Boxing Star Claressa Shields Calls Out ESPN For Excluding Her From “Trailblazing Athletes” List

Claressa Shields

Boxing Star Claressa Shields Calls Out ESPN For Excluding Her From “Trailblazing Athletes” List

Boxing champion Claressa Shields doesn’t appreciate being overlooked by ESPN.

The 2x Olympic gold medalist highlighted her impressive career stats in a recent message posted to X after the sports network opted not to include her in their trailblazing athletes list.

In response to the ESPN post, which named star athletes such as Serena Williams, Simone Biles, and Caitlin Clark, Claressa Shields, 29, wrote:

“Wow @espn Y’all have really lost yall mind!!!!! Do I have to run my resume down to y’all!!! 2x Olympic champ 3x Undisputed champ 5 weight world champion 15x world champ WOMENS BOXING TRAIL BLAZER”

 

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As she mentioned, Shields certainly has made quite the name for herself in women’s boxing.

In addition to the awards she listed, the Flint, Michigan native currently holds the record for becoming a two and three division world champion in the fewest professional fights and is one of only four boxers in history, female or male, to hold all four major world titles in boxing—WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, in two weight classes.

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