Comments Thread For: Youngest In Charge: Claressa Shields Brings Home Gold

[JakeNDaBox]

By Jake Donovan - If there was a lesson learned by the U.S. Olympic boxing team this year, it was to never send a man to do a woman's job.

In the event of the middleweight finals, the moral of the story was that whatever a woman can do, a girl can do better.

Claressa Shields proved to be far more than your average American teenager. The 17-year old will soon return to high school for her senior year. What a tale she will have to tell for her first day of school, as the American middleweight took home Olympic Gold with a 19-12 win over Russia's Nadevda Torlopova. [Click Here To Read More]

[SnakeVen0m]

Congratulations to Claressa. She fought hard and did what she had to to bring home the gold. I hope this wakes up the US Olympic Committee and realize we need a better boxing program with more time for the fighters to train and prepare.

[flint]

congradulations claressa. job well done. and lets extend the congrads to marlen esparza. who was there cheering on her teammate. 2016 will have more womens fights.

[Earl-Hickey]

I'm not American but congratulations to her

The men could learn a thing or two off the gold medalist females

Nicola adams has got better inside game than amir khan lol

[ShoulderRoll]

The men's team was a huge disappointment but the women salvaged a little bit of pride for USA Boxing.

Great job, Claressa Shields.