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.
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.
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]
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]
| 13 fights | 10 wins | 2 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 2 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 2 |
| No contests | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Win | 10–2 (1) | Citalli Ortiz | MD | 10 | Jun 6, 2025 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. | Retained WBA and WBC female super middleweight titles |
| 12 | Win | 9–2 (1) | Shadasia Green | UD | 10 | Dec 15, 2023 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Won WBA interim and vacant WBC female super middleweight titles |
| 11 | Loss | 8–2 (1) | Savannah Marshall | MD | 10 | July 1, 2023 | AO Arena, Manchester, England, U.K. | Lost WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super middleweight title |
| 10 | Win | 8–1 (1) | Elin Cederroos | UD | 10 | Apr 30, 2022 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. | Retained WBC and WBO female super middleweight titles; Won WBA, IBF, and inaugural The Ring super middleweight titles |
| 9 | Win | 7–1 (1) | Ashleigh Curry | UD | 8 | Jan 2, 2021 | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S. | |
| 8 | NC | 6–1 (1) | Alejandra Jiménez | NC | 10 | Jan 11, 2020 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | WBC and WBO female super middleweight titles were at stake; Originally SD win for Jiménez, later ruled NC after she failed a drug test |
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Maricela Cornejo | UD | 10 | Sep 14, 2019 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S. | Retained WBC female super middleweight title; Won vacant WBO female super middleweight title |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Kayla Williams | TKO | 5 (10) | Jun 20, 2019 | Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | |
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Maricela Cornejo | MD | 10 | Aug 13, 2018 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Won vacant WBC female super middleweight title |
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Tiffany Woodard | UD | 6 | Jan 12, 2018 | Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. | |
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Sydney LeBlanc | UD | 4 | Aug 12, 2017 | Howard Theatre, Washington, D.C., U.S. | |
| 2 | Win | 1–1 | Latasha Burton | TKO | 1 (4) | Mar 25, 2017 | UDC Physical Activities Center, Washington, D.C., U.S | |
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Claressa Shields | UD | 4 | Nov 19, 2016 | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
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