2019 Photo Contest, Sports, 3rd Prize

Shields Strikes Back

Photographer

Terrell Groggins

22 July, 2018

Olympic champion Claressa Shields (right) meets Hanna Gabriels in a boxing match at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on 22 June.

Shields suffered a first-round knock-down by Gabriels—the first in her career—but went on to win the match by unanimous decision. Shields is the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing, and the first (male or female) to win a gold back-to-back in successive Olympic Games. She has had only one loss in her career, against British World Champion Savannah Marshall, in 2012.

About the photographer

Terrell Groggins

Terrell Groggins is known domestically and internationally for his compelling coverage of boxing and social injustice in Detroit, MI, United States. His observant understanding o...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/1600
Focal length
46 mm
F-Stop
f/4
ISO
3200
Camera
NIKON D5

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