“Multiple MMA Champ vs 3X Undisputed Champ”: Amid Ongoing Beef With Alycia Baumgardner, Claressa Shields Ropes in Fury vs Ngannou to Reveal Only Condition to Fight Cris Cyborg

Claressa Shields is getting called out left, right, and center. The undefeated boxer has been in a tussle with Alycia Baumgardner for a substantial amount of time. But their fight is not booked because they are weight classes apart. Baumgardner competes at Super-Featherweight and Shields is a known Light Middleweight. In such an instance, they must welcome a Catchweight. However, Shields advised the super featherweight champion to compete at 160 lbs.

Here comes her potential fight against Cris Cyborg into play. It was speculated that for Cyborg, she is willing to compete at 147lbs. If true, then what is preventing her from competing with Baumgardner at 147? Find out all that went down and gather as to how and why Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury come into the picture.

Claressa Shields draws an analogy with Fury vs Ngannou

After her desire to face Baumgardner, a user on Twitter, @ThaBoxingVoice questioned why the legendary female boxer is trying to fight Baumgardner at 160lbs when she was vocal about fighting Cyborg at 147. Claressa stated, “Learn the facts Cris wanted to fight at 145. She is also eligible to fight. I wanted to fight at 154, not 147 ! But I’d do it for the “money”. I don’t want to go 147 for anybody!” In addition, she asserts that her match-up against Cyborg is quite similar to the match-up between Fury vs Ngannou. She added, “But multiple mma champ vs 3x Undisputed champ sound like Tyson fury vs franchis Ngannou.”

Shields will call a spade a spade and the tweet is a testament to the same. Both these potential fights are not only massive for her but also for the sport. Who will she fight first? Let time reveal. However, only back in December, Shields stated that she was willing to fight Baumgardner at 147lbs.

Shields did not mind a fight against Baumgardner at 147lbs under this condition

According to Shields, she would welcome a fight against Baumgardner at any weight, including 147lbs. However, only if there are world titles on the line. In that case, Shields would give Baumgardner the choice to decide and claim a fight against her is easy to make. Reflecting on the same, she stated, “P4P #1 wins at any weight class. I’d 100% fight @alyciambaum at 147 154 or 160 or 168 as long as it’s a Belt or multiple belts on the line. You know I’m not hard to make a fight with.”

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The above two revelations contradict each other. On one hand, she is willing to fight Baumgardner at 147lbs but in later revelation, she clarifies that she will not fight at 147lbs for anyone. Keeping this in mind, we ask you, what do you make of this entire debacle? Share with us your thoughts and opinions in the comments below.