Claressa Shields Would Face Katie Taylor, Braekhus, McCaskill at 147 For Right Deal

Claressa Shields is training for her ring return on March 5, when she faces fellow unbeaten Marie-Eve Dicaire in a full junior middleweight unification with the IBF, WBO, WBC, WBA world titles at stake.

Shields captured world titles at super middleweight, unified the entire middleweight division and now wants to replicate the same accomplishment at 154-pounds.

Later in the year, Shields is planning to make her mixed martial arts debut for PFL.

Two of the biggest opportunities for Shields in boxing, would be showdowns with Katie Taylor and the winner of the Jessica McCaskill vs. Cecilia Braekhus rematch.

Shields, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, views herself as the greatest female boxer of all-time.

She's willing to drop down further, to the welterweight limit of 147 - if the money is right, and if the rehydration clause is modest.

"I would go to 147lbs for a fight with Katie Taylor," said Shields to Metro.co.uk. "I was willing to go to 147 for a fight against Cecilia Braekhus and I will still go to 147 to fight Jessica McCaskill.

"But my thing is, if you want me to come to 147 you have to pay me to come to 147. My highest purse is $350,000, so to go down to that weight, I haven’t been 147 since I was 16-years-old, so I would like to be paid the right way, and given a fair shot. I think a lot of these fighters want me to come to 147 and not rehydrate, but that’s not good for any fighter.

"I think a fight between me and her, me not rehydrating back up to 160 is fair, because she is coming up from a smaller weight class. But don’t say I can’t rehydrate past 150lbs, that’s unfair. Somewhere from 154-158 would be fair. I had discussions with Cecilia Braekhus and her team but they want no parts of me. They were saying, 'yeah we’ll fight at 147 but you can’t rehydrate past 150-pounds.' I was like, 'are y’all crazy?' For one, I would still whoop her ass if that happened, but I care about how I perform and displaying my best skill set in every fight. I’m not going to go in there looking all tired and sluggish. I’ll still win, but I want to be able to watch my film and think, 'I did great.'"