Savannah Marshall made quick work of Femke Hermans on Saturday, stopping her with a crunching left hook in the third round to set up a summer showdown with rival world middleweight champion Claressa Shields.
Marshall made a third defense of her WBO world middleweight title with a stunning knockout of Hermans, who took Shields to points in 2018, in front of her home fans at the Newcastle Arena in England, and attention immediately turned to a clash with Shields to crown an undisputed world middleweight champion.
Shields had travelled from the United States to be ringside, and after Marshall's triumph the pair squared up and resumed their verbal hostilities ahead of what will be one of the biggest fights in the history of women's boxing.