Claressa Shields has slammed Savannah Marshall for "crying" about comments she made about race in the lead-up to their grudge fight.
Bitter rivals Shields and Marshall fight for the undisputed middleweight title at The O2 arena in London on Saturday night. The pair, who headline the first-ever all-female card in boxing history, have a rivalry dating back to their amateur careers over a decade ago when Marshall handed Shields the only loss on her otherwise pristine record.
The pair have been going back and forth since the fight was announced and Marshall insisted she was mostly unbothered by Shields’ goading attempts. That was until Shields involved race in her trash-talk by telling Seconds Out : “She’s a hater, she wishes she was me. She wishes she had the belts and the gold medals, but she doesn't. Marshall just wants to be me, she wishes she was black and everything. It’s just sad.”
