Claressa Shields Pursues Middleweight Titles Against Scott

Claressa Shields fights for the WBC and WBA middleweight titles against Kaye Scott on Saturday in Atlanta, topping a fight week that also brings heavyweight prospect Teremoana to Australia and the return of Redneck Brawl 14.

The matchup with Scott, as Bad Left Hook reports, pairs Shields against a 42-year-old champion who carries a 5-1 record with no knockouts. Shields opened as a minus-3000 favourite. Scott holds both belts at 160 pounds, but the talent gap looms wide enough that the promotion is leaning on the unification angle rather than competitive drama. Shields — who calls herself the GWOAT — has cycled through MMA, heavyweight experiments, and scattered championship runs while searching for compelling opponents in a shallow talent pool.

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Teremoana Headlines Wednesday From Gold Coast

Teremoana, a Paris Olympics standout who lost to Bakhodir Jalolov before the medal rounds, meets American DeAndre Savage in his 12th professional outing. Savage owns an 11-1 mark with 11 knockouts, but all his stateside appearances ended in either a no contest or his lone defeat. DAZN carries the card at 5 a.m. Eastern from Australia, with Michael Zerafa facing Alejandro Ortiz in support.

Redneck Brawl 14 streams Saturday night from Johnson City, Tennessee, on the event's proprietary platform. The amateur slugfest features dozens of three-round bouts, including a main event between Frankie LaPenna — who reportedly built an online following with fake-butt videos — and brawl regular Sasquatch. Stalekracker, a former police officer turned Cajun spice entrepreneur, joins the commentary team. The card also includes Tennessee Cornbread, Lil' Smokey, Man Bear Pig, and a grudge match between Lil' Fire and Lil' Terry after Fire knocked out Terry's brother Larry in 10 seconds at the last event. The stream costs $22.99.

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On the Shields undercard, Emmanuel Tagoe — last seen losing to Ryan Garcia in 2022 — faces Tito Mercado, while WBC featherweight/" class="internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2">super featherweight champion Carolyn Veyre meets IBO titlist Bernice Ferreira in a unification bout. Troy Isley also appears on the Atlanta card.

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• Bad Left Hook — Claressa Shields, Teremoana, and Redneck Brawl 14: Boxing schedule and previews for August 12-15, 2026