Claressa Shields scores first knockout win since 2017, stops Lepage-Joanisse in two

Claressa Shields finally delivered on a knockout promise.

Claressa Shields recorded her first stoppage win since 2017 tonight, stopping a deeply overmatched Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in the second round.

Shields (15-0, 3 KO) hadn’t scored a stoppage since her fourth pro fight, despite consistent promises to knock opponents out. She came out firing with malice tonight, though, and Lepage-Joanisse (7-2,...