Who Is Claressa Shields? An Explainer Of Papoose’s Alleged Girlfriend
Claressa Shields is gearing up for a movie based on her life, The Fire Inside, which is set to be released on Christmas Day (Dec. 25). Early reactions for the film, which stars Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry, have been enormously positive with the movie currently sitting at a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
However, the movie’s smooth rollout has come to a halt as Shields found herself wedged in between Papoose and Remy Ma’s marital problems.
On Wednesday night (Dec. 11), Remy exposed alleged text messages between her husband, Pap, and the celebrated boxer, showing an alleged ongoing relationship between the two.
Papoose then claimed that Remy had cheated on him, and that he requested a divorce “numerous times” from the rapper. The move led to Remy and Claressa going to digital blows, with each woman taking jabs at the other. At one point, the women threatened to fight each other in a series of posts.
While we know all about Papoose and Remy Ma’s relationship and its apparent downfall, who is Claressa Shields? Learn all about the woman below.
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Flint, Michigan
Image Credit: Shamus/Getty Images Shields hails from Flint, Michigan. The future athlete was born on March 17, 1995, and is currently 29 years old.
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Becoming a Boxer
Image Credit: Heavey/Getty Image Claressa Shields was passionate about boxing after her father, Bo Shields, introduced her to the sport. Her father spoke to her about Laila Ali and showed Shields her greatness. However, her dad wanted her to box when she was eleven, stating that boxing was a men’s sport. Once she turned eleven, Claressa began boxing at Flint’s Berston Field House, where she met her longtime trainer and coach, Jason Crutchfield.
And the rest is history.
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Making History
Image Credit: Heavey/Getty Images Shields then made world history in 2012 after she became the first American woman to snag a gold medal in boxing after her win in the middleweight class. Oh, but she wasn’t done yet. Shields returned to the Olympics four years later to win gold again in 2016.
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Undisputed Champion
Image Credit: Shamus/Getty Images In 2019, Claressa then went on a crazy run, becoming the undisputed women’s middleweight world champion. Along the way she held and unified the four major titles, such as the WBA, WBC, IBF, and the WBO. As it stands, Shields is 13x Championship Belt holder and the only person, man or woman, to ever become undisputed in 3 different weight divisions simultaneously.
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Mixed Martial Arts
Image Credit: Elsa/Getty Images Oh, yeah, and did we mention she’s also gaining recognition as a mixed martial artist? Yeah, Shields probably isn’t the one you should want to pick a fight with. Maybe.
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2023 Engagement
On January 1, 2024, Shields rang in the new year with her fiancé. She posted two photos on X of them smiling and hugging with the caption, “Another year I bring it in with my fiancé. 2024 be good to us.”
Although the exact status of the engagement is unknown, the fighter started the year with one beau and seemingly ended it with another.
