Ever since Claressa Shields burst on to the scene with a stunning gold medal run in the 2012 Olympics no one has been able to stop her. Shields earned her second straight World Championship on Friday defeating the Netherland’s Nouchka Fontijn, a bronze medalist from 2014, in the finals 3-0. Shields for the first time in the tournament didn’t win by a sweep on all three judges cards with two of them scoring it 39-37. Still with the way she performed over the last week and her dominance over the last four years it would be a major surprise to see Shields not standing with a gold medal around her neck in Rio.

It’s a shame that all the women’s weight classes aren’t going to Rio because Shadasia Green in the +81kg division was really impressive this week and despite losing 3-0 (all judges 39-37) to Kazakhstan’s Lazzat Kungeibayeva in the final would be a real good story in Rio after winning a silver this week.

Some of these US women may be competing in the Women’s National Golden Gloves Tournament in Fort Lauderdale, Florida July 5th-9th.

Previous 2016 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Coverage:
Preview
Thursday Update
Friday Update
Saturday Update
Sunday Update
Monday Update
Tuesday Update
Thursday Update