{"id":21409,"date":"2021-05-20T17:10:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=21409"},"modified":"2021-05-20T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:10:24","slug":"new-series-claressa-shields-premiering-exclusively-on-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/20\/new-series-claressa-shields-premiering-exclusively-on-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"New Series: &#8220;Claressa Shields,&#8221; Premiering Exclusively on ESPN+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21410\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ESPN_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ESPN_logo.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ESPN_logo-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Claressa Shields<\/strong><\/em>, a new four-part, all-access series, premiering exclusively on ESPN+ in June, will give fans a behind-the-scenes look at Shields&#8217; quest to become the greatest two-sport athlete of all time, simultaneously maintaining her dominance in boxing while making her debut in mixed martial arts. A two-time boxing Olympic Gold Medalist and the first professional boxer &#8211; male or female &#8211; to win undisputed world titles in two separate weight divisions in the four-belt era, Shields has now set her sights on an MMA championship as part of her ambitious goal to be recognized as the undisputed, greatest woman in combat sports.<\/p>\n<p>From Shields&#8217; humble beginnings as a young girl who discovered boxing in a tough Flint, Michigan neighborhood, to winning Olympic Gold in London and Rio, to establishing herself as the No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxing champion, Claressa Shields tells her unique and inspiring story as she continues to rise.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4027810817\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first episode of the series, premiering Thursday, June 3, captures Shields as she prepares to make her MMA debut with the Professional Fighters League in a lightweight bout versus Brittney Elkin at PFL 4 on Thursday, June 10, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 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