Claressa Shields: Sportswoman of the Year

Undefeated two-division world champion Claressa Shields was named the 2019 Individual Sportswoman of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation at their 40th Annual Salute to Women in Sports event hosted Wednesday evening at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Salute to Women in Sports Awards honors the power of game-changing athletes and inspirational leaders in sports and life, who all collectively serve as role models to young girls and future generations.

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  • I think the Sportsperson of the year has to go to Andy Ruiz! That upset victory against AJ was the berries!!!!!!

  • After the crap her brother pulled. And the fact that she strongly defended that thug. This must be a joke. Great boxer, but no moral character.

    • The Salute to Women in Sports Awards honors the power of game-changing athletes and inspirational leaders in sports and life, who all collectively serve as role models to young girls and future generations.

      IKR……….you must be joking. Loudmouth piece of trash.

    • Agreed and thumbs up! This is 2nd time she has been awarded by this organization. A joke.

  • Is this the same sportswoman of the year who denied anyone to do with her team was involved in king-hitting a 68 year old man and breaking his face? Not exactly role model material from where I’m sitting.

  • This is a joke! She is no role model. What about Amanda Serrano or Cecilia Brækhus. They are more deserving of that award.

  • Likely she was eyed for this before the fight was canceled. Going through with it now is just damage control to contain the controversy associated with the attack. They hope everyone forgets about it and they have some icon to hoist up in the name of social justice. The same way all other mainstream sports are digging it a toehold in this victim culture, to sell tickets…). Fightnews is just reporting on it (their job), not concocting it. Their coverage has always seemed fairly objective.

  • Good boxer, role model no, she and her crew are thugs, I would never want my daughter to look at Clarissa as a role model!!

  • In one respect she is a role model. She is a dedicated athlete, focused on her craft and is very successful at it. However, her trash talk before fights isn’t in the spirit of good sportswomanship and would not be something I recommend as a role model for young women.

  • Another joke ! Sportswoman of the year ! Ask that to the Guy who is recovering from the injury sustained after her fight and occured by his brother..

  • Claressa Shields is the Henry Cejudo of boxing, good fighter and well decorated but the cringe level is legendary

  • Named by some irrelevant and unknown organization probably run by a bunch of dikes. Nobody cares.

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