Comments Thread For: Would A Win Over Savannah Marshall Silence Claressa Shields' Critics?

[James Hunt]

Legacy, opponents, titles... have nothing to do with it.
It's just that she's an unlikable, hysteric biatch. That's it.

[Nash out]

Yeah Shields vs Gabriels, why not? Shields should be able to school her if she's truly the GWOAT.

*edit* Just checked google, it looks like Shields has already beaten her lol.

Yeah, Shields beat Gabriels in her normal weight division. Then a while after I read something about Gabriels winning the HW championship, and was wondering what happened there, so I checked out the HW rankings, and well, all made sense. It's strange that Claressa hasn't went for that HW title, a it's another "accomplishment" and easy work.

Even if you don't care for female boxing, you should still watch Shields vs Marshall. I think Marshall must be the hardest female puncher of all-time. Dynamite in her fists, and Peter Fury has her fighting to his style, a mix of the old Tyson, and Hughie. Marshall beats Shields all day every day for me. Peter is ideal for her, and she hits so much Harder than Claressa, not as fast, but fast enough, and every bit as much skill, in a more unorthodox kind of way. It's the only female fight worth watching ion the higher weights, and besides, it'll be funny to see the GWOAT crying after losing her 0. Nash out.

[RobT]

Shields is classless, indisciplined, and fights like an amateur, Marshall has this

[Smash]

to be fair to shields she can talk but she backs up her talk so thats good, she has an incredible record in the sport and she is still only young, is this marshal girl up to giving her at least a good fight? have my doubts as she is very unproven and that usually does not bode well for the stepup

[Oldskoolg]

No. Her critics personally don’t like her for a variety of reasons….some because:
-she’s American and ad the top of the women’s game
-she’s from inner city America and her accent shows this
-she’s black American
-many of her opponents are Europeans
-her current main rival is British
-she can be abrasive and braggadocious
-she’s undefeated
-she doesn’t produce stoppages
-she has street urchins in her entourage

one, two, all, Etc etc so on and so forth.

those who don’t like her arnt going to magically become fans if she wins because they resent her. Now I admit I don’t like her much myself but her talent is unmistakeable.

[Hugekcoc]

Disgusting human being

[MANNY67]

Yeah Shields vs Gabriels, why not? Shields should be able to school her if she's truly the GWOAT.

*edit* Just checked google, it looks like Shields has already beaten her lol.

Gabriel’s floored shields in the first round and I believe the fight was very close

[tophat1]

Nope, people will just point to Marshalls resume as a pro . Shields gets alot of what for what she's like outside the ring rather than in it. This ring won't move the needle any. People who follow the sport already see her as the best female fighter

[Get em up]

Marshall presents a certain set of challenges for Shields but I dont believe she can beat her. Shields is faster and throws punches in massive volume. Her offense is her defense and when she isnt throwing she is hard to hit. Depth of talent is a problem in womens boxing but it's no fault of Shields. She fights the best available opponents and makes them look terrible.

[baroidi]

weren't they saying the same thing about Chistina Hammer? That was the only women's fight that I tried to watch because there was some hype to it. The fight was so one sided and Hammer looked like a boxercise instructor, turned me off of women's boxing entirely.