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Joe Louis photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt for LIFE magazine, 1936.
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Claressa Shields deserves to be in the conversation with all the other great female athletes of the 21st century. Up there with women like Serena Williams, CP3, Sheryl Swoopes, Gabby Douglas, Katie Ledecky, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kaori Icho, Saori Yoshida, Ryoko Tani, Marta, Abby Wambach, etc. Doesn’t mean I think she should be the consensus #1 but she deserves a mention when people are making their list.

Her resume thus far:
Two time Olympic gold medalist in boxing (the only American ever to have done so)
A two time amateur world champion
A Pan Am champion
A three division world champion as a pro
A two division undisputed champion (won all 4 major belts), the first boxer (man or woman) to ever accomplish this.
Has only lost once in boxing across her professional and amateur career
Shields also has the distinction of being the first woman to main event a Showtime Boxing card
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