Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott Live Updates and Highlights From Today's Boxing Card

"We are watching something special," analyst Sergio Mora said. "We are watching greatness."

That was the prevailing view across State Farm Arena, too, after Shields finished the fight by TKO at 1:38 of Round 6, drawing a surrender from Scott's corner.

"I think Kaye Scott brought a knife to a gunfight tonight," blow-by-blow man Todd Grisham said, "and Claressa Shields blew her away."

Shields said she cut from 198 pounds to 160 in 14 weeks on the way to her 19th career victory and her fourth win by knockout. It was her first finish since a second-round TKO of Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse at heavyweight in 2024.

Shields landed 92 of 208 punches compared to 60 of 103 for Scott.

"I'm happy with my performance," Shields said.

Shields' fundamental superiority was becoming more evident as she's been able to stay balanced and maintain position while throwing shots, compared to Scott's wild, winging punches that continually had her lunging and regaining position.

Shields began the fifth on the back foot looking to counter Scott's aggression, then quickly transitioned to a flurry of her own. The challenger fought well in either position, countering well during exchanges along the ropes in a neutral corner and out-landing Scott when pushing the action herself.

Scott's toughness was the primary story until she was blasted with a left hook about a minute into the sixth round. Scott reeled against the ropes and took an 8-count and was stopped soon after during a follow-up flurry when her corner indicated surrender by throwing in a series of towels.

Shields came out as if she was pining for a short night against Scott, moving forward on the front foot and winging hard hooks that nearly clipped the 5'10" champion as she pulled straight backward from exchanges.

A Shields flurry about 30 seconds into Round 2 was her biggest prolonged offensive volley of the early going, though Scott handled the pressure well and returned fire. Shields landed well to the body in another flurry in the round's final 30 seconds and landed to the head to punctuate the exchange.

Scott, with a huge hematoma bursting from her forehead, moved forward to begin the third round but was noticeably outgunned by a faster, busier opponent.

Little doubt that it's a 3-0 score for Shields.

Shields can add to an already prodigious collection of title bouts with a defeat of Scott, which would add the WBA and WBC middleweight straps to her trophy case.

Shields won and defended both the WBA and WBC titles from 2018 to 2023.

Scott began her career with four wins and a loss in her first five fights in her native Australia. She's since fought twice in the U.S., both in Michigan, and picked up a draw and a majority decision win over Olivia Curry.

Shields arrives as a prohibitive -6000 favorite to win. Meanwhile, a $100 bet on Scott would yield a windfall considering she's a +1200 underdog.

The judges agreed with the optics across the board, with one card going 97-92 for Isley and the other two matching the B/R card and winding up 96-93 for Isley, giving him a unanimous decision.

The win boosted Isley to 17-0 as a pro. It was Hicks' second loss in his last three fights after an 11-0 start to his career.

Isley landed 103 of 178 attempted punches while Hicks landed 52 power shots to Isley's 51.

Isley spent much of the final round coming forward and initiating the exchanges.

Neither landed a significant blow, though, and Hicks continued to attempt to stick Isley with left jabs as he came forward.

B/R gave the 10th to Isley for a final tally of 96-93.

Hicks remained content to stay on the back foot and react to Isley's aggression, though the strategy reduced his work rate by comparison to his foes.

Each corner team suggested its man was way ahead, and analysts Chris Mannix and Sergio Mora disagreed with what they were seeing at ringside, with Mannix seeing Isley as in control of the fight while Mora was more captivated by Hicks' approach.

The B/R card is leaning toward Mannix, with Isley in the lead, 86-84, with one round left.

Referee Antonio Mohan delayed the start of the fourth round while lecturing both fighters in their respective corners to "keep it clean" after several contentious clinches in the third round, including one in which both fighters tumbled to the mat.

Hicks was consistently effective from distance while Isley has fared better the more aggressive he's been, including another blow that sent Hicks stumbling off balance late in the fourth. Mohan penalized Isley a point for kidney punches late in the fifth, prompting analyst Chris Mannix to label the decision "egregious."

Isley pressed the action more frequently in the sixth and pulled into the lead on the B/R card—57-56 on points—with four rounds remaining.

Neither fighter was an offensive blur in the early going, though Isley consistently worked while moving forward and Hicks, who's both taller and longer, scored intermittently with jabs and lead left hooks from his right-handed stance.

Isley moved forward more in the second but caught a right hand from Hicks that sent him stumbling backward across the ring. Hicks was most effective when he worked his long jab, but he did it infrequently enough to give Isley a chance to be aggressive.

Isley continued applying pressure early in the third and clipped Hicks with a left hand than made the taller man's knees buckle along the ropes.

B/R had it 2-1 for Hicks—or 29-28 in points—through three rounds.

It'll be a familiar face across the ring for middleweights Troy Isley and Joseph Hicks, who met three times as amateurs.

They're scheduled for 10 rounds this time.

Isley, a 27-year-old fighting out of Virginia, is 16-0 with six KOs since turning pro in 2021.

Hicks, who won two of the three amateur bouts, is 12-1 with seven KOs and has been a pro since 2022.

As expected, Lozada won 29 of a possible 30 rounds across three official scorecards, with one judge seeing it 99-91 while the other two made it a 100-90 shutout.

"I think there are big things ahead for Lozada," analyst Chris Mannix said.

Lozada landed 130 of 220 punch attempts while Cuesta connected on 55 of 130.

Lozada punched well, moved well, and fought through apparent fatigue while eluding Cuesta's aggressive charges in the final round to seal what'll be a wide scorecard win.

B/R was prepared to give Cuesta the 10th but a final barrage that nearly drove Cuesta through the ropes in the final seconds was enough to change the direction.

Make it a whitewash, 100-90, after 10 rounds.

Now that she's gotten within two minutes of a fifth straight pro win without a loss, analyst Chris Mannix has gone all-in on Lozada's chances for a quick world title.

"I think there's no reason, in the next two fights, that she can't be fighting for a world title," he said. "Given her pedigree, her age and her skill set, I can see it real soon."

Cuesta began fighting more aggressively to begin the ninth round but Lozada countered well enough and initiated enough exchanges to win a ninth straight round.

It's 90-81 on the B/R card.

Lozada's shorter and cleaner shots allowed her to win nearly every exchange through rounds four and five as she continued to pursue a second career KO.

She continued to press from a southpaw stance and was finishing combinations with a sweeping right hook that was getting closer to landing every time she threw it.

Cuesta was bleeding from the nose in the fifth and sustained a cut over her right eye from an accidental headbutt in the sixth. Cuesta was driven back to the ropes from a series of hard left hands late in the sixth.

Still a shutout on the B/R card, with Lozada up, 60-54, on points through six.

Lozada was the aggressor from the start from a southpaw stance and landed the opening round's best punch, a left to Cuesta's body, with about 30 seconds to go. Cuesta played defense and backed up for the remainder of the round without throwing a punch.

It was more of the same into the second, with Lozada moving forward and noticeably sitting down on her shots, moving Cuesta nearly every time she landed. Cuesta was in a defensive position along the ropes as the round ended and didn't appear to have an answer.

An eventual stoppage seemed inevitable as the third round evolved and Lozada lashed Cuesta with shots with both hands and to both the head and body. Cuesta began winging left hooks in reply, but she was on the short end of every exchange.

An easy one to score through three, and B/R had it 30-27 for Lozada.

It's fight No. 2 of a four-fight main card and that means a scheduled 10-rounder at 122 pounds between Puerto Rico's Ashleyann Lozada and Mexico's Paulette Cuesta.

Cuesta, 35, is 19-5-1 with four KOs and last fought in June, when she won an eight-round majority decision over Karla Davila.

Lozada, also 35, is scheduled for 10 rounds for the first time and is 4-0 with 1 KO as a pro after participating in the 2024 Olympics.

Ferreira didn't score a KO or win a decision, but she still became a world champion when referee Malik Waleed DQ'd Caroline Veyre for excessive holding at 1:04 of the eighth round of their scheduled 10-rounder for Veyre's WBC title at 130 pounds.

Ferreira landed 54 of 148 punches attempted during the seven-plus rounds while Veyre connected on 49 of 174 shots.

Veyre's corner team protested the fight's ending and Waleed was loudly explaining himself to her lead trainer several moments after the official announcement was made.

Veyre had been penalized two points before the disqualification and B/R had it dead even, 66-66, at the time of the stoppage.

Veyre was docked again for holding early in the seventh, leaving analyst Sergio Mora to suggest she never learned how to fight inside during her upbringing in the sport. Ferreira scored with a hard left hook in the final 10 seconds, probably winning the round.

Veyre didn't fight out of a few clinches early in the eighth and, stunningly, the championship changed hands when referee Malik Waleed pulled the plug and disqualified her for excessive holding at 1:04.

Analyst Chris Mannix immediately expressed his disagreement with the official's call.

"I'm very surprised that at this stage of a fight a referee would disqualify her," he said. "I can see another point taken away. But that, I don't know. To DQ a fight that's still close at this stage is an overly aggressive decision."

Veyre landed the quicker and flashier shots in the fourth, though she ended the round with a one-point deduction for holding. She'd been penalized twice in her most recent fight against Delfine Persoon, a unanimous decision win, in February.

Still, the champion made good use of distance, often initiating exchanges by landing jabs and then moving backward to elude Ferreira's attempts at counters.

Ferreira again looked determined to close the distance in the sixth but was unable to land significant shots and was often interrupted by Veyre's consistent holding.

B/R had it 57-56 for Veyre through six.

There wasn't much to separate the fighters early on, as both Veyre and Ferreira primarily worked the jab and didn't land anything of significance. Veyre stayed in the center of the ring for nearly every exchange in the first round while Ferreira was content to move laterally on the perimeter.

Veyre picked up her work rate in the second, occasionally following a flicking jab with quick combinations to the body. Her advantage in hand speed was more noticeable, too.

Ferreira looked more determined to press the action to begin the third and landed an overhand right that scored. Veyre was still faster and busier, however, and was able to counter effectively when Ferreira missed with wide, looping shots.

B/R had it 2-1—or 29-28 in points—for Veyre after three.

The DAZN stream finally went live around 9:15 p.m. and the first fight shown will be a 10-rounder for the WBC women's title at 130 pounds that matches champion Caroline Veyre in her first title defense against Bernice Ferreira.

Veyre is 11-1 as a pro and has won four in a row since her lone career loss in 2024.

Ferreira, meanwhile, is 10-0 with four KOs and is coming off a decision win over Ellen Simwaka in May. She holds the lesser-regarded IBO title in the weight class and has been that organization's champion since defeating Simwaka.

Prolonged delays on the show's preliminary portion have prompted a delay to the streaming of the main card on DAZN, according to a statement by a site moderator.

The app began filling time at 8:30 p.m. ET with interview footage featuring Eddie Hearn and Katie Taylor, alongside a repeating reel of NFL highlights.

"The undercard is running long," the statement said. "We're working to get things up and running as soon as possible. Thanks so much for your patience and understanding!"

Former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. is in the building in Atlanta to take in the Shields-Scott card.

Word on the street is that the Shields-Scott main card is down to four fights from a scheduled five after super lightweight Tito Mercado lost a pair of opponents.

Initial foe Emmanuel Tagoe weighed in at 150 pounds on Friday, 10 pounds beyond a contracted limit of 140. Tagoe was replaced by Roger Hilley, but, even after a weight cut, Hilley was unable to get to the 146.6-pound limit that was agreed upon when he was penciled in as a replacement.

Less than six months after she weighed 174.5 pounds prior to beating Franchon Crews Dezurn to retain her collection of heavyweight title belts at Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, Shields tipped in at 159.8 pounds the day before her middleweight encounter with Scott in Atlanta.