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Re: Shields: Price Must ‘Come To America If She Wants Smoke’
Posted: 20 Aug 2026, 15:01
by Boxerbeetle
Kilburn wrote: ↑20 Aug 2026, 13:57
I always liked Derrick Gainer’s “Smoke” nickname.
Anyway this is surely a bad move for Price unless she’s happy to sacrifice her unbeaten record for a bit of wonga.
In fairness the girls generally seem to be much more up for challenging across weights and risking unbeaten records, although admittedly a lot of that is probably down to the smaller purses and much shallower talent pool.
Re: Shields: Price Must ‘Come To America If She Wants Smoke’
Posted: 20 Aug 2026, 15:11
by gilgamesh
Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑20 Aug 2026, 15:01
Kilburn wrote: ↑20 Aug 2026, 13:57
I always liked Derrick Gainer’s “Smoke” nickname.
Anyway this is surely a bad move for Price unless she’s happy to sacrifice her unbeaten record for a bit of wonga.
In fairness the girls generally seem to be much more up for challenging across weights and risking unbeaten records, although admittedly a lot of that is probably down to the smaller purses and much shallower talent pool.
In Women's Boxing every talented Fighter has like 2 marketable opponents in their whole career if they're lucky. Most of the time it's just "Check out Claressa Shields vs....This Lady"