Comments Thread For: Taffet: Laila Ali-Claressa Shields Can Be One of The Biggest PPVs Of All Time

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Muhammad Ali fought well past his prime until the age of 39, but boxing's all-time great was a sad shadow of himself by then, closing his illustrious career by losing three out of his last four fights. His daughter Laila Ali (24-0, 21 KOs) closed the curtains on an undefeated career at the crisp age of 30, but in the last couple of months, the 43-year-old is entertaining the idea of a comeback against Claressa Shields (10-0, 2 KOs).
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[Earl-Hickey]

Is this like Wilder Fury 2 doing a million ppv buys or whatever then actually losing money

[5000boxing]

I would definitely buy it! But being a fan of both would be bitter sweet.. But.. Nevertheless.. I'll buy it just to watch them slap box!!! Shyt.. I'll pay double just to watch them wrestle in mud! Lol. its a double win for me bc I love them as fighters and as beautiful women. Lets do it!

[juanpablo]

Highly doubt it sells like that. Ali has been out of the sport for 13 years and no one knows who Claressa Shields is.

[Chaos]

No man or serious boxing fan will pay to watch a couple of chicks slap each other for 12 rounds unless there's a tub of jello involved.

[PBR Streetgang]

Taffett is delusional if her truly thinks that. Laila Ali hasnt fought in so long most potential casual PPV purchasers probably don't remember her. Those fans that do, will remember that she made her record off of a lot of dreadful competition. Shields just doesn't generate any buzz for a number of reasons.

It feels like they are so desperate to generate fan interest in this to give Shields a payday and headline.

[millcitymauler]

I guess, at like $4.99 for the HD feed.

[Winning@314]

Really?

Why is this Taffet individual speaking as if Laila Ali was the female version of "Mike Tyson"?
You expect any retired professional athlete to re-enter a sport as brutal as professional boxing after "13" years of retirement to rush right into a ppv fight just like that!
Even though Don King is disliked by many; he was not wrong when he coined: only in America!

[Ray*]

Terrible match up.

[BoloShot]

What's Ali's age now? 40 something? She's not boxed in over a decade and this bum Shields really thinks she's a legit opponent?