most decorated women’s boxer in history. A two-time Olympic gold medal winner, the 30-year-old from Flint Michigan, turned pro in November 2016.
In her fourthpro fight, Shields earned the WBC and IBF super middleweight belts with a TKO win over Nikki Adler. Two fights after that, Shields won the vacant WBA and inaugural IBF middleweight titles with a decision victory over Hanna Gabriels. She added the WBC middleweight crown in November 2018 with a decision over Hannah Rankin. Then, in her ninth pro fight, Shields picked up the WBO middleweight belt with a 2019 decision over Christina Hammer. With that victory, Shields became the undisputed middleweight champ.
In January 2020, Shields moved down to junior middleweight to face Ivana Habazin for the vacant WBC and WBO titles in that weight division. Shields won that contest via unanimous decision. Then, in March 2021, Shields became the undisputed junior middleweight champ when she defeated Marie-Eve Dicaire via unanimous decision.
Shields then defended her middleweight titles three times between February 2022 and June 2023.
In July 2024, Shields moved up in weight to face Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse. Shields won that fight by second-round TKO to become the WBC and WBF heavyweight champ. She was also named the WBO light heavyweight titleholder.
In her most recent outing, Shields went 10 rounds with Danielle Perkins to become the undisputed heavyweight champ.
ESPN has Shields ranked as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in women’s boxing.
Daniels is the No. 1 ranked women’s light heavyweight according to ESPN. The 37-year-old New Zealander turned pro in 2017. In her first attempt to win the WBO light heavyweight title, Daniels fell short, falling to Geovana Peres by decision in 2019. That matchup was a rematch of a 2018 scrap, which Peres won by split decision. Those losses remain the only blemishes on Daniels’s record.
In May 2023, Daniels earned the vacant IBF heavyweight belt with a unanimous decision over Alrie Meleisea. She has defended that belt once before dropping to light heavyweight, where she won the vacant IBF light heavyweight crown with a majority decision over Desley Robinson. Daniels defended her light heavyweight title in September 2024, beating Bolatito Oluwole by unanimous decision.
Daniels has never fought outside of New Zealand.
Claressa Shields Tags 3 Legends In Latest Callout
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Tale Of The Tape
Claressa Shields
Record: 16-0 with three knockouts
Age: 30
Height: 5’8″
Reach: 68″
Stance: Orthodox
Lani Daniels
Record: 11-2-2 with one knockout
Age: 37
Height: 5’6.5″
Reach: 67″
Stance: Orthodox
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Breakdown
Lani Daniels is not an opponent that Claressa Shields can take lightly or overlook, but she is someone who is not on the same level as Shields. Daniels has been a champion at light heavyweight and heavyweight, but she is smaller and slower than Shields. Daniels might have experience against opponents who are bigger than her, but she has not stepped into the ring against a foe as talented as Shields.
Daniels’s trainer, John Conway, has implied that his fighter plans to make the fight an ugly brawl against Shields, which frankly, might be her best bet to win. Despite her unbeaten record and skill set, Shields only has three knockout wins in her career and two of those victories came in her first four pro fights.
If Daniels does give a brawling approach to the Shields fight early, she can always adopt a more technical approach as the bout wears on if that style is not helping her on the scorecards.
The gap is skills is pronounced in this matchup, and the betting pick is a Shields win via decision.
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Full Fight Card
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Main Event
Claressa Shields (16-0) vs. Lani Daniels (11-2-2): 10 rounds, for Shields’ undisputed heavyweight championship
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Undercard (DAZN)
Samantha Worthington (11-0-0) vs. Victoire Piteau (14-2-0): 10 rounds, for the vacant WBA women’s junior welterweight interim title
Caroline Veyre (9-1) vs. Licia Boudersa (24-3-2): 10 rounds, featherweight
Pryce Taylor (8-0-0) vs. Robert Simms (12-4-1): Eight rounds, heavyweight
Tony Harrison (29-4-1) vs. Edward Ulloa Diaz: 10 rounds, middleweight
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Undercard (YouTube)
Leon Lawson III (17-1-0) vs. Ryan Wilczak (11-1-0): Eight rounds, middleweight
Da’Velle Smith (12-0-0) vs. Martez McGregor (9-8-0): Eight rounds, super middleweight
Cameran Pankey (11-1-0) vs. Dominique Griffin (6-9-2): Six rounds, featherweight
Jaquan McElroy (2-0-0) vs. Joshua Flores (5-6-0): Four rounds, middleweight
Claressa Shields On Lani Daniels Fight
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“I am so excited to be defending my Undisputed Heavyweight World Championship in Detroit at Little Caesars Arena,” said Shields. “My fights continue to get bigger and better. My opponent, Lani from New Zealand is coming to bring all the smoke, or so she says! This fight will be a sellout of 19,000 so get your tickets and be there to witness herstory on July 26 with the GWOAT.”
Lani Daniels on Claressa Shields Fight
“To be the best you have to fight the best. I te pō pouri rawa, ka ara te marama, ā, ka kitea te pono,” said Daniels in her native Māori. “On the darkest nights the full moon will rise and the truth will be revealed.”
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Fight Card Date:
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Fight Card Time:
8:00 p.m. ET
Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels Fight Card Location:
Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan
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We will have more on the Claressa Shields Vs. Lani Daniels fight as fight night nears.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2025/07/24/claressa-shields-vs-lani-daniels-fight-odds-predictions-and-picks/