Claressa Shields just captured the undisputed crown in the middleweight division this past weekend.
And now Katie Taylor has a chance to follow suit in the lightweight division.
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The WBA/IBF/WBO champion will face WBC champ Delfine Persoon with the undisputed lightweight crown on the line on June 1 as part of the Anthony Joshua-Jarrell Miller card at Madison Square Garden, live and exclusively on DAZN.
It's on!! #Undisputed #AllTheBelts pic.twitter.com/UATqPSQI3o
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) April 16, 2019
After scoring a ninth-round TKO over Rose Volante to capture the WBO title last month, Taylor immediately expressed her intentions to face Persoon for the undisputed crown and now she has her wish.
“It’s great that she has finally signed for the fight and I’m delighted that (Matchroom Boxing promoter) Eddie (Hearn) has been able to make it,” Taylor said in a Matchroom Boxing news release statement Tuesday. “After my fight last month, I went back home for a week but then it was straight back to Connecticut to start the hard work in training camp for this fight. When I turned professional my first goal was to win a world title, but then my next priority was to become undisputed champion, so obviously this fight gives me the opportunity to do that, so it’s massive for my career."
If Taylor (13-0, 6 KOs) successfully defeats Persoon (43-1, 18 KOs) she’ll become just the third woman ever to become an undisputed champion, with current welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus being the first and Shields the second.
