Claressa Shields Wins Best Boxer Award Over Gervonta Davis, More at 2023 ESPYS

The 2023 ESPYs will take place on Wednesday night, and the winner of Best Boxer award was unveiled early.

Undisputed light middleweight champion Claressa Shields was honored with the award for the first time in her legendary career, beating out fellow nominees Gervonta "Tank" Davis, Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson.

Shields is now the first female to win Best Boxer at the ESPYs in the award's 19-year history. She joins heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and pound-for-pound star Canelo Alvarez as recent winners of the award.

Shields (14-0, 2 KOs) is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Maricela Cornejo last month in her only fight so far this year to retain her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, WBF, and The Ring female middleweight titles. Cornejo was a late replacement for Hanna Gabriels, who was removed from the June 3 fight after testing positive for a banned substance.

Prior to that, Shields took part in a historic matchup against Savannah Marshall at O2 Arena in London in October, as they were the first two women ever to headline a boxing event at a major venue in the United Kingdom. Shields won that fight by unanimous decision to claim the WBO middleweight title.

The 28-year-old is the first and only boxer, male or female, in the four-belt era ever to hold undisputed titles in two weight classes simultaneously. She also was once a super middleweight titleholder, which makes her the fastest boxer ever to be a three-division champion.

Shields' next fight has yet to be announced, but her future opponents will have a hard time knocking her off her perch as the Best Boxer in the game.