Claressa Shields, la campeona indiscutible de peso pesado femenino del boxeo, ha sido prohibida de todos los eventos promovidos por Most Valuable Promotions tras un altercado ocurrido este fin de semana con la peleadora Alycia Baumgardner.
En una zona VIP privada durante el primer evento de MVP, el sábado en Inglewood, California, Shields y Baumgardner intercambiaron insultos verbales antes de que se mostrara en un video que Shields se acercó y golpeó a Baumgardner.
“MVP no aprueba, tolera ni acepta el comportamiento de Claressa Shields en ese entorno y refleja negativamente a MVP y al deporte femenino, al que hemos trabajado incansablemente para elevar,” MVP said in a statement. “Effective immediately, Claressa Shields is banned from all MVP events until further notice.
“There is a time and a place for fighter tension and banter, but to physically attack a fellow athlete while there as a guest inside a private VIP area is unacceptable.”
Shields, 31, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist who has held world titles at five different weight classes. The Flint, Mich., native is the only female boxer to hold titles with the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO in three different weight classes.
Baumgardner, who has defended her titles twice since signing with MVP, is the current WBO and IBF super featherweight champion. She previously held the WBC and IBO super featherweight titles. The 32-year-old was born in Detroit and grew up in Ohio.
“This behavior reflects a repeated pattern of hostility, chaos and attention-seeking conduct that continues to embarrass women’s sports,” Baumgardner said about Shields in a statement posted to X. “This situation has been and will continue to be handled legally and professionally.”
–Field Level Media
