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Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano were supposedly in line to be included on the inaugural card. If you have actually been itching to see what Zuffa Boxing was everything about, you’ll need to wait till at least2021
Contrary to last week’s report from the Montreal Journal that women’s boxing star Claressa Shields would heading the inaugural Zuffa Boxing reveal on December 11 th, it appears there will not be any card at all. The Athletic’s Sarah Shepard reported that the present COVID-19 pandemic is excessive for Dana White’s boxing venture to conquer.
In spite of reports on the contrary @TheAthleticBOX understands there will be no Zuffa women’s boxing event kept in Nevada in December due to the present obstacles presented by COVID. Substantial pity – would have been a big opportunity for a few of the greatest names in women’s #boxing.– Sarah Shephard (@SarahShepSport) November 11,2020
At present there is no rescheduled date and no continuing commitment to the fighters included, though the door has actually been exposed for strategies to be revisited in future. #boxing– Sarah Shephard (@SarahShepSport) November 11,2020
Real kicker for the likes of Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano who I comprehend were both due to have unification fights lined up.– Sarah Shephard (@SarahShepSport) November 11,2020
Shields was apparently set to face Marie-Eve Dicaire for the merged WBO, WBC, and IBF junior middleweight titles. She has not combated because January and now it looks like she will not complete again till2021
The December 11 th date would’ve been on the eve of UFC 256, which initially featured Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson as the headliner. There have actually been talks regarding Shields potentially battling Nunes, however nothing major has actually ever emerged whether it’s in boxing or MMA. Nunes is now off of UFC 256 with a medical issue, and Shields never ever even got officially revealed as the very first Zuffa Boxing headliner.
And so Zuffa Boxing’s launch stays on standby, three years after White announced his plans to get into the boxing promo company.
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