Roomies, it looks just like the smoke between Laila Ali and Claressa Shields is much from clearing up. Now, Laila has called Claressa out, saying she’s using her name for clout and a spotlight — regardless that, Laila says, Claressa has been supporting her for years. And listen, Laila isn’t just talking, she’s stinging like a bee, and coming through with more receipts than the FBI to back it up. She says things went left after Claressa took something she said in a past interview way out of context.
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Laila Ali Drops Receipts On Past Friendship With Claressa Shields While Fans Wonder If They’ll Ever Get In The RIng
For anyone scratching their heads and wondering how Laila Ali and Claressa Shields came, don’t worry — Laila broke all of it down in a series of videos. At this point, she should’ve called it tea time, because the way in which the facts runneth over. Whew!
Laila shared that she first met Claressa back in 2012, when Claressa got invited onstage to face beside her as she presented her dad, Muhammad Ali, along with his Liberty Medal. From there, Shields kept in contact, even giving Laila a heads-up every time she had upcoming fights. Laila also mentioned that she interviewed Claressa while hosting CBS’s ‘We Need To Talk,’ an female-led sports commentary show.
But things began going left over time. Laila dropped clips of past comments Claressa made — including a recent ‘Million Dollaz Value Of Game’ interview where Claressa called her “just Muhammad Ali’s daughter.” Laila admitted she didn’t expect Claressa to flip on her like this and explained that she thinks Claressa’s been working additional time to discredit her profession and throw dirt on her name.
“On the time I used to be not aware of her divisive, vindictive, malicious nature. I do know those are strong words, but they fit! She saw me because the face of ladies’s boxing, and she or he told me that she wanted my spot. And she or he’s been on a mission to destroy my status ever since,” Laila said in recently shared Instagram footage.
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So how did things jump from 0 to 100 and hit $15 million for a possible fight? Laila thinks it began after her 2018 interview on Power 105.1’s ‘The Breakfast Club.’ When the hosts asked if she’d ever step back into the ring against a popping contender at the moment, Laila said: “I don’t think there’s anyone there for me straight away that might actually give me a superb challenge.” Nonetheless, she did give Claressa her flowers and said she was doing her thing. But Claressa clearly missed that part cause she seemingly took it as shade as a substitute of support. Peep Laila Ali’s full receipt video below.
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Chile, at this point, fans are waiting to see each Laila Ali and Claressa Shields put all of it on the ground. But is it going to occur? The jury remains to be out on that. Claressa hasn’t backed down, though; she’s been taking shots at Laila ever since she said it could take a $15 million bag for them to face off within the ring. Well, back in August, Shields told TMZ that she thinks Laila isn’t applying pressure after she secured the cash because Laila’s “scared.”
“I assumed that she was about all that talk. She wanted $15 million. I went and got the $15 million. And now it’s all this backpedaling. So, you recognize, congrats to her on whatever she’s doing. But I’m moving on with my profession,” Shields said on the time.
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