Shimmell was fighting fellow American Damon McCreary (15-2, 11) who unfortunately injured his arm in the opening round and was forced to retire at the very start, 0:01, into round 2.
This was McCreary's second loss in 3 bouts and it seems that, at best, he's going to be little more than an opponent to pad a record. As for Shimmell we wonder if he's going to commit to Heavyweight or not. He's still young at 25 but he is a natural Cruiserweight at the moment and may belong in that division as opposed to the Cruiserweight division.