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Shields makes stunning start
- Updated: November 20, 2016
Claressa Shields made a spectacular start to her professional career with an explosive win over fellow debutante, Franchon Crews.
The double Olympic champion won a unanimous decision over four fierce rounds in which both women were constantly on the attack as the T-Moble Arena in Las Vegas, began to fill up.
Shields, who won middleweight golds at London 2012 and in Rio this summer, and former American Idol contestant Crews, were in at super-middleweight.
The pair were both looking to hit the healdines before Sergey Kovalev and Andre …