“It feels great to win in Detroit,”
said Shields. She won the women’s
WBC and IBF super middleweight (168
pounds) championships. “I worked
real hard in the gym, I trained, I
ate right, I went to sleep on time,
I was real focused,” Shields said.
“I blocked all negativity, said
Shields post-fight. (Photo by Bob
Ryder/Tell Us Detroit)
In the
co-main
event,
super
bantamweight
Jesse
Angel
Hernandez
(Fort
Worth,
Texas)
defeated
Vladimir
Tikhonov
(St.
Petersburg,
Russia)
on a TKO
at 2:25
of the
fifth
round.
“It was
a super
quality
win for
Jesse,”
said his
manager,
The
international
win puts
the
southpaw
contender
into
consideration
for
title
shot
positioning.
(Photo
by Bob
Ryder/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Shields
Dominates
in
Detroit
Victory
Tex-Mex
Fighter
to
Undefeated
Russian,
‘Good
Night’
By
Raymond
Rolak
Tell Us
Detroit
Sports
DETROIT
- It was
a
spirited
and
home-style
crowd at
the MGM
Ballroom
urging
Claressa
Shields
onward
and
upward.
They
were
there to
see
Shields
defeat
the
women’s
pro
Nikki
Adler
from
Germany.
It was
the
undefeated
and much
more
experienced
Adler.
It
didn’t
take
much
urging
and it
didn’t
take the
full ten
rounds.
From the
opening
bell,
Shields
put
strong
jabs
into the
face of
the
former
champion.
In later
action
Shields
followed
with
many
scoring
and
heavy
body
blows.
Shields,
the
two-time
Olympic
gold
medalist
from
Flint
stopped
Adler at
1
minute,
34
seconds
of the
fifth
round,
the
referee
ending
the
fight
and
calling
the TKO.
Shields
(4-0, 2
KO’s)
dominated
throughout
the bout
and
Adler
(16-1, 9
KO’s)
never
mounted
a
threat.
“It
feels
great to
win in
Detroit,”
said
Shields.
She won
the
women’s
WBC and
IBF
super
middleweight
(168
pounds)
championships.
“I
worked
real
hard in
the gym,
I
trained,
I ate
right, I
went to
sleep on
time, I
was real
focused,”
Shields
said. “I
blocked
all
negativity,
said
Shields
post-fight.
Adler
had no
answer
for the
power
jabs
that
Shields
peppered
her
with.
“Claressa
was
definitely
the
better
fighter,”
Adler
said. “I
was
never
hurt
during
the
fight,
but I
had no
strength
and felt
fatigued.
I don’t
know
why. I
couldn’t
do the
things I
wanted
to.”
Adler
did seem
distracted
somewhat
with new
boxing
shorts.
She kept
tugging
at them
while
being
pummeled
by the
offensive
onslaught
from
Shields.
Adler’s
corner
seemed
ill-prepared
and gave
her no
strategic
answers
to mount
counter
offensive.
In the
co-main
event,
super
bantamweight
Jesse
Angel
Hernandez
(Fort
Worth,
Texas)
defeated
Vladimir
Tikhonov
(St.
Petersburg,
Russia)
on a TKO
at 2:25
of the
fifth
round.
Hernandez
(9-1, 7
KO’s)
controlled
the
majority
of the
fight
against
Tikhonov
(16-1),
who was
making
his
United
States
debut.
Hernandez
trapped
Tikhonov
in a
corner
in the
fifth
round
and
Tikhonov
looked
in
trouble.
“I know
I had
him in
the
third
round,
he was
grunting
from my
body
punches,”
said
Hernandez.
“It was
a super
quality
win for
Jesse,”
said his
manager,
The
international
win puts
the
southpaw
contender
into
consideration
for
title
shot
positioning.
Another
Texan,
from San
Antonio,
Jose
Elizondo
(3-3)
fought a
spirited
six
round
draw
against
previously
unbeaten
and
untied,
JaRico
O’Quinn
(7-0-1,
5 KO’s)
of
Detroit.
Elizondo
knocked
down
O’Quinn
in two
separate
rounds
in the
bantamweight
bout. He
was too
tentative
early in
the six
rounder.
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