Claressa Shields makes feelings known about her drive to continue dominating women's boxing: "The fire inside of me is still burning"
Claressa Shields recently made her feelings known about her dominance of women's boxing and the impact she has had on women's athletics. Despite all her success so far, 'T-Rex' reaffirmed that her career is far from over and that she intends to compete for many years to come.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist is celebrating the upcoming release of her biopic 'The Fire Inside' starring Ryan Destiny and is making the media rounds to discuss her life and career being portrayed in a film.
Shields had to overcome plenty of adversity, however, she stuck to her beliefs and played a key role in female athletes being compensated like their male counterparts.
During her latest appearance on the Pound 4 Pound podcast, the boxing world champion-turned-PFL star opened up about being satisfied with her career and proving that she is the best in her sport.
Shields told Kamaru Usman that she still gets taken aback by her success, but still has the drive to continue her dominant run in the sport:
"I knew that I would be the greatest woman boxer in history. I knew that no girl could beat me. But I didn't know the recognition, the respect, the money, the biopic, like, I didn't know this stuff would happen. When I hear myself say, '15-time world champion', I kind of giggle a little bit. When does this end? How much a** can you kick? The fire inside of me is still burning to fight, so that's why I'm here and I think it's burning until I'm 38 years old."
Check out Claressa Shields' comments below:
Henry Cejudo lavishes praise on Claressa Shields for transitioning to MMA
In addition to Claressa Shields opening up about her success, Henry Cejudo lavished praise on 'T-Rex' for putting the work in and transitioning to MMA.
Cejudo, who also transitioned into MMA following his Olympic triumph, praised Shields for taking the risk knowing what she would be dealing with in the cage:
"One Olympic champ, that's hard. To do it two times, is absolutely ridiculous. Obviously, I respect anybody that wins the Olympics but the fact that you're one of the only females to jump into the sport of mixed martial arts. There's a lot of MMA fighters that would transition to boxing, but there's not a lot of boxers that are willing to take a kick [and] get elbowed."
Check out the official trailer for Claressa Shields' biopic below: