No one can beat me under this planet

Savannah Marshall has stated that no one on the planet can beat her as she attempts to set up a super fight with Claressa Shields.

Marshall will defend her WBO middleweight title against Femke Hermans on Saturday. A victory for her will set up a world title fight against Shields.

Shields is travelling to the UK to observe Marshall but Marshall said she is not distracted by it.

Marshall responded to questions that Shields was coming to watch the fight in Newcastle by saying, “My boxing speaks for itself. Everyone keeps saying how can you focus on Femke [Hermans] when everyone is talking about Claressa? But the thing is, they’ve all been talking about Claressa for the last four or five years”.

“She’s always been creeping about in the background for me. So this is nothing new.”

The WBO champion continued as she spoke about her focus on Femke. “I’m quite tunnel-visioned when it comes to who’s in front of me, and I know that I can’t overlook Femke and the skills she’s got and what she brings”.

According to her, Femke “… is definitely the toughest fight of my career to date. She’s a former world champion, has only been beaten by world champions. So I’m expecting a tough night on Saturday.

“So obviously, get Femke out of the way and then there’s nothing in the way of setting up a massive fight between me and Claressa.”