She may appear calm, composed and smiling sweetly, but multiple World boxing champion Hanna Gabriels is seething inside. The Costa Rican had to miss her big bout against two-time Olympic champion Claressa Shields, for the vacant IBF and WBA middleweight titles, last June after failing a dope test a month earlier.
That fight would have seen Gabriels returning to the ring after nearly two and half years, and the missed opportunity has hurt her deeply. Shields is now the undisputed World middleweight champion, and Gabriels is hungry for a fight against the American.
The World heavyweight DJMC Series No. 7 championships will be held in Kochi in August this year and the search is on for an opponent for the US-based boxer, but Gabriels is clear that she wants to fight Shields.
