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.
传奇拳击明星克拉雷莎·希尔兹多年来帮助女运动员铺平了道路，包括帮助创下薪酬新纪录。
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.
发生了什么：希尔兹谈到了她成功的拳击生涯以及在本辛加体育商业巨人赛期间担任女子运动发展大使的情况。
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.
希尔兹在接受本辛加采访时回忆起她作为首批获得奥运会拳击金牌的女子之一在拳击领域取得的早期成功。
"I was also the first woman to fight premium cable on Showtime," Shields said.
希尔兹说：“我也是第一位在Showtime上与付费有线电视对抗的女性。”
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."
希尔兹透露，她现在每场战斗能赚100万美元，但情况并非总是如此。“我必须为之奋斗，战斗时间平等，机会平等，同工同酬，平等晋升。”
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."
她补充说，她帮助铺平了道路，并很高兴其他女运动员继续战斗。“现在我们已经看到足球在争取更多报酬方面站稳了脚跟。”
Shields said WNBA rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have changed NCAA Women's Basketball.
希尔兹说，WNBA新秀凯特琳·克拉克和安吉尔·里斯已经改变了NCAA女子篮球比赛。
"I'm so proud of them."
“我为他们感到骄傲。”
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.
尽管里斯和克拉克本可以在WNBA职业生涯中取得成功，并像克拉克的新耐克公司（纽约证券交易所代码：NKE）协议那样获得数百万美元的代言，但希尔兹表示，她很高兴他们不必经历她之前经历的事情。
"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."
“如果我没有在女子运动中投入一些步法，安吉尔·里斯和凯特琳·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
独家采访 @Claressashields 讲述她如何为女子运动铺平道路 pic.twitter.com/j4j87b14AA
— 本辛加 (@Benzinga) 2024 年 5 月 15 日
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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.
为何重要：克拉克在周二晚上首次亮相WNBA，以92-71的比分输给了印第安纳狂热队，印第安纳狂热队入选了她的第一个总成绩。克拉克在处子秀中获得了 20 分、3 次助攻和 2 次抢断。克拉克在场上的射门异常糟糕（5-15），她有10次失误。
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.
希尔兹被公认为有史以来最好的拳击手之一，赢得了两枚奥运金牌（2012、2016），并且是三个拳击重量级别的世界冠军。希尔兹也是仅有的三名在两个拳击重量级别中获得四个主要世界冠军的拳击运动员（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 拥有完美的 14-0 职业拳击战绩，包括两次淘汰赛。在混合武术中，希尔兹的战绩为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.
在下面观看希尔兹的完整采访，她还分享了对2024年NFL新秀的建议，2024年NFL选秀对底特律市意味着什么，以及为什么综合格斗比拳击更难。
Photo by Dustin Blitchok.
照片由达斯汀·布利乔克拍摄。