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Shields has revealed why a boxing bout against Cris
Cyborg fell through.
During a recent interview, Shields discussed a previous offer for
the proposed Cyborg fight, which the Brazilian allegedly turned
down.
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Shields says a sparring session changed her relationship with
Cris Cyborg
Shields claims Cyborg turned down a $2 million offer to box her,
despite them being on good terms.
“But as far as Cris, she turned $2 million already back when a guy
from Saudi had $3 million for her,” Shields told TMZ Sports. “Well,
$3 million for me and $2 million for her and we could [do that at]
154 [pounds]. She turned it down and that’s back when we were
cool.”
The American now claims that they aren’t on good terms, speculating
that the bad blood stems from a previous training session, which
Shields claims to have dominated.
“Right now, she got all this, ‘Oh, she don’t like me,’” Shields
added. “I think she don’t like me because I whooped her a*s in
sparring. That’s what happened. She got like this edited clip that
she begged me to let her and her team put together. But I had every
round when we sparred and I know for a fact she was a deer in
headlights. I beat her. Yeah. Yes. It was easy work.”
Shields recently finished Kay Scott to win the WBA and WBC female
middleweight titles, while Cyborg beat Ketlen
Vieira in his last mixed martial arts bout in the
Professional Fighters League.