Shields-Joanisse Detroit presser quotes

Undisputed female middleweight champion Claressa “GWOAT” Shields and WBC female heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse came face to face today for the second time this week at a press conference at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Claressa Shields: “I believe that on July 27, I will be heavyweight champion of the world. As we can see, I’m not a true heavyweight and that’s ok…people talk about how I don’t have knockout power, but I have to kill myself to make weight too. Now that I don’t, I think I will be putting all that talk to rest. She’s coming big, strong and fast, but I’m coming big, strong and fast too.”

Vanessa Joanisse: “I want the popularity Claressa has. She’s the face of women’s boxing and I want this fight. She has what I want.”

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  • Joanisse is 5’6″ heavyweight champion with 2 KO wins, and 1 KO loss

  • Woman boxing is better overseas than in the U.S.A. and the sad part is that she’s a 2X Olympic Gold Medalist without a good rep, and poor punching power. This type of fight make you miss Ann Wolfe, Ali, Frazier, and even the butch chick.

  • clarrisa probably overweight and lean on her opponent try to tire her out would not watch this even it was for free

  • They’re both terrible and both have weak resumes. It may be no fault of their own, but it is just the reality.

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