Katie Taylor is indifferent to where she is ranked in comparison to Claressa Shields and prefers to see the debate surrounding boxing’s greatest female fighter as another hallmark of an unprecedented era in the sport.
The undisputed world lightweight champion was recently knocked off top spot in some pound-for-pound lists by American Shields, who earlier this month beat Savannah Marshall at London’s O2 Arena to unify the world middleweight titles.
The latest results sent fans of both fighters flocking to social media, arguing why their woman deserved the title of – to use Shields’ signature phrase – boxing’s GWOAT (Greatest Woman of all Time). It is a dispute Taylor is happy to leave to those online, preferring instead to highlight the pioneering impact both women are having on boxing.
