The final press conference took place today for the historic women’s boxing doubleheader this Saturday at The O2 Arena. Shields-Marshall and Mayer-Baumgardner will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+.
Claressa Shields: “I’m not worried about Savannah Marshall. I came over here. I’m a star in America. Don’t get it twisted. I didn’t have to come over here. Nobody was ever running from her. Nobody was ever scared to come over here and fight her. We said, ‘Let’s do it.’ And you better punch as hard as you say you can. Because if you don’t have any punching power, it’s going to be a hard night for you.”
Savannah Marshall: “She can try to knock me out. But if you’ve got it, then you’ve got it. If you haven’t got it, then you haven’t. It is what it is. Why is it hard for you to knock someone out? If you land on someone, then you hurt them. If you land on them and you’ve got pillow fists, then they’re not going to go anywhere.”
Mikaela Mayer: “I’m expecting to deliver the performance of my life. Contrary to what she’s saying, I am constantly getting better. I still don’t even feel like I’ve hit my peak. I want to put it all together in this fight. I want to embarrass her. I want to make her sound stupid because she said a lot leading up to this fight.”
Alycia Baumgardner: “There’s no respect. At the end of the day, this is the fight game. This girl is trying to beat me. I’m trying to beat here. I have great sportsmanship, but I don’t respect her. She talks too much. And when somebody talks too much, you’ve got to shut them up, and that’s what I’m going to do on Saturday night.”
They’ve done an excellent job promoting these fights. I’m almost tired of hearing about them now – just ready to watch them already.
Yeah, it’s a big credit to the evolution of women’s boxing. It felt like it took a while to go from a novelty to being a true, legit pro sport. But it’s cemented now. And this is a good card.
It unfortunately has more to do with the constant rescheduling of this fight! On again, off again and back on! I’d love to see something resembling Taylor vs Serrano, but I doubt it!
Shields has a 16% KO ratio vs Marshalls 83% also take into note Marshall has KOd 2 fighters Shields couldnt so just food for thought also Mayer has a 29% KO ratio vs Baumgardners 53% so the power seems to be in favor for the under dogs lets just hope to see great fights just wished they were 12×3 rounds
Hoping Marshall and Baumgardner get the wins, the other 2 are pity pat punchers who will put us to sleep
Fight Cancellde….Queen Latifah has passed….
Women’s boxing has improved their profile. This should be good quality matchups. Hoping there is 1 big KO.
Shields has to be on top of her game. I still think she will KO.
Shields is a degenerate. Savannah will end her in a couple rounds. I hope Shields retires after this ass whooping because I’m sick of her stupid loud mouth.
shields drama queen big mouth hope marshall wins big with a ko