Claressa Shields Reveals Real Reason Why Natasha Jonas Fight Negotiations Failed: “She Asked Me For…”

Claressa Shields fought Savannah Marshall in October last year and emerged victorious via a unanimous decision. Since then, fans have been wanting to see her get inside the ring again. She was in talks with Natasha Jonas for a title fight, but it got abruptly called off and many boxing fans were disheartened. Currently, she doesn’t have any fight scheduled next for her, but the people are still trying to stay hopeful about the rematch of Shields and Marshall. Still, the matter is pretty lopsided as nobody knows where it’ll go eventually.

Recently, Claressa Shields revealed the real reason for calling off the Natasha Jonas fight on The DAZN Boxing Show. This bout has the potential to become the biggest fight in women’s boxing this year, but as it turns out, the fans may not witness this legendary showdown anytime soon.

Claressa Shields reveals the real reason after the Natasha Jonas fight fell apart

The host of The DAZN Boxing Show asked Claressa Shields about the reason behind moving on from what could be one of the biggest events of this year. As Shields would fight against Jonas with her multiple titles on the line, including WBO, WBC, and IBF titles.

In response, Shields stated that the simple and plain reason was Jonas’ expectations about money. Shields said, “She asked me for retirement money, that’s why. She acting like she needs to get paid a million dollars to fight against me or something.”

Shields stated that Jonas is not much known worldwide, while Shields is pretty much known all around the world, so it did not make sense to offer her opponent such a big amount of paycheck. She further added, “We were asking for a real title fight, we weren’t asking for, uh a fight to help her retire and take care of her family like that’s just not what we were offering.” She even made a tweet around this clip where she stated that her opponents try to always price themselves out of the fight and are scared to fight her.

The fans may not see Jonas taking on Shields in her next fight due to failed negotiations. Moreover, Natasha Jonas stated that she deserves to get paid and slammed Shields’ fight offer. Now, Shields need to find a justifiable opponent for her next fight, as even the Savannah Marshall rematch doesn’t seem to be working out and may get canceled as well, according to Ben Shalom.

Shields to not take on Savannah Marshall in a rematch next

Savannah Marshall’s promoter, Ben Shalom has revealed that they offered a rematch to Claressa Shields but she turned it down, and it seemed that she doesn’t want her next bout to be held in the United Kingdom. Shalom said, “We offered her a rematch [with Marshall] in the UK, she doesn’t want to fight in the UK which is fair enough.”

He stated that they’ll also be moving on from the rematch and would be announcing a big fight for Marshall soon enough. But Shalom has given a ray of hope to the fans that this fight is not off the table, but it’s just not “the right time”.

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The fans are intrigued to see who Claressa Shields will go against in her next fight, this year. Who do you think Shields should fight next? Do you have some names to suggest for the ‘GWOAT’? Let us know in the comments section below.

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