The upcoming year could present us with one of the bigger women’s combat sports in history. World champions Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano have long been rumored for a meeting.
Shields has bounced between boxing and mixed martial arts. The 29-year-old from Detroit has held titles in five weight classes, including being the undisputed light middleweight champion since 2021.
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Starting in 2020, she joined the famed Jackson Wink MMA Academy. Shields has fought three times inside the cage, going 2-1, adding to her 15-0 pro boxing mark.
Despite there seeming to be a level of disrespect between the two, Shields tried to clear all that up. She explained that it isn’t necessarily with Serrano, but those that manage her, including Jake Paul.
“I want people to change that narrative,” Shields said on Boxing With AK. “It’s not really an issue with Amanda, it’s with her team. It’s with MVP trying to delete history and create fake history.”
Serrano, the unified featherweight champion, has held nine world titles across seven different weight classes in boxing. She is 47-3-1 in that arena to go along with a 2-0-1 mark in MMA.
Back in November, Serrano met Katie Taylor for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring light welterweight titles. She dropped a decision live on Netflix in a fight many believed she won.
“I was there, I watched it,” Shields said. “Women’s boxing won. I’m not a hater, I just wonder if they would have gotten 50 million views if (Paul vs. Tyson wasn’t the main event)?”
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