Claressa Shields’ promoter has prolonged an invitation to Jake Paul for the multi-weight world champion’s subsequent combat regardless of a excessive profile disagreement between the 2 boxers.
Shields accused Paul final yr of being a “play-fighter” and advised she would “embarrass” the YouTuber in the event that they had been to spar within the ring.
Paul fired again, saying that he “loves karma” and that “the faux all the time get uncovered” after Shields was overwhelmed by Abigail Montes in an MMA combat in October.
Nonetheless the 25-year-old has since urged Shields to place their feud to at least one facet and work collectively for the betterment of feminine fight sports activities.
And forward of her combat in Cardiff on 5 February towards Ema Kozin, the three-weight world champion’s promoter Dmitriy Salita seems to have additionally prolonged an olive department to Paul.
“My goal is the expansion of our sport and on this scenario particularly ladies’s boxing,” Salita advised Vegas Insider.
“Claressa is an American hero who has accomplished issues that had been by no means accomplished earlier than and continues to maneuver the needle for ladies’s sports activities all around the world.
“For equal pay, equal publicity and alternatives inside and out of doors the ring, I’m open to constructive conversations with Jake Paul on how that may be achieved.”
“I attended Jake’s first combat with Woodley and now I invite him to be ringside for Claressa’s subsequent combat on February fifth.
“Our aim is to proceed to develop ladies’s boxing. Claressa and Jake Paul are stars of their respective fields. The extra individuals know the story, the battle, the talents, the quantity of labor which led to the expansion of girls’s boxing, the higher it’s for the game.”
Paul, who has a 5-0 professioanl report since taking on boxing, has labored with unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano via his Most Worthwhile Promotions firm.
Paul has described Serrano as the best feminine fight sports activities athlete of all-time, and is believed to be trying to prepare an encounter for the Puerto Rican with undisputed light-weight champion Katie Taylor.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
