{"id":320315,"date":"2025-12-17T05:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320315\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T05:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:07:13","slug":"claressa-shields-3-kos-in-17-fights-says-shes-too-big-and-would-beat-rolly-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320315\/","title":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields, 3 KOs in 17 fights, Says She’s Too Big and Would Beat Rolly Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Claressa Shields <\/a>doesn\u2019t believe there\u2019s a woman on earth who can beat her, but even if she found herself standing across the ring from a man, she isn\u2019t convinced she would have too many issues. <\/p>\n

The former three-division undisputed beltholder was recently asked to give her opinion on how things would play out if she fought a man. Not only does she have faith in her skills against a no-name male, but she also has a feeling that she can take down a current champion. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll beat Rolly, and he\u2019s a world champion,\u201d Shields said of Rolly Romero<\/a> on The Justin Laboy Show. \u201cListen, I think Rolly is very unorthodox, very strong, but I\u2019m way taller than him, way longer than him, and got better skills. He can\u2019t beat me in a fight.\u201d
Although Shields\u2019 confidence is sky-high<\/a>, her words weren\u2019t exactly correct. The undisputed women’s heavyweight champion is only one inch taller than Romero (17-2, 13 KOs). Also, both have a 68-inch arm reach. <\/p>\n

Still, despite the closeness of their physical attributes, Shields (17-0, 3 KOs) took things further, pointing to their weight classes. <\/p>\n

The two-time Olympic gold medalist nabbed two wins this year as a heavyweight, beating Danielle Perkins and Lani Daniels on points<\/a>. She’s also set to defend her undisputed throne against Franchon Crews Dezurn on February 22 <\/a>at Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit.<\/p>\n

Romero, on the other hand, beat Ryan Garcia for a version of the WBA 147-pound title on May 2. He was later elevated to full champion once Jaron Ennis moved up to junior middleweight. <\/p>\n

Considering the massive difference in weight, Shields believes that if they fought, it would play a major factor. <\/p>\n

\u201cI walk around at 185, he fights at 147,\u201d Shields said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for somebody smaller to hurt somebody bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields doesn\u2019t believe there\u2019s a woman on earth who can beat her, but even if she found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":{"0":"post-320315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-schedule","18":"tag-boxing-videos","19":"tag-boxing-results","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-unitedkingdom","37":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}