If boxing fans know one thing about Claressa Shields, it is her penchant for challenges. She takes up a challenge, overcomes it, and then moves on to a new one. After conquering multiple weight divisions, when boxing failed to keep her hooked, she went to MMA and pulled off wins. Now returning to the boxing fold, the American boxer has thrown the gauntlet at the biggest names in women’s boxing and is eyeing ending the debate over the ‘GWOAT’ tag. How will she do it? By handing down a beatdown to the most famous names.

Shields, 29, is gearing up to add another gold strap to her waist this coming Saturday when she fights Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, with the WBC and WBO heavyweight titles on the line. Isn’t it what she does best? Collecting championships. But as the press conference before her high-voltage fight went on, she also disclosed her desire to move on from the championships and cement her legacy. While becoming a four-division would do that, the Flint native wanted to exchange punches with the likes of Alycia Baumgardner, Amanda Serrano, and Katie Taylor. And the award would be the title of ‘GWOAT,’ a nickname that she has been using for herself in recent years.

Expressing her confidence in bagging a win this weekend, Shields said, “I’ll be winning this Saturday night. Any these girls who want to be GWOAT, all you gotta do is make a fight with me. Alycia Baumgardner, Amanda Serrano, [and] Katie Taylor. All you gotta do is make a fight with me. Then I can show you. You are not GWOAT for many reasons.”

Shields, at 14-0, would be making a comeback to the squared circle after a layoff of 13 months. However, that hasn’t dented her spirits, as she looks to end Lepage-Joanisse’s reign at the top of the 175-pound division. But how will the undisputed middleweight champion do it?

Claressa Shields predicts a KO win against Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse

Shields is making a jump to 175, and the heaviest she has registered is 167 in a fight. Will the weight disadvantage affect her chances? The 2012 Olympic gold medalist doesn’t think so. She told ESPN. “She’s [Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse] supposed to be the heavyweight, but I think that her underestimating me is why the fight will actually end in a knockout. Because she’s not expecting me to hit as hard as I hit, and that’s what I like.”

Shields has done it before, and the weight limits don’t bind her skills. In addition, she carries the reach advantage and is the skilled technician between the two. Will her skills and reach advantage allow her to become a four-division champion? The fans will find out on July 27.

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