Claressa Shields Breaks Down Why The Ali Act Should Remain Untouched – It Protects Athletes

Claressa Shields does not seem particularly open to the idea of the Ali Act being revised, which has been a topical thing as of late in combat sports. This was discussed by the GWOAT during a recent interview on The Ariel Helwani Show with Shields covering multiple topics throughout their chat.

The efforts of Zuffa Boxing with Turki Alalshikh and Dana White at the helm have stood out to many as driving forces behind this Ali revival act effort, with many seeing it as an attempt to impose a rigid UFC-style framework to the boxing world.

Though not specifically mentioning White or Alalshikh, Shields said,

“I think the Ali Act is what protects fighters, you know, giving us the knowledge to know, one, our deal structure with our promoter and then two, knowing, you know, what’s the revenue and what’s this and what’s that, making sure we’re getting paid fairly. So, I don’t think that it should be changed.”

Claressa Shields’ big announcements as of late

Claressa Shields also had some big announcements to drop during the conversation with Ariel Helwani and that included a massive re-signing recently. The re-signing in question was with Wynn Records and Salita Promotions with a deal for eight million dollars being struck for over two years with the undefeated pugilist.

Intriguingly enough, Shields mentioned that there was a time when she was close to signing with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions. The operative wording for that contractual agreement with MVP was that things were “super close” but Shields mentioned it was ultimately a situation where both sides could not come to a mutual agreement on money.

Shields’ deal covers four boxing bouts, and the multi-division world champion mentioned that essentially the only person she did not negotiate with during this recent period was Turki Alalshikh, who Shields described as very hard to contact.