Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse: Pick, Prediction and Odds

Our resident boxing expert Rob Tebbutt breaks down this weekend's bout between Claressa Shields and Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse with two titles at stake, and he gives his pick and prediction for the fight.

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Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse prediction

Claressa Shields faces Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse on Saturday night in Detroit, with the self-styled ‘GWOAT’ looking to etch her name even further into boxing folklore.

Shields, already a three-weight world champion and two-weight undisputed champion, seeks titles in her fourth and fifth weight classes when she challenges for Lepage-Joanisse’s WBC heavyweight title; with the vacant WBO light-heavyweight title also at stake. A unique state-of-play that, in truth, does more to highlight the issues with depth in the female code than prove a valid measure of Shields’ undoubted greatness.

As is often the case in her fights, Shields is a prohibitive favorite to win outright and, with just two stoppages in her perfect 14-fight career so far, is odds-on at -275 to win by Decision/Technical Decision.

Despite Shields to win by KO/TKO being priced at a tempting 2/1, I feel Lepage-Joanisse being more acclimatized to boxing at a higher weight, and Shields’ tendency to coast in the two-minute round format should see the Canadian hear the final bell.

Rob Tebbutt's Pick

Claressa Shields by Decision/Technical Decision (-275)

Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse odds

	Claressa Shields	Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse
Money Line	-3500	+1300
To Win by KO/TKO/DQ	+200	+2500
To Win by Decision/Technical Decision	-275	+3300

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Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.