16 Facts About Savannah Marshall

Savannah Rose Marshall was born on 19 May 1991 and is a British professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist.

Savannah Marshall has held world championships in two weight classes: the undisputed and Ring magazine female super-middleweight title since 2023; and the World Boxing Organization female middleweight title from 2020 to 2022.

Savannah Marshall attended the English Martyrs School, where she achieved 12 GCSEs before gaining a Distinction in a BTEC National Diploma in Sport at Hartlepool College.

Savannah Marshall began boxing aged 12, when she joined a local Hartlepool Headland club after seeing a boy showing off his trophy on the street and decided she wanted one.

Savannah Marshall went to her local boxing club with two of her girl friends however her friends only went once and decided not to go back.

Savannah Marshall stated that she thinks the trainer looked at her as 'an annoying little girl who kept on coming back' but she was determined, having fallen in love with the sport.

Savannah Marshall became the first British female world champion by winning gold at the 2012 World Championships in Qinhuangdao, China.

Savannah Marshall was considered a favourite to win gold at the 2012 London Olympics.

Savannah Marshall remains the only boxer ever to have defeated Claressa Shields, the middleweight women's gold medallist in the 2012 Olympics; the bout took place in the second round of the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Savannah Marshall beat Ariane Fortin of Canada to take the gold medal in the women's middleweight division.

Savannah Marshall lost in the quarter-finals to Nouchka Fontijn from the Netherlands by split decision.

Savannah Marshall lifted the vacant WBA super-middleweight Inter-continental title in Sofia, Bulgaria, after winning all 10 rounds to claim a comfortable points victory over Yanina Orozco of Argentina.

On 31 October 2020, in her ninth professional fight, Savannah Marshall became the WBO female middleweight world champion with a TKO victory over Hannah Rankin at Wembley Arena.

Savannah Marshall was initially scheduled to face Claressa Shields in a title unification bout on September 10,2022.

Savannah Marshall challenged Franchon Crews-Dezurn for her undisputed super-middleweight world titles in the main event at the Manchester Arena on 1 July 2023 winning by majority decision.

Savannah Marshall made her MMA debut on 8 June 2024, stopping Mirela Vargas in the first round at PFL Europe in Newcastle on 8 June 2024.