Floyd Mayweather Tells Claressa Shields to ‘Simmer Down’ – Gives Knockout Advice

Floyd Mayweather has shared his valuable tips to unified female middleweight champion, Claressa Shields, which can help ‘T-Rex’ turn into a knockout artist. Mayweather is more famously known for his defensive skills rather than possessing one-punch knockout power. However, he could amass most of his professional wins via stoppages.

Mayweather was a smart pugilist, holding sheer fight IQ in his favor. It helped him knockout many of his opponents, even though he wasn’t a knockout hitter. Thus, Shields seems to be aware of the changes she needs to hold more KO wins under her name. 26-year-old Shields has a flawless boxing record of 11-0, in which she has earned only two stoppage victories. It’s high time she makes the changes and Shields appears ready for it.

In a chat with Pro Boxing Fans, she said, “He [Floyd Mayweather] just said that everything that I am doing is right and he wants me to simmer down in the ring and calm down and land my shots. Because I am very sharp and I am very slick. But it seemed like with the two minutes and the pros, I am so focused on trying to get knockouts.”

“Like the knockouts don’t happen. I am just dominating girls 10 rounds and beating them up. But now we are working on settling down and getting the knockouts.”

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Claressa Shields will return to boxing action after an 11-month gap from pugilism. She will defend her middleweight belts against Ema Kozin on February 5. Akin to Shields, Kozin has also been a champion and is still undefeated. So, it will be intriguing to see both the women collide in a nail-biter.

Can Claressa Shields channelize Floyd Mayweather in the fight?

A fight against Ema Kozin will demand fireworks from Shields. Boasting off a 21-0-1 record, Kozin has 11 KOs under her name. These numbers are clearly superior to Shields’ active resume. However, ‘T-Rex’ has been into professional combat for several years and has fought the best. Her active transition to MMA and Boxing, simultaneously, has also fetched her valuable lessons.

If she can put all of it into use and make it work in her favor, Shields can be the first boxer to vanquish Ema Kozin at a professional stage.

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At this juncture, Shields can’t afford to lose her undefeated streak as it will seemingly bring her blockbuster matchups in the future. Therefore, she has a lot of responsibilities, especially after taking tips from the undefeated Floyd Mayweather.