Claressa Shields holds press conference in Flint ahead of July fight

July 27 is the date of the fight and today Claressa Shields held a press conference in Flint.

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[@koolvidkids5519]

I'm 46 and a Cleveland Ohio native. I've followed the sport of boxing since I was a teenager and have also watched you since very early in your career when you were just trying to make a name for yourself. You have truly done that! I'm very proud of the woman/athlete/role model that you've become. You are a TRUE CHAMPION! May God continue to bless you and your family!

[@fw2965]

Who?

[@WB-yw4pb]

role model?!!! lol

[@koolvidkids5519]

@@WB-yw4pb Why would she not be a role model? She made it out of a really bad neighborhood. She worked hard and committed to her dream. She gives back to her community AND she's a champion. Wtf have you done with your life?🤔

[@NJohnson123]

No, a role model, I don't want my kids aspiring to be like this lady. Intelligence is a goal i wish for my kids to aspire for. Myself being a boxer, I find Shield's to be one of the most uneducated boxers I've ever known. Notice, I didn't say women, I said in general consensus, both male and female. That is dangerous.

[@koolvidkids5519]

@@NJohnson123 With everything she's achieved and given back(she even teaches kids and women how to box and defend themselves) you have the nerve to call that stupid? You sound like a 🤡 Btw what have you ever done in life/who have you ever reached back and given to outside your home?🤔

[@focuz4899]

Moving up 2 weight classes is dangerous.

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

Not in this case. Heavyweight is the least competitive in womens boxing. And the woman she's fighting is clearly much smaller.

[@jimmyvaughn51]

Did flint get clean water yet?

[@ChrisWaden]

Yes

[@christurner8668]

Thank God

[@Chalando.9431]

About time. I seen more protest over cop killings than clean water and blacks killing blacks. Random but just a thought

[@Basichomelife]

Yes and millions of dollars

[@user-fo7zt6xn6e]

MOST BOTTLE WATER HAS FLOURIDE

[@Khadijah708]

Juneteenth and the 4th of July are not the same thing at all !!!

[@yvetterenee8256]

She meant celebration wise (cookouts, fireworks, etc.)

[@WB-yw4pb]

@@yvetterenee8256 she meant to disrespect as usual

[@mrrich0974]

😂😂

[@gudagram5644]

She said we became free in 1855 on Juneteenth 🤦🏽‍♂️😂

[@KuttyJoe]

She said in 1865 we became free African Americans. She didn't say, "on Juneteenth" and she didn't say 1855.

[@gudagram5644]

@@KuttyJoe the act of slavery went on well passed 10 years after 1855 too

[@KuttyJoe]

@@gudagram5644 "The act of slavery?" You sound like you have no idea what you're talking about while misquoting Claressa Shields, and trying to laugh at her comment.

[@gudagram5644]

@@KuttyJoe ur way too soft for me…u tryna push the emotions of slavery on me…u a true loser

[@altheasweeting8201]

Let s go shields

[@avtardhillon9380]

Winner gets AJ

[@MingxKobe]

Gets Keith Thurman

[@suvettagreen9547]

Fast Forward she knocked her iut un the 2nd Round wow

[@timiglobe]

Already 🙏🏽💯💯💯💯💯

[@mdupablolukhele8183]

Black girl ROCK u represent the culture sweetheart ❤🇸🇿❤🇸🇿❤🇸🇿

[@WB-yw4pb]

that blackboy dont even got the power to ko a female fighter

[@OMBP20]

What is Juneteenth?

[@Unapologetically_Masculine]

Not sure?

[@darrenjohnson7857]

Long Story 😊

[@SwitchinLanez720]

I love the Gwoat and I want to meet her so i can vibe with her fr fr

[@fw2965]

GWOAT?? She's 14-0 with 2 KOs and She's fighting a woman who's 7-1 with 2KOs. Lepage has been knocked out 1 time already. Women's boxing is trash!

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

​@@fw2965 You clown she had an impressive amateur career before she went pro, it's harder to win Olympics than a pro title let alone at age 17, or twice! That 14-0 is the best of 3 different weight classes! Adler(16-0), Nielson(21-0), Gabriels(20-0), Hammer(25-0), Habazin(23-3) etc. GWOAT!

[@Unapologetically_Masculine]

Shields should fight Bumgardener. This fight is a waste of time.

[@isaiahwilliams121]

Five at the press conference

[@jonhwall3879]

She looks super focused ♥️

[@mauricechaney22]

Who

[@brown66683]

Love u shelds ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Supastackman]

Flint stand up!! GWOAT

[@misterhannsum]

What’s that? How old are you.

[@Supastackman]

@@misterhannsum Old enough to know a troll like you🤣Go play mind craft and stay out grown folks business.

[@Supastackman]

@@misterhannsum Get out your feelings also smh

[@misterhannsum]

@@Supastackman Well I was waiting for “I’m HATING” I have no feelings for women boxing. How can you be the greatest of all time, when there’s no serious competition and on,y a hand full on female boxer? What makes it even worse, she wears that crap around her neck.

[@WB-yw4pb]

hahahahahaha...the female version of wilder without the power

[@NonhlanhlaKhumalo-cg7ci]

Winner is Claressa Shields ❤

[@lowellbrailey307]

This will most likely be another walk thru the park for Shields. It just seems that a lot of her competitors just don't have any *head* movement at all. They just stand there and take head shots. Its as if their mind is saying, "that wasn't that bad" until it is! Shields won't be defeated no time soon until she goes up against someone that can "dance, sting, move and guide her in the ring using foot positioning.

[@CWest9400]

Let’s get real here, we all know Claressa is gonna whoop that azz

[@earlthomas9683]

SHELDS!!!!!! 🇺🇸....

[@gymreaper1728]

Flint isn’t Detroit.😒🥴

[@mrgonzalez4583]

Always hyped when Claressa fights. She really is the GWOAT

[@catherinedavis349]

Yeah okay claressa Shield is going down / her opponent is gonna light 🔥 to that you know what/ in Tank voice A$$ whooping 💯

[@user-fj8kk3iz7u]

Bro it feel lioe she retired. Ion feel the hype rn

[@Solodolo-cc9sk]

Another fighter like TANK/HANEY, fighting NO COMPETITION

[@yvetterenee8256]

That's untrue about both of them. Didn't Haney get beat. 😁

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

🤡Who wins Olympic gold TWICE first at age 17, unless they are special?! She has never ducked anyone, hunted after the best of the best at 4 weight classes, yet the haters are still in denial. 3 times undiputed at 2 weight classes! If its so uncompetitive why hasn't any of her competition accomplished anything close to that?

[@banelesipeka5267]

Man please stop it

[@yvetterenee8256]

@@user-vw6bk4pb4l , Yes, they are in denial. 😊

[@user-fj8kk3iz7u]

Is this a prank? Is yall pranking me??

[@WhatsOnYourMind.]

There's a side about her that is so arrogant that I wish she could stop giving herself credit and allow the fans to decide. She's not a nice person in general, so it's hard to see her being painted as this nice person on the stage. I don't see it.

[@iluvmyboba]

I know exactly what you mean. And a lot of that has to do with her environment and age. Whenever you are a professional athlete and arrogant, you will be humbled. That's just the nature of the sport.

[@JudahAwakening]

And who the hell are you? Shut up hater, just because you lack confidence doesn't mean she should be like you! Your comment speaks high volumes about the type of person you are, and I would never want my people anywhere around you or your type!

[@jasonkidd1689]

The fans have decided, that's why she got an Espy award.

[@WhatsOnYourMind.]

@jasonkidd1689 truthfully, Awards mean nothing if your character doesn't level up. Surprised, not surprised.

[@jasonkidd1689]

@WhatsOnYourMind. Just like your opinion of her. Surprised, not surprised.

[@user-zk1tf6cj9j]

Claress Shields getting in the ring with another punching bag!

[@roodyrene797]

I know Vanessa Joanisse, I watched her sparring, and I sparred with her a few times in the past. She has zero chance vs Shield. She will get stop by the 5th round or before that.

[@salvadorpineda7762]

Why makes you so confident that will happen?

[@loxho217]

Love me some Claressa Shields

[@tanikasally1252]

T REX❤❤❤

[@gapeachdenise7]

🔥🔥🔥

[@user-fj8kk3iz7u]

............. even she said it .. ... yea im confused.... its a prank 🤣

[@glorygiftsglory2771]

She looks like a school teacher

[@Mines7171]

😂Will be

[@thewedge8823]

Who? never even heard of that opponent... Fight a real fighter like Cyborg smh...

[@b.7811]

Should be fighting Katie, Serrano, or Alycia…

[@alexvazquez7709]

Na... Keith Thurman.... Vergil Ortiz ... Oh yeah Sebastian Fondura Maybe? 😂

[@kellyaustin7487]

She looks too heavy

[@BillDemas]

I hope her brother didn't attack another senior citizen.

[@Mines7171]

Melanin People & we not free

[@JasonWilliams-um2nt]

😂😂 what plantation are you on dufus? And all people have melanin

[@JudahAwakening]

Free from what? If you are talking about our captivity, than you fail to realize that our captivity was over years ago! Free your mind! And black people were already here in this country long before any yt people, or fake wanna be Indians, who actually are nothing but Siberians who came to north America after the last ice age!

[@Mines7171]

Mostly Apache, they didn’t Capture them. Ok have a Great Day

[@nathj4818]

The ONLY place you're "not free" is in your own damn mind.

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

@@nathj4818Exactly

[@WB-yw4pb]

that blackboy dont have the power to ko a female boxer

[@bduncan7968]

💪🏾💪🏾

[@user-ze8bu3mk6b]

No one watching her mediocre performances .. she clown .. no knock out power so why won’t she make it past round 7 .. it’s going the distance and no one is watching

[@cliffordhill2365]

Shields is the true GWOAT of women boxing. I've always believed that she would've beaten both Leila Ali and Anne Wolfe! Leila hated how Shields ran her mouth, but was basically powerless to shut her up. She knew that she herself would have to be in her prime to have a prayer against her, which is why she never came outta retirement!

[@JasonWilliams-um2nt]

Gwoat is legendary corny 😂😂

[@cliffordhill2365]

We can play word games all we want, but Shields is the best to ever lace them up and Leila Ali just hates hearing that.

[@JasonWilliams-um2nt]

@@cliffordhill2365 Laila Ali had 21 kos. How many does Clarissa have?

[@cliffordhill2365]

Of course Ali has more, but what all does that tell you? There's a reason why Ali never came outta retirement (and wasn't because she wasn't going to be paid what she was asking!).

[@JasonWilliams-um2nt]

@@cliffordhill2365 🤣🤣🤣 bro what are you saying

[@josiahflowers6803]

Uggghhhhhh

[@Jstrikez300]

Womens boxing is a joke not enough women fights therefore no competition so of course shields looks good

[@TheUndisputedTalk504]

It’s 3 weight class because she was cool at 160 So it’s 160 168 Then hw 3

[@mauricechaney22]

😂😂😂😂

[@kushizmycologne6014]

Clarissa is not sexy at all !!

[@catherinedavis349]

Mad/ makeup damm You see she have that dog in her/ i say claressa it's knock out on the 9th round man down 🤭 woman down.

[@catherinedavis349]

Use your own swag not Tanks Yep she using tank words evening acting like him in some ways/ i see a L on shield / this gurl here will beat shield/ Man down👎

[@LuvThySelf]

Your hatred is showing. Just say you dont like her. It would be more respected.

[@Supastackman]

🤣get out your feelings you will feel better lol T-Rex Flint all Day!!! If she was Rhonda Rousey she would be huge with all type of endorsements, but we know why Shields don’t get that. We the greatest athletes on Earth period, trendsetters and influential in everything.

[@Armando-xk9kl]

Vannessa i pray in Jesus name that the lord will give you Victory to win that fight I'm black myself I'm still going for the white girl

[@thatboybrandon123]

You're not black lol

[@bigvslim]

🤡🤡🤡

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

What type of clown statement is that

[@roodyrene797]

I know Vanessa, I used to trained by her side. She has absolutely no chance of winning.

[@Armando-xk9kl]

@@roodyrene797 and that's why that real below average broad picked her to fight her pathetic

[@jothamgreenwood663]

Of course she'll be fighting someone smaller than her...Her mouth is too big to back up what she be saying

[@tbest1mil]

??? Who are you talking about? I know you are not talking about Shields. She is moving up two weight classes.

[@JudahAwakening]

You sound like a idiot, and apparently do not know a damn thing about boxing! Your daddy should be whooping your behind for commenting on grown folks page!

[@thatboybrandon123]

Ya mama to big

[@coreyleflore]

​@@tbest1milAnother one that didn't pay attention to the video lol... All he see is Black and White, not just human. So obvious....