THREE months after securing the undisputed women's heavyweight throne with a wide 10-round decision win over unbeaten contender Danielle Perkins, five-division titleholder Claressa Shields already has a new fight date confirmed.

New Zealand's Lani Daniels (11-2-2, 1 KO) is the next assignment for the double Olympic champion, who announced the news and shared an official fight poster on social media overnight while targeting a third bout to finish her 2025 campaign.

Shields (16-0, 3 KOs) hasn't boxed three times in a calendar year since 2018, where her four-fight run across two weight divisions saw her defend unified super-middleweight titles before moving down and winning, then defending there too.

Her promoter Dmitry Salita said: "Women's boxing has grown by leaps and bounds since Claressa Shields headlined the very first women's main event on a nationally televised card," and that declaration was clear for many to see in February.

Tickets for their world title clash at Detroit's Little Caesars Arena will go on sale this coming Friday, as the Flint resident returns to the scene of her heavyweight debut - a second-round stoppage win over Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse July 27.

Daniels, 36, is a two-division champion herself after winning and defending the IBF title - first at heavy, then going down to light-heavyweight - over the past two years.

After pitching a modest amateur career on the national circuit, the Pipiwai resident turned pro in 2017 and within 18 months was boxing for vacant world honours but fell short over the ten-round distance against Geovana Peres at light-heavyweight.

Consecutive eight-round draws in an unexpected two-fight series with Tessa Tualevao followed for domestic honours down two weight classes, prompting a noticeable change when returning in April 2022. Since then, The Smiling Assassin has won seven straight to earn her first away day against Shields stateside.

Much like Shields, she has flickered between weights, as low as middleweight (158lbs) before the coronavirus-enforced shutdown worldwide and as high as 188-pounds in three years since. This however, presents a career-best challenge against a long-reigning champion no-one across several weights has looked close to beating.