How to watch Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs Savannah Marshall
‘The Heavy Hitting Diva’ vs ‘The Silent Assassin’
BBN have provided viewers with all the details needed to tune in to watch Savannah Marshall challenge undisputed super-middleweight queen Franchon Crews-Dezurn on the 182nd day of the year.
All the details in full below:
Fight Details
Date: Saturday July 1, 2023.
Venue: AO Arena, Manchester
Rounds scheduled: 10×2 rounds at super-middleweight (168lbs).
Titles: The undisputed world super-middleweight championship is up for grabs
Ringwalks: Ringwalks can be expected from around 10pm.
Tickets: Tickets for this event on sale at BOXXER.com starting from £40.
Undercard Highlights: Liverpool’s Natasha ‘Miss GB’ Jonas (13-2-1, 8KO) faces Kandi Wyatt (11-4, 3KO) for the vacant IBF World welterweight championship.
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TV Coverage
Coverage starts live on Sky Sports YouTube and Facebook channels at 5pm.
Then move over to Sky Sports Action (Sky channel 407) from 7pm-11pm, or Sky Showcase (for non-Sky Sports subscribers).
Live Stream
You can watch online via the Sky Sports website
Sky Go customers are able to stream the entire fight card through their laptop or mobile device.
You can also sign up to NOW TV to access the live stream of the action. A one-day membership is available for only £11.98 and monthly memberships cost £21 per month.
You can find suitable pubs showing the event by visiting pubfinder.sky.com
BBN will be providing LIVE round-by-round results on fight night HERE
Background
Savannah Marshall becomes first woman to headline UK’s two largest arenas when she challenges Franchon Crews-Dezurn for undisputed world super-middleweight championship on July 1st.
'The Silent Assassin' is on track to land a record-setting 1-2 this summer as she follows October’s sell-out of The O2 London – the UK’s largest arena – by headlining a sold-out show at the AO Arena Manchester – the UK’s second-largest arena. In her last fight, she lost out in an epic battle with her biggest rival Claressa Shields. Hartlepool's Marshall has 10 KOs from 12 victories and in her sole defeat, one judge scored it just two rounds apart against the Detroit boxer who considers herself the ‘Greatest Woman Of All Time’.
Crews-Dezurn also lost to Shields, but that was on her pro debut over just four rounds in 2016, and she hasn't lost since. The Baltimore boxer only has two knockouts to her name but she is a ‘Heavy Hitting Diva’ like her moniker suggests. In her last fight in April with Elin Cederroos, which was on the history-making bill with Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, she battered her unbeaten opponent and made a bloody mess of her face.
Both these boxers can bang so strap in for a fantastic fight!
Quotes
FCD: "I'm not like her, unfortunately she got a defeat because she underestimated [Claressa], that's what happens when you think everything is going to be given to you.
"You let somebody come into your town, beat you, dog-walk you, you let somebody come and take something that was yours because you got complacent. That's you, not me.
"How can you say I sit on my lazy a** and didn't create an opportunity when it took five minutes to introduce me because I do so many things and when you've got hustle personified here.
"I self-manage myself, I made deals with Golden Boy and all these other promoters when you had other things handed to you.
"You had 10 years, 10 rounds to prepare (against Shields) and couldn't even do it. You better kiss my feet and be happy I came to the ring to give you an opportunity. I'm better than you, I'm more diverse than you."
SM: "I didn't get complacent at all. You're nothing like Claressa, you won't dog-walk me at all.
"The reality of it is I don't have to say anything, I'm a better fighter than you.
"The difference between me and you is you sit about on your lazy a** waiting for opportunities, this was why you've boxed twice in two years.
"When I was at super-middle you didn't want to entertain me, you didn't want to know so I moved up to light-heavy where there was a title shot for me, fell through. I moved down to middle to box Hannah Rankin.
"Same with Shadesia Green, she sat as your mandatory for over a year and you didn't want to know."
Predictions
Tim Rickson, BBN Editor: “I don't know a great deal about Franchon Crews-Dezurn, but I know just how formidable Savannah Marshall is, so I'll be backing the Brit to win, obviously. I know Crews-Dezurn likes to throw big, wide looping hooks, which look weighty and painful but she hasn't knocked anyone out in the last four years. She does hit hard though, despite just two KOs on her record, but leaves her head on the firing line often, so Marshall will have a sitting target there on fight night. The only thing is that when Marshall is landing, there will always be those big hooks coming in, almost unseen, from the wings, so the Brit needs to land her shots, not get too greedy, then roll out. Marshall is an awkward looking fighter so I can see this pair clashing a lot, perhaps a bit too much clinching could happen, but I believe our girl is the better quality fighter of the two. Crews-Dezurn doesn't look technically great, but she does look big and powerful, so I hope the move up in weight isn't too much for Marshall. I think both boxers can take a punch as well as dish one out, so I'm expecting Marshall to win a brutal, bloody battle on points.”
Betting Odds (Betway)
11/4 Crews-Dezurn
1/3 Marshall
12/1 Draw
Running Order
Main Event:
Franchon Crews-Dezurn vs Savannah Marshall
10×2 Undisputed super-middleweight championship
Chief Support:
Natasha Jonas vs Kandi Wyatt
10×2 IBF World welterweight title
Zak Chelli vs Mark Jeffers
10×3 Commonwealth Silver super-middleweight title
Ben Whittaker vs Vladimir Belujsky
8×3 Light-heavyweight contest
Callum Simpson vs Boris Crighton
6×3 Super-middleweight contest
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