pretend laila ali wasnt the daughter of the GOAT and also looked like a bootleg post-op ksi....you wouldnt be asking these questions.
Claressa is a 2 time olympic gold winner and has already beaten Hanna Gabriel and Christina Hammer. Whilst it may not appear like a lot, it is more than Laila Ali did...and she did it young. She's only 24.
Ali is coming off the couch after almost 13 years if she could even make 168 yes I will bet the house shields will be the favorite . Unless ali can pull a big george which I dont see happening . Just my two cents . Let's see if / when they release the line where it's at then we can talk .
Oh my bad. I thought you were talking about in their primes. My mistake and you're right. She would be a massive underdog now
"Massive" favorite? No she would not.
Ali is coming off the couch after almost 13 years if she could even make 168 yes I will bet the house shields will be the favorite . Unless ali can pull a big george which I dont see happening . Just my two cents . Let's see if / when they release the line where it's at then we can talk .
Shields by UD.
The same guys who clown Shields competition, pick a fighter from an era where there was even worst competition.
Amazing.
Shields is a 2x Olympic champion.
Women's Olympic boxing didn't even exist when Laila was fighting. There weren't enough women.
Ali was a sideshow who benefited greatly from her last name and a pioneer, but not much more.
Plus, she ducked a ton of people
Yeah I always thought Martin looked bloated when she moved up in weight. She definitely looked small when she was stopped by Laila Ali
That was all the way up at 168. At 154 I think she could stop Shields.
Martin won a WBC belt at 154, won fights at 160, and fought at 168.
Rijker was indeed probably too small.
Yeah I always thought Martin looked bloated when she moved up in weight. She definitely looked small when she was stopped by Laila Ali
Martin and Rijker were way too small to fight Shields.
Martin won a WBC belt at 154, won fights at 160, and fought at 168.
Rijker was indeed probably too small.
Who do you have winning prime for prime?
It would be a good fight. People with revisionist history crap on Laila Ali and say she didn't fight anybody.
She twice easily stopped Valerie Mahfood. A fighter that stopped Ann Wolfe. In fact Wolfe couldn't stop her in the rematch and had a hard time with her. So......
Shields probably out points Ali.
Christy Martin, Lucia Rijker, Ann Wolfe, Anne Sophie Mathis? Any one of those ladies starches Claressa.
Martin and Rijker were way too small to fight Shields.
Shields. Ali was not that good. She damn near lost to Fraizer's daughter(and probably did depending on how you scored the fight) who had just STARTED boxing after seeing Laila on tv and wanted a quick check by bringing in their dad's rivalry. She was a joke and I've been telling people this since she was boxing. Padded record of bums and avoided any real competition.