Most Valuable Promotions/Esther Lin
Women’s boxing champ Claressa Shields thinks she can take Jake Paul.
On Saturday night, Paul went the distance with former UFC star Nate Diaz in a 10-round fight.
During the fight, the social media influencer-turned-boxer was able to drop Diaz but was not able to knock him out.
Jake Paul couldn’t finish a 40yr old MMA fighter who was talking to the crowd mid fight.
He couldn’t finish a 38yr old MMA fighter who just didn’t care and turned his back most the fight.
And he thinks he could be a “world champion”
— Reece 🐺🏴 (@reece_shore) August 6, 2023
Shields, who is currently the undisputed women’s middleweight champ, called out Paul to a fight.
Yes facts remains I’ll get @jakepaul too. The level that of skill being displayed is mediocre
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) August 6, 2023
This isn’t the first time Shields has called out Paul.
In 2021, Shields proclaimed that she could beat Paul in a boxing match because she spars with male fighters who are better than him.
. @Claressashields says she would never fight on a @jakepaul card. Says she can beat Jake Paul right now in boxing. @PFLMMA pic.twitter.com/YQr7k0LY2V
— BroBible (@BroBible) September 29, 2021
Here’s what she told TMZ at the time.
“Jake Paul is making his money, he’s doing his thing, but stay away from us real fighters,”
“And anybody out there that say ‘Oh, Jake Paul will destroy her because she’s a woman’, … I’m the greatest woman! So, no, Jake Paul won’t do nothing with me and if he think he can, he can come see me.”
Despite Shields’ trash talk, it’s highly doubtful that Jake would ever entertain a fight against her.