Claressa Shields has claimed Jake Paul has not spoken to her since he rejected her $100,000 sparring session offer.
The YouTube star has feuded with the boxing world champion for several months on social media, with the pair going back and forth over a number of topics including his short boxing career. Shields previously claimed she could defeat Paul if the pair touched gloves, and named him on her boxing bucket list.
Paul and Shields looked as if they had buried their feud in after previous emails emerged of Shields' manager approaching Paul to be on his undercard. However Shields has since claimed Paul was not interested in sparring her despite the possibility of a lucrative prize.
She told GiveMeSport: “I told him that we could spar for $100,000 and whoever wins gets that $100,000. He didn’t want to spar against me. And I’ve actually seen Jake Paul in person two or three times but he didn’t say anything. I’m not a fan of him. I do think he’s funny. He should be like a comedian or something.
“But I’m not a fan of the dude. I think what he’s doing in boxing and bringing more eyes is great. But I just can’t get jiggy with the whole thing like his attitude sucks. He started talking s*** after I lost my MMA fight by split decision and he was trying to big up the other girl who beat me and I was like dude you didn’t even say congratulations when I won my first MMA fight.
“He didn’t congratulate me on all of my achievements in women’s boxing. He doesn’t have any respect for the sport to me. So I’ve never really liked the dude. He tried to call a truce and apologise or whatever the case may be but no f**k that apology."
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Paul's feud with Shields began when he hit out at her after she lost an MMA fight as she looked to progress her fighting career. Shields was angered by the comments and pointed out her achievements in the boxing ring by comparing them to Paul's five-fight career.
The pair then continued to go back and forth at each other, but Shields focus will now likely be on her upcoming undisputed title clash with Savannah Marshall. Paul previously suggested that he wanted to squash their war of words and focus on his work to promote women's boxing alongside client Amanda Serrano.
"I think it's just time to squash that whole thing," Paul said at a press conference. "We just need to push women's boxing forward. I think we just let things get a little out of hand and I'm mature enough to say that and I think she is as well, let's just make women's boxing better and keep on pushing it together."
