Comments Thread For: Claressa Shields hoping to walk through history with giants

[BoxingUpdates]

Todays bout for the womens heavyweight title is a chance for Claressa Shields to walk among some of her idols. She could become the undisputed heavyweight champion in the womens division.
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[hitmanjosh]

It's amazing you want to be put in the same catagory with men but fighting people who has never even been 10 rds, age 42 with 5 fights and this doesn't make you great it makes you limited if anything due to a sport for women that's not thriving or growing, facts! I'm not against women boxing but I also don't think it should be equal for that matter it's not even close talent wise or moving closer and I really don't see much developement either, since Christy Martin, Ann Wolfe and Laila Ali, it's just more international but the talent is about the same.

[jlf85]

I want to see her lose so badly. Compare her to someone like usyk or betterbiev. These guys are humble, respectful...all things she will never be.

[ShoulderRoll]

She has never looked at boxing as men and women, but she should.

Has any man ever defended a heavyweight belt against a 42-year-old who only has 5 fights?

I’m sorry but that shouldn’t put you in the same category as Ali, Holyfield, and Usyk.

[4truth]

I don't understand how she's fighting for a HW title.

She complains that Perkins missed weight, coming in at 177. Isn't 175 light heavy? How are they fighting for HW titles, titles neither has, at a weight limit that isn't even HW?

Women's boxing, how are we supposed to take this shyt seriously?

[Superbee]

Did you see her getting ready for this ? I mean, she's a big fat mama now ....

[Superbee]

I don't understand how she's fighting for a HW title.

She complains that Perkins missed weight, coming in at 177. Isn't 175 light heavy? How are they fighting for HW titles, titles neither has, at a weight limit that isn't even HW?

Women's boxing, how are we supposed to take this shyt seriously?

Did you ever take Shields "seriously" ?

[real raw]

Did you see her getting ready for this ? I mean, she's a big fat mama now ....

I saw the weigh in, Shields is in no way fat, not an ounce.

[real raw]

Shields has been more successful in her chosen field than 99.999999 percent of those who post on this site.

[THC]

Technically she's correct about becoming an undisputed champ in 3 divisions, but the path to that achievement due to the much smaller talent pool in women's boxing just cannot be viewed in the same way as Usyk's run at cruiser and heavy. She has still accomplished a lot and I admire her as an athlete for that, but the hubris to place herself at the same level as Ali, given the clear disparity in the quality of their pro resumes, is spectacular, delusional, if not disrespectful to the fans of the sport.