Comments Thread For: 'Fighting Words' - Claressa Shields: Not just history, but necessity

[chicken-]

Whoever wrote this article should realize nobody is going to read it, because nobody cares.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

The only thing I can't stand is other people calling her the GWOAT! How many lives did she save on a battlefield or in a nursing facility for the badly wounded, working tirelessly to bring someone back to life? I'm not against her being called the greatest woman's boxer but the greatest woman of all time is a downright insult to women who gave every ounce of their time and their souls to save lives.

It's pretty well understood that the GWOAT talk is about boxing only. No one is saying that she's some kind of super hero . You're reading way too much into it.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

This GWOAT business is a bit of smoke and mirrors. Being the best out of less than forty people doesn't come close to comparing to being the best out of hundreds. I watch the womens fights when they come on because they usually throw a lot of punches even though a lot of them are sloppy , but I had no idea how thin the competition is , especially past 147. There's more than a little of the Big Fish/ Small Pond going on here.

[Boro]

There is probably more people competing in one division in male boxing then there is across all women's divisions.

Calling YOURSELF the GWOAT is hilarious, even worse is those who buy into the nonsense.

[richardt]

It's pretty well understood that the GWOAT talk is about boxing only. No one is saying that she's some kind of super hero . You're reading way too much into it.

No, the problem is her gimmick has been taken too far and the overuse of the phrase is annoying as hell. So easy to just say greatest women boxer, though Laila Ali might have a say in that. Her makeup has buried her facial character, not sure what is with the HO outfit she is wearing unless her alter-ego is a pr0stitute. Didn't even recognize her at first. I'd bet she thinks she is the greatest woman of all time, thats how arrogant she is.

[MusoMeanderings]

She's presenting it as a pissing contest and that's a shame.

I heard women can't piss that far, too.

[MusoMeanderings]

HO outfit she is wearing

Yeah, it's def tacky.

[Boxing2695]

This GWOAT business is a bit of smoke and mirrors. Being the best out of less than forty people doesn't come close to comparing to being the best out of hundreds. I watch the womens fights when they come on because they usually throw a lot of punches even though a lot of them are sloppy , but I had no idea how thin the competition is , especially past 147. There's more than a little of the Big Fish/ Small Pond going on here.

There's more active male boxers in the welterweight division alone then there are active women's boxers in every weight class.. and especially when you get past 147lbs the talent pool is so thin it's why she's fighting women who are like 7-2-1 and picking up titles in weight classes that dont mean anything because shes boxing women who are so below her talent wise. I don't know how you can get motivated for fights like that

[Tomasio]

Claims to be the "GWOAT", yet calls out a bunch of fighters that are 40lbs BELOW her category. That's like Usyk calling out Crawford and Inoue to prove who's #1.

[fistandfury]

I do think she is ahead of her time, which makes her GOAT talk silly, there simply has not been enough sustained organized/high level women's championship boxing over the last 40 years for any GOAT talk to have any meaning or relevance, GOAT of what? Christy Martin? Ali? Give me a break.