Claressa Shields
I AM THE GWOAT…says it all. Michigan female boxer Clares- sa “T-Rex” Shields proclaimed that is who she is “The Greatest Woman Of All Time”. This female boxer from an early age believed in herself, no matter what anyone said. Claressa’s grandmother always told her to believe in herself. Coming from a very traumat- ic childhood. Claressa over came many obstacles, through the love of boxing.
Boxing helped Claressa cope with her anger. Clarresa has stat- ed she didn’t know where she would have been without boxing.
Claressa love of boxing started when her father introduced her to the sport but did not let her start training until she was 11 years old. Claressa set her sights on the OLYMPICS…and won gold medals in both the 2012 and the 2016 Olympics. This fearless boxer became the 1st American to win gold in boxing and the first to win gold in the sport in back to back Olympics.
In 2015 a documentary on Claressa was released called T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold, This film documented her road to that point in her life. Determined to not let her family nor the children in her family go through what she had she continues to help and to fight. Claressa
Clarressa’s love of boxing shows in her smile when she speaks on the sport. Some of her fights have been filling up arenas in Detroit and in Atlantic City. Today Claressa has won boxing titles in five weight classes and holds eight belts. Claressa is the first female boxer to win five titles.
She’s also the only woman to be the undisputed champion in two different divisions. Claressa is one of only four boxers in history, female or male, to hold all four major world titles in boxing. In 2018, Claressa was inducted into the USA Boxing Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame. The Boxing Writers Association of America gave Claressa the 2018 Christy Martin Award - Female Fighter of the Year. In 2023, Claressa became the first woman to win the Best Boxer ESPY Award. Claressa is also a professional MMA Fighter.
This Flint, Michigan athlete is on fire. The release of the movie “The Fire Inside” Is about Clarressa’s life and journey in boxing.
This is a must see movie. Her idol Mohammad Ali would be proud….because we
