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'I'm doing everything faster than him' - Claressa Shields compares herself to Canelo Alvarez in equal pay argument
Claressa Shields (left); Canelo Alvarez (right)
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Claressa Shields has compared herself to Canelo Alvarez in her equal pay argument. Shields asserted that she’s accomplishing everything in her boxing career faster than Alvarez has.
The American professional boxing star, who’ll turn 26 later this month and will make her MMA debut later this year, has been quite vocal in her stance that male and female boxers ought to receive equal pay and equal opportunities.
Claressa Shields is the first American boxer, male or female, to bag two consecutive medals at the Olympics. Shields won gold in the middleweight division at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.