Noir Nation, go ahead and hang up those gloves!
Laila Ali is making it crystal clear that she will not be stepping into the ring with Claressa Shields, officially shutting down the ongoing chatter surrounding a potential matchup between the boxing icon and the self-proclaimed “GWOAT.”
N O P E 🥊
After years of an online back-and-forth recently reignited fan hopes, Laila took to social media to put the speculation to rest once and for all.
“She will not be rewarded with the opportunity to share the ring with me or anything else,” said Laila appearing in a new YouTube video. “Now, after all this [that] she’s put me through, I would never partner or collaborate with her on anything.”
Issa Clapback 💥
Laila’s newest video comes in response to Claressa sharing a YouTube video of her own—layered with clips of previous interviews she described as, “exposing the lies”
“Laila Ali has been losing the fight against me for a very long time, and we all know when you start losing the fight, you go below the belt. I really did not want to have to respond to this video because I am not into tearing another black woman down,” said in Claressa in her video. “This is just another example of the older [generation] hating on the youth.”
Laila Clears the Rumors 🗣️
Laila Ali recently addressed the chatter head on, explaining that — despite fans fueling the fantasy bout — she’s not actively looking to come out retirement either.
“Did her plan work? Did she make me mad enough to come out of retirement after 18 years and start training again to make her dream of fighting me and having a big payday courtesy of Laila Ali come true? Absolutely not,” she said.
“After years of blatant lies and vile disrespect, making unsolicited negative remarks about me, questioning the legitimacy of my boxing legacy, and having the audacity to cross the line by disrespecting my deceased father, trying to use his name to discredit his daughter.”
“The bottom line is she crossed a line that can never be uncrossed. She showed me and the world who she really is. And like Maya Angelou said, ‘When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,’” she continued.
Claressa Responds 👀
Following the release of Laila’s latest video confirming that she will not be granting Claressa’s dream to step in the ring with her— the Flint, Michigan took to Twitter (X) fire of a few immediate responses.
“Another long ass video and still no answer to if she going to take her ass whoopin 😂😂😂 man STFU LAILA 😂😂😂 I can’t take it no more. I’m not making another video. It’s clear you are scared, old & bitter!”
“Y’all be fooled by anything 🤣🤣 “I won’t
Reward her with a fight” how are you
Rewarding me by supposedly knocking me
Out 😂😂 being knocked out is not a reward. All that bark with no bite “we all know she can’t bust a grape.”
“But you don’t want to get hit by me though 👊🏾”
She added, “lol Laila was never undisputed in no weight class 😂😂 the accolades don’t match the mouth. And she ran fast from Ann Wolfe. The truth is getting louder and louder. 4x world champion and I’m 19x world champion with LESS fights. BFFr. She’s mad I called her bluff !”
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