The conversation on the greatest women’s boxer of all time has many invoking the name of either Katie Taylor or Claressa Shields. A former decorated super middleweight champion in the male ranks of the sport has recently weighed in on this GWOAT topic, to use the parlance of Shields herself.
During a chat with escapistmagazine.com, Carl Froch covered several subjects, including his own thoughts on who boxing’s greatest female fighter of all time is. When weighing the accomplishments of both Taylor and Shields in his analysis, Froch said,
“Katie Taylor for me is probably one of the most outstanding female athletes, especially in boxing of all time.