EXCLUSIVE: Boxing Legend Claressa Shields On Paving The Way For Women's Sports — Without Her Footwork, 'Angel Reese And Caitlin Clark Would Still Be Having To Put In The Work'
EXCLUSIVE: Boxing Legend Claressa Shields On Paving The Way For Women's Sports — Without Her Footwork, 'Angel Reese And Caitlin Clark Would Still Be Having To Put In The Work'
Legendary boxing star Claressa Shields has helped pave the way for women athletes over the years including helping to set new records in pay.
傳奇拳擊明星克拉雷莎·希爾茲多年來幫助女運動員鋪平了道路，包括幫助創下薪酬新紀錄。
What Happened: Shields spoke on her successful boxing career and being an ambassador for the growth of women's sports during the Benzinga Sports Business Titans event.
發生了什麼：希爾茲談到了她成功的拳擊生涯以及在本辛加體育商業巨人賽期間擔任女子運動發展大使的情況。
Shields recalled her early success in boxing as one of the first women to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport during an interview with Benzinga.
希爾茲在接受本辛加採訪時回憶起她作爲首批獲得奧運會拳擊金牌的女子之一在拳擊領域取得的早期成功。
"I was also the first woman to fight premium cable on Showtime," Shields said.
希爾茲說：“我也是第一位在Showtime上與付費有線電視對抗的女性。”
Shields revealed that she now makes $1 million a fight, but that wasn't always the case. "I've had to fight for it, equal fight time, equal opportunity, equal pay, equal promotion."
希爾茲透露，她現在每場戰鬥能賺100萬美元，但情況並非總是如此。“我必須爲之奮鬥，戰鬥時間平等，機會平等，同工同酬，平等晉升。”
She added that she helped pave the way and is glad other female athletes keep fighting. "Now we've seen soccer take a stand for more pay."
她補充說，她幫助鋪平了道路，並很高興其他女運動員繼續戰鬥。“現在我們已經看到足球在爭取更多報酬方面站穩了腳跟。”
Shields said WNBA rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have changed NCAA Women's Basketball.
希爾茲說，WNBA新秀凱特琳·克拉克和安吉爾·里斯已經改變了NCAA女子籃球比賽。
"I'm so proud of them."
“我爲他們感到驕傲。”
While Reese and Clark could have successful WNBA careers and million dollar endorsements like Clark's new Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) deal, Shields said she's happy they didn't have to go through what she previously went through.
儘管里斯和克拉克本可以在WNBA職業生涯中取得成功，並像克拉克的新耐克公司（紐約證券交易所代碼：NKE）協議那樣獲得數百萬美元的代言，但希爾茲表示，她很高興他們不必經歷她之前經歷的事情。
"Without me putting in some of the footwork in women's sports, Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark would still be having to put in the work."
“如果我沒有在女子運動中投入一些步法，安吉爾·里斯和凱特琳·克拉克仍然需要付出努力。”
Exclusive interview with @Claressashields on how she paved the way for women's sports pic.twitter.com/j4J87b14aA
— Benzinga (@Benzinga) May 15, 2024
獨家採訪 @Claressashields 講述她如何爲女子運動鋪平道路 pic.twitter.com/j4j87b14AA
— 本辛加 (@Benzinga) 2024 年 5 月 15 日
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相關鏈接：獨家：職業運動員照亮了通往成功企業的道路，“在我的職業生涯中，我一直在做其他人不願做的事情”
Why It's Important: Clark made her WNBA debut Tuesday night in a 92-71 loss for the Indiana Fever, who selected her first overall. Clark had 20 points, three assists and two steals in her debut. Clark's shooting was unusually poor from the field (5-15) and she had 10 turnovers.
爲何重要：克拉克在週二晚上首次亮相WNBA，以92-71的比分輸給了印第安納狂熱隊，印第安納狂熱隊入選了她的第一個總成績。克拉克在處子秀中獲得了 20 分、3 次助攻和 2 次搶斷。克拉克在場上的射門異常糟糕（5-15），她有10次失誤。
Shields is recognized as one of the top boxers of all time, winning two Olympic gold medals (2012, 2016) and being a world champion in three weight classes for boxing. Shields is also one of only three boxers (male or female) to hold the four major world titles in two weight classes for boxing.
希爾茲被公認爲有史以來最好的拳擊手之一，贏得了兩枚奧運金牌（2012、2016），並且是三個拳擊重量級別的世界冠軍。希爾茲也是僅有的三名在兩個拳擊重量級別中獲得四個主要世界冠軍的拳擊運動員（男性或女性）之一。
Shields has a perfect 14-0 professional boxing record, including two by knockout. In mixed-martial arts, Shields has a 2-1 record.
Shields 擁有完美的 14-0 職業拳擊戰績，包括兩次淘汰賽。在混合武術中，希爾茲的戰績爲2-1。
Catch the full interview with Shields below where she also shares advice for 2024 NFL rookies, what the 2024 NFL Draft means for the city of Detroit and why MMA is harder than boxing.
在下面觀看希爾茲的完整採訪，她還分享了對2024年NFL新秀的建議，2024年NFL選秀對底特律市意味着什麼，以及爲什麼綜合格鬥比拳擊更難。
Photo by Dustin Blitchok.
照片由達斯汀·布利喬克拍攝。