After losing her middleweight title, Savannah Marshall is ready to claim gold in another division. The Brit heads to super middleweight to face Franchon Crews-Dezurn for the latter’s undisputed super middleweight championship on July 1.
The fight takes place at the AO Arena in Manchester and airs on ESPN+ in the U.S. and Sky Sports in the U.K. This bout was intended to be the co-main event under Liam Smith vs. Chris Eubank Jr. 2, but Smith backed out due to an injury.
Marshall is a former WBO middleweight champion. “The Silent Assassin” stopped Hannah Rankin in 2020 for the belt and successfully defended it three times. She last fought in October, losing to Shields in a bid to become the undisputed champ at the O2 Arena.
Date: Saturday, July 1 | Sunday, July 2
Start time: 2 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. PT | 7 p.m. BST | 4 a.m. AEST
Main event: 5:15 p.m. ET | 2:15 p.m. PT | 10:15 p.m. BST | 7:15 a.m. AEST
Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs. Savannah Marshall is on July 1. The main card starts at 2 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. PT | 7 p.m. BST | 4 a.m. AEST. The main event should begin around 5:15 p.m. ET | 2:15 p.m. PT | 10:15 p.m. BST | 7:15 a.m. AEST, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
"Boxing is not a team sport. You have support from your coaches. Yes, your training partner's beside you, but when it's you and I in the ring, or you and whoever in the ring, it's just you two," the American said.
"When you lose, you could throw the blame. When I lose, they throw me away."
Reacting to Crews-Dezurn's claim she'd be 'easy work', Marshall said: "That's a lie."
The Briton is determined to be a champion again. "I want it more than ever," she said. "I'm craving it.
"I can't walk away after that loss. I can't walk away with nothing. I want the belts. I want to be known as a champion."
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