SAVANNAH MARSHALL sensationally punched her ticket to an undisputed title fight, sending a harsh message to Claressa Shields, her ringside rival.
Shields traveled to Newcastle to see from up close as Marshall, her hometown hero, made routine defense of her WBO title against Femke Shemans.
Claressa Shields will be fought by Savannah Marshall
The unbeaten champions of middleweight - who will now place all four belts on line - faced each other in the ring.
Marshall, 30 said that Claressa and I are the only ones standing in our way, so Claressa and me in the summer.
"I know Claressa cannot answer my power. It will be good night when I land on Claressa. Claressa was severely hurt by my actions.
"It's Great Britain against America, it's always great rivalry."
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Marshall was the only person to beat Shields in their amateur days. She spent the first round boxing and moving, gaging Shields' long range.
In round three, she ended the show with dramatic style as former world champion Hermans, 32 was knocked out by a huge left hand.
Shields, a double Olympic gold medalist, will now wear her WBC, WBA, and IBF belts to avenge her 2012 defeat by Marshall.
She stated that she had as much punch power and was sorry to admit, but if that's the only thing I can look forward to, it will be a wipeout.
Marshall is a heavyweight with ten KOs in twelve wins. But Shields, the undisputed champion at two-weight, remains fearless.
The US star stated: "You must have power, skill, and you have all that to beat me."
"It won't take one punch to deal with me. It's going be a lot."
