Comments Thread For: Claressa Shields: I Want Cecilia Braekhus or Savannah Marshall!

[VatoMulatto]

1. Women's boxing has not evolved enough to even slightly compare with men's boxing. That's why it still looks armature-ish. 2. Women do not work just as hard as men. Why are they only fighting two minute rounds? Why are they still two minutes? After all, it's not like they are fighting males! Whenever a fighter get some momentum, the round is over. There would be more KOs if round didn't end any time a fighter gets in trouble. Also, TEN already short rounds for a CHAMPIONSHIP fight? Are you kidding me? A men's fight is almost twice as long! That's why it doesn't compare and doesn't warrant the same pay!

You can't really blame the women for that silly rule. I guess someone thought that was a good idea back in the days. I'm sure they would love to fight 3 minutes round. Boxing need to change that rule as soon as possible.

[PotentialToast]

I'd never heard of her before. Boxrec shows she is 5-0 but fighting against nobodies - makes no sense unless there's bad blood and hard to think how that could be the case. I suppose as long as you are still active even at 38 years old you have a target on your back just like people called out Hopkins when he was in his 40s

I think she beat Shields in the amateurs which is why she wants her.

[sugaryman]

Shields against a male!

It's been almost 46 years ago that Bobby Riggs and Billy Jean King had their Battle of the Sexes. I'd pay PPV money to see Shields against a male boxer, wouldn't have to be a champion. How far down in weight should the male fighter be for it to be competitive?

[mrlopez]

Shields NEEDS to move down for this fight. She wants it, she NEEDS to make concessions.

[smeck]

Shields IS big. Consider the MMA stars are not at 154. Cris Cyborg, Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes are all featherweights (144 pounds).

I was thinking maybe Holly Holm could come back over to the boxing side, and deal with Shields, but she'd be giving away ten pounds.

[smeck]

You can't really blame the women for that silly rule. I guess someone thought that was a good idea back in the days. I'm sure they would love to fight 3 minutes round. Boxing need to change that rule as soon as possible.

Strange, it's the same thing in tennis. The guys can go to five sets, but the women only can go to three sets.

What IS the deal? Consider that the NYC Marathon, for example, is 26 miles for BOTH sexes. Nobody's saying a woman can't run the same distance as a man. In fact the finishing times for the best men and women aren't that far apart.