Claressa Shields has slammed the door on a potential rematch with Savannah Marshall, insisting she is “way past” that.
The American star had a fierce rivalry with Britain’s Marshall, relationship from a 2011 novice contest, which culminated of their 2022 undisputed middleweight showdown.
Shields received in model and now the two-time Olympic gold medallist has risen all the best way to develop into the primary undisputed heavyweight world champion in ladies’s boxing.
The unbeaten fighter from Flint dismissed Marshall as a potential challenger at heavyweight.
“The way that I beat Savannah, unanimous decision,” Shields instructed Sky Sports activities. “I am well past a battle with Savannah.
“I feel that there is higher competitors on the market, like a Mikaela Mayer, like a Lauren Value, who’s an Olympic champion from Nice Britain. I might like to battle in opposition to these ladies.
“I feel that Savannah has used my identify for a really very long time to construct herself. She’s lived off the novice win that occurred once I was 16 or 17. She lived off of it after which after we fought I destroyed her.
“She thought she was going to come to the US and fight Shadasia [Green] and win, and lost. And now she’s lost on what to do. But she should be focused on fighting girls who she can actually beat. Because she can’t beat me.”
Shields places her heavyweight championship on the road in opposition to Franchon Crews-Dezurn on the Little Ceasars Area in Detroit on February 22.
Naturally she expects to be victorious however moderately than keep at heavyweight she could be prepared to maneuver all the way down to field Mayer or Value, present welterweight world champions. Value notably, like Shields earlier than her, was an Olympic gold medallist at middleweight.
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“I’m fighting Franchon in a little over two weeks. I reckon I’m going to do what I’m supposed to do and get the job done correctly, I will then fight against Shadasia Green and then after Shadasia Green it’s been talked of Mikaela Mayer fighting me at 163, 165lb. Same thing with Lauren Price. I’m willing to go down and fight those girls, if they’re really serious about it,” Shields mentioned.
“I’m willing to go down to 163, 165lb and make some of the biggest fights. But I’m not going to 160 without no belts.”
Nonetheless, she warned her potential challengers: “I’m not ever going to slow down and if these girls can’t keep up they’re just going to keep getting smoked.
“However that is not my downside. My job is to work my hardest, practice my smartest, eating regimen proper and battle one of the best. And I have been doing that now for 9 years.”
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