Claressa Shields Fires Back at Laila Ali, Says She’s “Hating on the Youth”
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#ClaressaShields is calling out
#LailaAli again for allegedly being a hater, and this time, she’s bringing receipts.
In an over 20-minute YouTube video, the fighter shared her views on the boxing vet, who recently uploaded her own 28-minute explanation on October 16th, standing by her belief that Shields would never beat her.
“Laila Ali has been losing the fight against me for a very long time, and we all know when you start losing the fight, you go below the belt,” Shields began the video.
According to the Michigan athlete, she never wanted to address Ali’s disses head-on out of respect for Black women. However, due to Ali “hating on the youth,” Shields felt compelled to call her out.
Shields says the problems began when she was just a 16-year-old rookie fighter trying to get into the Olympics. Ali presented herself as a “big sister” of sorts, ...