“I was like what are you going to do about that?” “She’s so tall and so long and she’s powerful,” said Shields.
The Dutch woman has six inches on the American (Shields is 5-3, Fontijn 5-9). Her main concern before the match was Fontijn’s height. “I hit you with a hard shot, hit me back. “Last round was like, hey, we’re here to fight, you think you can beat me, let’s go,” Shields said, explaining the gesture. In the final round, Shields gestured to Fontijn with her gloves, as if to say “bring it on.” Shields did just that, ducking from Fontijn’s punches, holding her ground as the Dutch woman danced around, and then landing well-time punches. I told her to enjoy this, show the people what you can do.” But as the fight went on, she loosened up. To perform under those circumstances sometimes is difficult. “There was a lot of pressure on her,” said the coach. The mishap turned out to be a hair emergency Shields needed her mom to braid her hair, which cut into warmup. Before the match, she had a “bit of a mishap,” reported USA Boxing women’s head coach Billy Walsh. She fought Fontijn and won, 3-0.īefore the gold-medal fight in Rio, Shields said that Fontijn was a great fighter but didn’t have the tools to beat her, but “let the best woman win.” One of her most recent victories was at the 2016 world championships in May. Shields brought a winning streak to Rio (a streak that now stands at 77-1). The award-winning film “T-Rex,” now available on Netflix, documents her life and came out after the London Olympic Games. woman to win a boxing gold medal, defeating Russian Nadezda Torlopova in the middleweight division, her story became Olympic legend. She came from the tough streets of Flint, Michigan, known for its economic crisis, street violence and, most recently, drinking water contamination. Kirk won by decision and was awarded his second Olympic gold medal in the same day.)Īt the 2012 London Games - where women’s boxing made its Olympic debut - Shields was only 17 years old and had yet to graduate from high school.
The crowd then wanted to see him take on the featherweight winner (now flyweight, 126 pounds), a division that only had two competitors at the 1904 Games. The 115-pound boxer first competed in the bantamweight division (123 pounds). Louis 1904 Olympic Games - but in two different weight divisions. (Of note, Oliver Kirk won two Olympic gold medals for the U.S. boxer to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals. “I listened to the game plan, and I had fun last round, and I landed a lot of big shots and I won the gold medal. “Oh my god, I won,” she said, with the American flag still draped around her shoulders. She won by unanimous decision.Īfterwards, the 21-year-old boxer was in disbelief. In the gold-medal bout against Nouchka Fontijn of the Netherlands, Shields looked like she was having fun, ducking and waiting to throw punches when it counted. RIO DE JANEIRO - Claressa Shields came to Rio as a heavy favorite to win her second Olympic gold medal. Gold medalist Claressa Shields poses on the podium at the medal ceremony for the women's boxing middleweight at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Aug.
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