“I Will Fuck You Up!”

Claressa Shields has a bone to select with Savannah Marshall

When final within the ring, WBO World Middleweight champion Savannah “Silent Murderer” Marshall (10-0, 8 KO’s) roughed up and knocked out late-replacement Maria Lindberg. Whereas it was Lindberg’s seventh skilled loss, this was the primary time that she has been stopped inside the distance. Like clockwork, within the aftermath, Marshall was questioned about undisputed tremendous welterweight world champion Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (11-0, 2 KO’s).

That is because of the Silent Murderer being the one particular person, skilled or newbie, to defeat Shields. As a consequence of this actuality, their names have been sutured collectively since that newbie victory. As professionals, the need to see these two conflict once more has been on a gradual rise. Fortunately, it seems to be coming nearer to a actuality.

Initially, as soon as within the skilled area, it was group Marshall that was not so gung-ho about staging the match. Occasions have modified. Not solely is the Silent Murderer greater than keen to chuck knuckles with Shields, she believes T-Rex is scared of her! That or she is merely making an attempt to goad T-Rex right into a showdown. Both method, Marshall and her handlers are publicly campaigning for the struggle.

RUN IT BACK!

In a current interview performed with Fight Hype, Shields defined in depth her emotions towards Marshall. Not solely is she all the way down to commerce leather-based with the UK native, she insists that she’s been aching for that struggle because the amateurs. Going a step additional, Shields adamantly believes that Marshall is the one quaking in her gymnasium sneakers.

“I confronted off along with her, I gives you what you need. I gives you all that power and I’ll fuck you up! That allow her know proper then and there, I’ve by no means been afraid of you! I’ve at all times needed to run it again and struggle you! 2012, the world championships, she beat me. Three months later was the Olympics. I received the Olympics, she misplaced. 2014 world championships, I received, she misplaced.

“2016 world championship, she received fourth place bronze, first place gold myself. Then we go to the Olympics once more, she is there once more! Loses. And what’s humorous about all these losses after she beat me, she misplaced the day earlier than on daily basis earlier than we have been alleged to struggle once more. You needed to win one struggle and you’ll struggle towards the beast and also you lose each time? It’s a psychological blockage for her! I do know that!”

MONKEY GREASES THE GEARS

Whether or not she is down for the struggle or is legitimately mentally stymied is rising irrelevant. Each girls are brazenly gunning for the bout, so it ought to make it that a lot simpler to make. The one potential stumbling block could possibly be monetary. Sure, Shields is itching to sock Marshall within the mouth. Nonetheless, that’s contingent upon her getting paid to take action!

“Come on now, play with any person else! I’m not going put my life on the road for boxing and do it for reasonable. So she will say what she need, ‘oh Claressa is fearful of me, she doesn’t need it.’ I gave Eddie Hearn my quantity and he stated on nationwide TV, ‘I received the cash, I’m the massive cash man yada, yada, yada.’ Alright! Effectively then ship the contract with the cash that I requested you for bro!”

“In case you are actually going to placed on for ladies’s boxing, placed on for ladies’s boxing!”

Ideally the 2 camps will come collectively and work one thing out. It’s a significant struggle with an engrossing years-long backstory. But, if boxing historical past has taught us something, till the 2 fighters are within the ring, nothing is assured! So simply preserve these fingers crossed and let’s hope it will get throughout the end line.

By: Bakari Simpson

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