The GWOAT of girls’s boxing not too long ago opened up about her transition to blended martial arts on the function Amanda Nunes performed in her choice.
Hailing from Flint, Michigan, Claressa Shields is taken into account by many to be the most effective feminine boxer of all time. One fast have a look at her resume, and also you’ll rapidly perceive why. Apart from holding a number of world championships throughout 5 completely different weight lessons, Shields is certainly one of solely 4 boxers in historical past, feminine or male, to carry all 4 main world titles in boxing—WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO—in two weight lessons.
After dominating her competitors contained in the squared circle, Shields turned her consideration to the Sensible Cage, signing with the Skilled Fighters League and making her promotional debut in June 2021.
Although she struggled within the early going, Shields in the end received her bout towards Brittney Elkin through a third-round TKO after Elkin gassed out. General, she is 2-1 within the PFL, including a split-decision loss to Abigail Montes adopted by a split-decision win over Kelsey DeSantis.
Shields isn’t afraid to battle Amanda Nunes
Throughout an interview with P4P nice Andre Ward, Shields revealed that some harsh phrases from former two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes are what satisfied her to commerce in her eight-ounce gloves for a pair of four-ouncers.
“I stated, are y’all silly? In a boxing match, I’d destroy Amanda Nunes,” Shields stated. “Let’s be actual now. MMA? Pump your brakes. I’ve bought to place in some years and years for that. However boxing? Cease taking part in with me—with my left and my proper.”
“So Amanda stated, ‘Inform Claressa she’ll come to my world, and I’ll choke the [expletive] out of her.’ That’s what she stated. And I stated, ‘This woman thinks I’m afraid of getting choked? You suppose I’m afraid of preventing her?’ Yeah, I’m gonna present these ladies. I battle—I’ll battle y’all, however y’all received’t battle me. It’s two completely different fights—apples and oranges. I’ll come over there and peel that orange, however you received’t come over right here and chew this apple. It’s two various things.
“So, for me, it was simply to tug at them, make them mad, to indicate them. Like, I knew it was going to be exhausting, however I really get pleasure from MMA.”
Although Shields has dove headfirst into the world of MMA, she is way from finished in boxing. 5 months after her win over DeSantis at PFL vs. Bellator in Saudi Arabia, she went on to seize the WBC and WBF feminine heavyweight titles through a second-round knockout of Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse.
