Franchon Crews-Dezurn has been in the ring with Savannah Marshall as soon as earlier than – and he or she nonetheless wants revenge.
It was lengthy earlier than the American grew to become the undisputed super-middleweight world champion. It was earlier than Marshall had received and misplaced the WBO middleweight title as an expert. Before the Briton even grew to become an newbie world champion.
More than a decade in the past they boxed in the 2011 Olympic Test Event on the ExCel Arena in London. It seemed like a routine victory for Marshall, who took the consequence 14-12.
Speaking on The Gloves Are Off, Crews-Dezurn broke down in tears discussing the impression her inspirational mom had on her life and profession
That isn’t how Crews-Dezurn sees it. “I’m bitter about the decision,” she informed Sky Sports.
“Savannah did what she can do, which was her best and she can’t control the people pushing the button. But if you feel like you can do what you think you did then, do it again now. Do it. I know in my heart I won that fight.”
It was a vital second in Crews-Dezurn’s newbie profession. Then she was the incumbent middleweight No 1 on the USA group. But a teenage Claressa Shields was fast-rising and pushing for the 2012 Olympics.
“I know that that changed the whole trajectory of my amateur career,” Crews-Dezurn stated.
You can watch The Gloves Are Off between Crews-Dezurn and Marshall proper now – with the pair set to fight subsequent Saturday on the Manchester Arena
“Because I fought her before Claressa and I was the top seed in America and me coming up short against her didn’t look good. I’m not saying it let Claressa [in] but it just kind of made me look like I was incompetent to represent the United States, which wasn’t the case because after the Olympic trials [at the World Championships], in the same tournament Savannah beat Claressa in, I medalled silver.”
Now on Saturday, dwell on Sky Sports, Marshall will problem Crews-Dezurn for the unified WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC 168lb titles she holds.
Ahead of the fight, which headlines on the AO Arena in Manchester, the American warned Marshall: “It’s going to be payback and getting paid.
“You ain’t received nothing. I’ve received all of it and I’m going to maintain it.”
Marshall and Crews-Dezurn confront one another in a tense face-off
She continued: “I’m in the future now, it’s not about what you did, it’s what you are doing. And I’m blessed to be undisputed, still being consistent, still competing at the top level and I want to continue to do that for as long as I can.
“She is aware of and I do know it isn’t what you probably did again then, it is what you are doing now.”
“I’ve made historical past,” she said, but added: “Redemption – I’m all the time right down to get my licks again so let’s do it.”
Crews-Dezurn and Marshall traded verbal blows on The Gloves Are Off
It is a fight Crews-Dezurn expects to be tough, as a result of she intends to make it so.
“We train for punishment. We train for war. I’m a 10-round fighter. For her, she’s used to being a power-puncher at middleweight knocking girls out in the first or second round,” the American stated.
“I went to war 10 rounds with a premium athlete in Elin Cederoos, my last fight, a former unified champion. I just know how I’m coming. I’m ready for whatever.
“I consider she’s going to attempt to field. But if she tries to fight me the best way she fought Claressa [Shields] – I’ll take her phrases – I’ll mop the ground along with her.”
As properly as changing into a champion, Marshall can also be seeking to set herself for a rematch with Shields. But Crews-Dezurn says the Briton can’t threat trying too far forward.
Crews-Dezurn sings on Sky Sports News forward of her fight with Marshall
“I’m not the one to sleep on,” the American stated. “If you think you’re going to walk through me, or use me as a stepping stone, she’s going to have a long night.
“You cannot bully a bully. Whatever she tries to do, I’m going to do it higher. It does not matter.”
Crews-Dezurn believes she wants this victory greater than Marshall does.
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“I’m willing to go how far I have to go to defend my titles and become victorious. It may be an easy night for me, who knows?” she declared.
“I think she’s softened in life and hasn’t been hardened in life like I have. I’ve been denied many times as a professional boxer in my boxing career. I’ve been denied plenty of times in life. You learn in life. It is what it is, life is what you make it.
“We fight for 2 various things. And I do not assume her motivation is as deep as mine.”
Watch Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs Savannah Marshall dwell on Sky Sports Action from 7pm and Sky Sports Main Event from 9.30pm on Saturday.
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