Claressa Shields

Queen of the Ring Wants a King: Fans Answer Claressa Shields’ Call for a Date Edit

Boxing world champion Claressa Shields had fans buzzing on X with a playful post that put her followers to…

Boxing world champion Claressa Shields had fans buzzing on X with a playful post that put her followers to the test. ‘GWOAT’ Shields is known for her dominance in the ring and joked about wanting to see how people might look standing next to her. The challenge quickly turned into a trend, with followers responding with funny and downright bold edits to catch her attention.

Claressa Shields Boxing World Champion

Claressa Shields is a remarkable American boxer who has made history in both amateur and professional boxing. She won gold medals in the women’s middleweight division at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, becoming the first American boxer, male or female, to win consecutive Olympic medals.

Transitioning to professional boxing, Shields has continued to dominate. She has an impressive undefeated record of 15 wins. Shields has become a multi-division world champion, winning titles across multiple weight classes. Most recently, she captured the heavyweight world title with a dominant TKO stoppage. Additionally, she also competes in MMA under the PFL banner.

Claressa Shields On Social Media

Recently, the US-born Shields had some event happen behind the scenes which drove her to X where she Tweeted “I’m bout to hang it tf up. I literally do not enjoy dating! Count me out bro.” But two days later, she posted a red carpet photo and said and asked her fans, “Edit me a date next me, I wanna see how y’all look next to me.”

The responses, after nearly 2 million views, had her cracking up:

Claressa Shields Deserves More Respect: “It’s ridiculous” – Andre Berto

Andre Berto says that Claressa Shields is not getting the credit she deserves for her highly impressive career in…

Andre Berto says that Claressa Shields is not getting the credit she deserves for her highly impressive career in boxing. “GWOAT” Claressa Shields represented the USA in the Olympics and has since collected numerous titles across multiple weight classes.

The US-born Claressa Shields earned two Olympic Gold Medals as an amateur fighter. Since turning pro, Shields has remained unbeaten in her spotless 15-0 fight career. Along the way, she has earned WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles across multiple weight classes. Additionally, she competes in MMA with the PFL. Most recently, “GWOAT” Claressa Shields captured the heavyweight title by way of knockout.

Former Olympian, world champion, and Hall of Fame boxer Andre Berto said that Shields is not getting the respect that she deserves. Speaking in an interview on All The Smoke, he said:

“Somebody like that has been that dominant for so long, two gold medals, multiple world titles, undefeated, just accolades after accolades. I believe that she continues to feel like she has to do more and more and more to continue to try to gain any type of real respect. If it’s boxing, if it’s MMA, if it’s doing rap videos, if it’s YouTube. But she’s trying to deliver you know, to a different type of hype because she feels like she needs to,. But she’s still not getting that type of love, notoriety, or sponsors.

“You got a woman that’s so dominant and has been collecting everything. What else does she need to do to get those real dollars? Those real fight dollars, those real endorsement dollars. Cause, like I said, I see her working overtime. Everybody’s been seeing her working overtime.”

Not only does Claressa Shields not get the respect she deserves, as someone with so many impressive accolades, but she is also actively disrespected, Berto explained. An Olympic medalist and multi-division world champion in boxing, people should be celebrating her as they are witnessing history.

Last year when I spoke to Shields, she broke down exactly where she keeps all of her impressive titles. Because it’s not easy to store so many gold belts and medals.

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Berto Continued:

“I know these platforms give people a voice that otherwise wouldn’t have one. And a lot of times people say whatever they want to say, but what is all that? The hate and vitriol that’s coming at Claressa Shields. Where is this coming from? My heart for her, man, is just to rest in her greatness. Resting on what she’s accomplished and finishing her career out strong. Get as many bags as she can. Maintain her integrity in the process and, try to leave this thing undefeated.

“I’m not standing for the blatant disrespect of this young lady from these grown men. It’s ridiculous.“

Olympics: Claressa Shields sends apology to Imane Khelif “I wish I would’ve did my research”

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been mired by the Imane Khelif story who has been the target of…

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been mired by the Imane Khelif story who has been the target of continuous attacks online. Claressa Shields, former Olympian and current boxing world champion, was quick to judge but has since changed her tone since finding out more.

Imane Khelif

Imane Khelif was suspended last year by the International Boxing Association (IBA) due to being born with XY chromosomes. This decision was criticized by the IOC as not having proper procedure. Due to this decision, the Olympic boxer Khelif has been the target of much hatred online. However, Khelif is a woman, not trans, was born a woman, and has always identified as a woman. It is illegal in Algeria, her home, to transition.

UFC fighters, boxers, online personalities, and more, began attacking Imane Khelif online due to this story which was caused by the IBA. Karim Zidan explains, “It is also worth noting that the IBA has been banned from regulating Olympic boxing because of years of governance problems, a lack of financial transparency and many perceived instances of corruption in judging and refereeing.”

The IOC adds, “The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure – especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years.”

Claressa Shields Apologizes

Claressa Shields is one of the greatest female boxers in history. She earned two gold medals in the Olympic games while representing the USA. Since turning pro, she has earned WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, WBF, and The Ring world titles across multiple weight divisions. Additionally, Shields competes in MMA with the PFL. The GWOAT, like so many online, were quick to jump and attack. But, since learning more, she has now apologized.

“You can’t look at a woman and say ‘Oh, she doesn’t have a high level of testosterone,’” Shields explained while speaking to TMZ, “Because it can come in all different forms. Your muscles, your face, just inside of you and you look like a petite, beautiful woman, but you have a high level of testosterone…I feel bad now because I did an interview with Fox News earlier where I literally called these two women, transgenders, which that’s what I was told…”

“I wish I would’ve did my research before,” she continued, “Because now I couldn’t imagine being at the Olympics, winning these fights, and now I’m seeing all these articles and I’m trending because a two-time Olympic champ just called me a transgender. I just feel really bad about that, and I want to clear it up on my end that I have found out that these two women, were born women, and I don’t know what this testosterone stuff is about.” [H/t BJPenn]

Imane Khelif is actively competing in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as a boxer. Overall, she has an amateur record of 37-9-0.

Claressa Shields wins fourth division title with stunning knockout – Highlights

Merely in the second round, Claressa Shields was able to make history with an impressive knockout. Live from Detroit,…

Merely in the second round, Claressa Shields was able to make history with an impressive knockout. Live from Detroit, Michigan, ‘GWOAT’ Shields was able to capture her fourth weight class title, and did it with an impressive knockout.

Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse

The undefeated Shields has already had a highly decorated career in boxing. As an amateur, she earned gold in the Olympics in 2012 and 2016 representing the USA. Since turning pro, she has been able to capture titles in WBA, WBC, IBF, WBF, and The Ring, across middleweight, light middleweight, and super middleweight.

Now, the Michigan-born athlete can add heavyweight world champion to her name. With a second-round knockout against Canada’s Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, Shields added the WBC, and WBF female heavyweight, plus the vacant WBO female light heavyweight championships to her esteemed career.

With three knockdowns in the second round, the referee waived off the match as Lepage-Joanisse was struggling to stay on her feet. Moving up in weight, Shields was able to show off her power and technique. The US-born athlete also competes in MMA under the PFL banner.

“The newfound power does feel good,” Shields continued, “It f—ing shocked me. I’m not going to lie. I’ve had some great performances, but is it my best knockout? Absolutely.” On her future plans, she added, “I think I can campaign at any weight class, and it is some tough challenges at heavyweight. So, I’m going to let me and my team put our minds together to see what’s the best choice and what makes the best sense.”

See the boxing knockout highlights of Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse below.

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Claressa Shields wins fourth division title with stunning knockout – Highlights

Merely in the second round, Claressa Shields was able to make history with an impressive knockout. Live from Detroit,…

Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse

See the boxing knockout highlights of Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse below.

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Claressa Shields Heavyweight Title Challenge: “She’s going to sleep”

Claressa Shields heavyweight move is just around the corner. The undefeated ‘GWOAT’ of boxing is looking to add a fourth-division title to her name as she challenges Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse for heavyweight gold. Claressa Shields vs. Vaness…

Claressa Shields Heavyweight

Canada’s Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse will look to defend her heavyweight throne against the surging Claressa Shields heavyweight move. The US-born Shields won two gold medals as an Olympian before turning pro. En rote to racking up a perfect 14-0 record she also picked titles in the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, WBF, and The Ring across various weight classes. This weekend, Shields will be looking to add a fourth weight class world title to her name.

Leading up to this fight, during a press conference, Claressa Shields said, “She going to need to his like a heavyweight because if she not punching like a heavyweight she is going to sleep.”

Claressa Shields vs. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse

GWOAT Shields had some choice words for her upcoming opponent, she added, “I saw here hitting the pads yesterday, she was like trying to impress me. I was not impressed. Then she was sparring against girls that I done smoked already…you could’ve got some better sparring than that. I sparred against bears for this camp.”

“I’m going to be the heavyweight world champion come July 27,” Shields continued, “Ain’t nobody going to stand in my way. Nobody…I’ll be a four-division, 15-time world champion come Saturday night and I can’t wait to see what Vanessa gonna do.”

The PFL has also been a home for Claressa Shields as she is seeking to also win a title in MMA to add to her illustrious boxing career. The two boxers are booked for a world title showdown on July 27 and from the sounds of it, she will be aiming for a knockout to capture the gold for the Claressa Shields heavyweight action.