Comments Thread For: Shalom: Shields-Marshall Winner Will Be Biggest Name in Female Boxing!
Promoter Ben Shalom of BOXXER believes the winner of the upcoming grudge match between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall will be the biggest star in women's boxing.
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Lighter weight classes is where its at for women, with a smaller average size then men. Bigger pool of talent as women are mostly between 5'3 and 5'5.
Incidentally, this is partly why I believe so many HW men are stiffs and can enter the sport without a serious amateur career (though the division's gotten a lot more interesting in the past 18 months). Most men are between 5'8 and 6'0; thus, huge men are in the minority.
Back to the point at hand: neither Shields nor Marshall will be the biggest names. Ofc, the promoter of this fight has to say this.
Has he never heard of Katie Taylor. The best female boxer ever to lace gloves.
She has a built-in Olympic cash flow in the UK but I'd go with Marshall or Shields over her in a mythical p4p matchup after watching Persoon and Serrano touch her up. Good but repetitive, wild combos at times.
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