Claressa Shields, the self-proclaimed ‘GWOAT’ of women’s boxing, has hinted at her return to the squared circle. However, her announcement quickly became overshadowed by an online feud with rapper Cam’ron.
The heated exchange appears to have been sparked by discussions surrounding the recent Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor rematch, adding an unexpected twist to the buzz around Shields’ comeback.
Serrano and Taylor created history on Friday, November 15th, during their 10-round super lightweight fight, which was reportedly watched by a whopping 50 million households across the globe. Shields alleged that she watched the rapper, Cam’ron say Serrano and Taylor’s first fight was the most watched women’s boxing match with 1.5 million viewers. Shields claimed she had the most watched women’s boxing match with 2 million viewers.
Cam’ron later on his ‘It Is What It Is’ podcast on YouTube, shared his DMs with Shields, where the exchange between them seems to have started. “Claressa Shields DM’d me yesterday and was like ‘Cam they trying to rewrite history..,” Cam’ron said. “I have the most watched fight in women’s history. Their 1st fight (Serrano vs Taylor) was 1.5 million (views), my fight was 2 million.”
The rapper claimed he wrote back, “That’s what’s up sis..the new numbers are 50 million (views for their rematch) you got some catching up to do.” This didn’t sit well with Shields, who responded to the clip, in a now-deleted tweet, “lol this boy so delusional 50 million tuned in to see the Main event!” According to her, the 50 million households that tuned in for the Taylor-Serrano fight, came for the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight. Whereas, in her case, she was the main event. So, the credit for pulling in the numbers is solely hers.
Regardless, since their feud online, Shields turned to Instagram today, where she shared a clip from her last bout with Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse. ‘T-Rex’ wrote in the caption, “…FIGHT ANNOUNCEMENT SOON…” It’s worth mentioning that Shields’ promoter Dmitriy Salita told Boxing Scene, “I think she’ll fight again in January or February.”
Salita explained Shields was busy with the upcoming movie, ‘The Fire Inside,’ based on her life, which is coming out on December 25th. Regardless, Shields later commented on her own fight announcement post, tagging Cam’ron. “@mr_camron why you said I need to be bowing down to you cause I have 15 wins & 3KOs! The girls I fight would eat you for dinner man.”
This seems to have rallied fans on her side., as they shared their thoughts in response.
Since the post went live on the platform, a flood of comments have come in to support Shields. One user blamed the entire thing on the rapper. “Facts cam a chump sucka,” the user wrote. However, the numbers from the Netflix show, 50 million people around the globe especially tuned in to watch Serrano and Taylor. By the time the main event started, the numbers were peaking at 65 million.
Meanwhile, this user suggested Shields avoid engaging with Cam’ron. “Stop responding back to fools respond back to the real fans that rock with you,” the user wrote. Only time will tell whether 50 million people would tune in to watch Shields’ next fight or any fight for that matter.
The next user had similar views on the situation. “Camron is NOT worth your time. Don’t give that dude attention,” the user commented. But it appears Shields texted the rapper first, which sparked the feud.
The next user simply threw an insult at Cam’ron. “Cam a clown,” the user wrote. Since Shields’ post, the rapper has also commented on the post, writing, “I got upset in a Saturday boo..😂😘 I hear that. But ain’t nobody “Eating” that!!! Nasty a** box. No pun intended.”
While everyone was bashing the rapper, this user praised Shields. “I believe she can beat a couple of the Male boxers up,” the user wrote. However, last year a sparring clip between Shields and Arturs Ahmetovs was leaked by the latter, where Ahmetovs had dropped Shields pretty viciously.
That said, Claressa Shields doesn’t seem too pleased with Cam’ron downplaying her achievement of hosting the most-watched women’s boxing match. However, this record was surpassed by the rematch between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor.
