Floyd Mayweather: Why I signed Savannah Marshall

Savannah Marshall

AT a press conference packed with incident, one of the most surprising revelations of Floyd Mayweatherโ€™s current visit to the UK is that he is signing former GB amateur Savannah Marshall.

Marshall, the โ€œSilent Assassin,โ€ is a two-time Olympian, only the second World gold medallist British amateur boxing has ever had and remains the only boxer to have beaten Americaโ€™s double Olympic gold medallist, Claressa Shields.

Mayweather himself explained why he signed Marshall. โ€œI signed because Iโ€™m supposed to sign her. Iโ€™m supposed to sign her. Sheโ€™s remarkable, sheโ€™s unbelievable. Sheโ€™s an Olympian, a champion, she deserves to be with us,โ€ he said.

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2016 Rio Olympics – Boxing – Quarterfinal – Women’s Middle (75kg) Quarterfinals Bout 245 – Riocentro – Pavilion 6 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 17/08/2016. Nouchka Fontijn (NED) of Netherlands reacts after winning her bout against Savannah Marshall (GBR) of Britain. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

Marshall could rematch Claressa Shields in a major fight for womenโ€™s boxing. Floyd continued, โ€œEverything takes time, everything takes time. Weโ€™re not here to talk bad about Shields because she won two gold medals, if Iโ€™m not mistaken, and the girl we just signed, sheโ€™s the last person to beaten her, if Iโ€™m not mistaken. The girl we just signed, sheโ€™s a hell of a fighter also. We donโ€™t know what the future holds. We just want to get her out there, get her active, get her busy and hopefully she can become world champion someday.โ€

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