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Franchón Crews-Dezurn
American boxer (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Franchón Crews-Dezurn (born June 13, 1987) is an American professional boxer. She is the current unified World Boxing Council (WBC) Super middleweight world champion and World Boxing Association (WBA) Super middleweight world champion. She was the undisputed world champion at super middleweight, losing to Savannah Marshall on 2 July 2023. She held the World Boxing Council (WBC) titles between 2018 and 2023; the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title between 2019 and 2023; and the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) title between 2022 and 2023.
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Amateur career
Crews-Dezurn lost to Mary Spencer in the quarter final of the 2011 Pan American Games at light heavyweight. In the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships Crews-Dezurn boxed at light heavyweight. She beat Sabrina Delarue, Dariga Shakimova and Timea Nagy to reach the final. In the final Crews-Dezurn lost to Yuan Meiqing. That meant Crews-Dezurn got a silver medal.
In the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship Crews-Dezurn boxed at light heavyweight. She beat Flavia Severin and Maria Kovacs to reach the semi final but lost to Yang Xiaoli so Crews-Dezurn got a bronze medal.
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Professional career
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Crews-Dezurn debuted professionally on November 19, 2016, against two-time Olympic champion Claressa Shields, losing by unanimous decision.[2]
Crews-Dezurn won her first professional world title in September 2018, beating Maricela Cornejo for the vacant WBC super middleweight championship, in a bout held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.[3]
On September 14, 2019, in a rematch against Cornejo, Crews-Dezurn retained the WBC super middleweight title and won the WBO title, defeating her rival in ten rounds by unanimous decision.[4]
Crews-Dezurn was signed by Golden Boy Promotions in June 2019.[2]
On 11 January 2020, Crews-Dezurn fought Alejandra Jiménez, losing by split decision.[5][6] However, on 10 February 2020, the result of the fight was changed to a "no decision," due to Jimenez having failed a pre-fight drug test. In March 2020, the WBO stripped Jimenez of their belt,[7] and in June 2020, the WBC did the same. Both organizations also reinstated Crews-Dezurn as champion.[8]
In April 2022 she defeated Elin Cederroos by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden to win the WBA and IBF super middleweight titles and become undisputed super-middleweight champion.[9][10]
Crews-Dezurn attempted to defend her undisputed super-middleweight title against Savannah Marshall at the Manchester Arena on 1 July 2023, losing the fight by majority decision.[11][12]
After the WBC declared Marshall the champion-in-recess, Crews-Dezurn defeated the previously unbeaten Shadasia Green to regain the title on 15 December 2023.[13][14]
She defended the title for the first time against Citalli Ortiz at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, on 6 June 2025, winning by majority decision.[15][16]
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Outside boxing
Growing up Crews-Dezurn wanted to be a singer.[17] Before she became a professional boxer she was a contestant on American Idol.[17] She has recorded songs in the studio. In the music industry she is referred to as Franchon Heavy Hitting Diva.[18]
Professional boxing record
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