Floyd Mayweather has cemented his legacy as one of the greatest fighters of all time. His perfect 50-0 and titles in five weight classes are proof of his achievements. Not satisfied with this tag, ‘The Pretty Boy’ claimed himself as the greatest fighter of all time, who ever laced gloves and stepped inside the ring. He also labeled himself ‘TBE’, the best ever.
Now, when Mayweather is the best ever in men’s boxing, who is ‘TBE’ in female boxing? Well, Mayweather himself has named ‘TBE’ in female boxing.
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Speaking to FightHype.com while promoting his upcoming exhibition, the 45-year-old called Claressa Shields, the ‘TBE’ of female boxing.
“Well, Claressa Shields, I’d like to see a Claressa. Claressa um she’s from Michigan like myself. She’s a native of Michigan like myself um two-time gold medalist. We like to call her the uh the female TBE in the sport of boxing. And it’s going to give her just gonna give her this is gonna give her a chance to redeem her first loss. She only has one loss throughout her whole career, so I’m excited for her, “ Mayweather said.
This weekend the WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF women’s middleweight titles would be on the line when Shields would go head-to-head against the most fierce rival of her career, Savannah Marshall. The fight will take place in O2 Arena in London.
Both have the perfect record of 12-0 each. So overall it would be an interesting match.
The upcoming exhibition of Floyd Mayweather
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The former champs’ eyes are set on promoting his upcoming exhibition against the YouTube star Deji. This is going to be the third exhibition for Mayweather this year. Earlier, he fought Don Moore and Mikaru Asakura and easily defeated them both.
The showdown will take place on November 13 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Let’s see how Deji exploits the biggest opportunity of his career.
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But before that, who do you think will win between Shields and Marshall? Let us know in the comments below.
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