Claressa Shields claims Laila Ali doesn’t want the smoke.
Holding 18 world championships across five different weight classes, there’s no denying that Shields is the undisputed ‘GWOAT’ of women’s boxing. But there’s still one name on her hit list that she can’t seem to scratch off, though it’s not for a lack of trying.
That name is none other than Ali, a four-time undefeated world champion and the daughter of boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
“She already declined it, so I don’t even talk about it anymore,” Shields told Ariel Helwani when asked about a long-rumored clash with Ali.