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ALRIGHT YOU GUYS KNOW HYPE ABOUT
THIS ONE AND LESS THAN TWO
WEEKS, LITTLE CAESARS ARENA IS
GOING TO LIGHT UP WITH THE FIRST
MAJOR BOXING EVENT TO EVER BE
HELD INSIDE THE ARENA.
UNDISPUTED MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION
CLARESSA SHIELDS IS GOING TO BE
STEPPING INTO THE RING FOR A
REMATCH AGAINST HANNAH GABRIEL.
AND WHILE HER FOCUSES ON
TRAINING FOR A WIN SHIELD IS
ALSO FOCUSING ON GIVING BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS FIGHT.
SHE JOINS US NOW IN STUDIO TO
TALK ABOUT NIGHT OF 1000 STARS
INITIATIVE. GOOD MORNING AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALWAYS
HAVING ME ALWAYS. YOU KNOW,
YOU’RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. SO
TELL US ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE
THAT IS GOING TO LIGHT UP THE
ARENA FOR YOUR FIGHT. WHAT’S IT
ALL ABOUT? ONE NIGHT OF 1000
STARS WAS JUST WE GOT KIDS FROM
DETROIT FLINT PONTIAC. UM
SAGINAW, BRINGING ALL THESE KIDS
TO THE FIGHT SO THEY CAN KNOW
THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT TO I COME
FROM A ROUGH AREA IN FLINT,
MICHIGAN, NORTH SIDE AND, UM I
DIDN’T HAVE THE BEST OF
BRINGING, BUT I MADE IT AND I
WAS ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND
SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED LIKE SOME
REPRESENTATION. SO I INVITED ALL
THESE KIDS TO COME OUT SO THEY
CAN SEE IT FIRSTHAND. ALRIGHT SO
DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS TO
INSPIRE THEM SPARK CURIOSITY. I
WANTED TO DO IT TO INSPIRE THEM
, LIKE NOT MANY TIMES WE REALIZE
THAT KIDS. ON YOUTUBE AND
THEY’RE WATCHING FIGHTS AND
THEY’RE WATCHING ALL THESE
CELEBRITIES BUT NEVER GET TO
MEET THEM OR SEE THEM IN PERSON.
SO HOW CAN THEY FEEL THAT THEY
CAN BEAT THEM? MM HMM. I’M JUST
HAPPY THAT I’M DRIVING, ABLE TO
GIVE BACK IN THAT WAY. AND IF I
CAN MAKE SOME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
WANT TO BE INSPIRED TO BOX. YEAH
GREAT. BUT IF NOT MAKE THEM BE
GREAT AND TO DO WHATEVER THEY
WANT TO DO YOU KEEP MOTIVATION
AT THIS STAGE IN YOUR LIFE WHEN
YOU’RE 13 BELTS IN ONE OF THE
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL, YOU THE
THINGS THAT YOU’VE DONE. LIKE
YOU’VE PUSHED DOWN LOVE TO A
LEVEL THAT NO ONE IS PUSHING TO.
WHAT’S NEXT? HOW DO YOU KEEP
MOTIVATING YOURSELF TO REACH
THAT NEXT STRATOSPHERE? UM I
JUST LIKE TO SAY, LIKE, STAY
READY, SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO GET
READY. YOU KNOW, LIKE MY LIFE
JUST REVOLVES AROUND BOXING,
EATING HEALTHY TRAINING TRAINING
WITH THE KIDS BEING A BEING A
PART OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, LIKE I
DON’T KNOW. I JUST ALWAYS HAD
LIKE A NIGHTMARE BEING LIKE A
ONE HIT. WONDER YOU’RE LIKE IT’S
SO MANY ONE HIT WONDERS IN THE
WORLD, AND I’M LIKE, I JUST WANT
TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE WITH MY
LIFE RESERVED THAT I DID MY BEST
AT EVERYTHING AND WHEN I GET
DONE, I’LL BE THE GREATEST, BUT
IT’S JUST LIKE IT’S ALWAYS
SOMEBODY WHO’S COMING UP LOOKING
AT ME. I’M ALWAYS A TARGET
BECAUSE I’M NUMBER ONE. SO UM,
THAT’S KIND OF HOW I STAY
MOTIVATED. AND YOU KNOW, I’M 13
AND NO WITH TWO KNOCKOUTS, AND I
GOT 13 WORLD TITLES AND STUFF,
BUT IT’S LIKE I BEAT EVERYBODY
90 TO 90 TO 100 OR WHATEVER. IT
WAS LIKE, I WANNA KNOCK THESE
GIRLS OUT. SO THAT’S KIND OF
WHAT KEEPS ME MOTIVATED TO,
LIKE. KEEP WORKING TO WHERE?
YEAH I CAN OUTBOX THEM, BUT HOW
CAN I GET HIM OUT? DOMINATE THEM
ALREADY DOMINATED BUT LIKE PUT
HIM ASLEEP DOMINATED SLEEP. YEAH
I GOT TO GET IN THE GYM, MAN.
JESUS CHRIST, YOU KNOW YOU ARE
OBVIOUSLY VERY ACCOMPLISHED
ATHLETE. BUT WHO DID YOU LOOK UP
TO? WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? I
LOOKED UP TO FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
AND WOLF. UM ANDRE WARD. UM.
SERENA WILLIAMS. I USED TO CALL
MYSELF THE SERENA WILLIAMS
BOXING I LOVE CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE
THAT WE GET THAT WE LOOK ALIKE
ALL THE TIME. I GET THAT WE’RE
KIND OF FAVORITE COUSIN. YOU
COULD BE A COUSIN SOMETHING
ALRIGHT? LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
FIGHT LESS THAN TWO WEEKS UNTIL
THE BELL IS GOING TO BRING.
HOW’S TRAINING GOING? I KNOW
YOU’RE KILLING IT. TRAINING IS
GOING GREAT. YOU KNOW, UM I
PROBABLY MYSELF ON PUSHING
MYSELF MORE THAN I DID MY LAST
CAMP. MY LAST FIGHT WAS AGAINST
A BIG GIRL. WE THOUGHT THAT 1 68
WELL, 1 60, BUT SHE WAS LIKE 1
95 BEFORE AND I TRAINED 11 WEEK
HARD CAN’T NOW, THIS CAMP WASN’T
11 WEEKS. IT WAS EIGHT. BUT IT’S
STILL LIKE I’M GETTING IN WITH
THE GIRL WHO WON KNOCKED ME DOWN
BEFORE OUR FIRST FIGHT. UM SHE
WAS TOUGH. SHE WAS CRAFTY. UM
SHE WAS STRONG. SO IT WAS JUST
LIKE I HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
SO I’VE TRAINED VERY, VERY HARD
FOR THIS FIGHT. QUICK QUESTIONS
ONE AT THIS STAGE TO FIGHT THE
FIGHTS COMING UP. SO YOU’RE
WINDING DOWN LIKE THE FIGHTS
ALMOST HERE. HOW DOES THE
TRAINING CHANGE FROM THE
BEGINNING TO NOW? WHAT DO YOU
REALLY FOCUSING ON NOW? WITH A
WEEK TO DEAL WITH THE FIGHT?
WHAT? I DON’T EVER TAKE HER
DOWN, OKAY? I’VE NEVER DONE
THAT, UM, THE WEEK OF THE FIGHT.
I’M STILL SPARRING. I’M STILL
RUNNING. I’M STILL I’M JUST
KEEPING ALL MY STUFF SHARPENED,
YOU KNOW, READY FOR THE FIGHT,
SO PEOPLE LIKE TAKE OFF LIKE A
WEEK BEFORE TRAINING OR A COUPLE
OF DAYS OR WHATNOT. I’M NOT ONE
OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND I THINK
THAT’S WHY I PERFORM SO WELL
BECAUSE I JUST KEEP WORKING HARD
AND EATING HEALTHY TILL THE LAST
BILL. I LOVE IT. YOU KEEP SAYING
HEALTH SLEEP. NOT AT ALL. ALL
THE BUSSES ARROWS. IS THERE A
MOST SPECIAL MOMENT WHEN YOU
RAISE THAT TITLE IN THERE WHERE
YOU PUT THAT TITLE AROUND, BUT
IS THERE ONE THAT STANDS OUT
ABOVE THEM ALL? UM ABOUT THE
BELTS OF JUST MY FIGHTS IN TERMS
OF LIKE THE FIGHT THAT YOU WON
THE BELT OR YOU HAD ABOUT IT.
YOU PUT IT ON OR A NIGHT OR WAS
THERE ONE PARTICULAR MATCH WHEN
YOU RAISE THE BILL AT THE END
THAT IT WAS THE MOST SPECIAL? MY
LAST FIGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, I
FOUGHT AGAINST SAVANNAH MARSHALL
AMATEURS. WHEN I WAS 17. SHE GOT
A LUCKY DECISION WHERE SHE
DIDN’T BEAT ME. WE WERE IN
LONDON PREPARING FOR THE
OLYMPICS. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU
KNOW, BUT IN THE IMAGES I WAS 77
WINS AND ONE LOSS AND SHE WAS MY
ONE LOSS. AND SHE BRAGGED ABOUT
THIS FIGHT AND JUST BOASTED
ABOUT IT FOR 10 YEARS TO BE ABLE
TO FIGHT HER IN THE PROS AND TO
DETHRONE HER IN FRONT OF 20,000
OF HER FANS IN THE UK IT
PROBABLY WAS THE MOST I GOT
GOOSE BUMPS. IT WAS CORRECT. IT
WAS THE CRAZIEST MOMENT THAT
I’VE EVER HAD, LIKE I WAS CRYING
AFTER NINE. NO CRYER, SO I WAS
CRYING AND JUST REALLY EMOTIONAL
BECAUSE I IT WAS LIKE I HAD TO
BEAT HER TO PROVE HOW GREAT I
AM, AND IT’S LIKE I DON’T I
DON’T NEED HER TO PROVE MY
GREATNESS. BUT THE FACT THAT I
WAS ABLE TO JUST STICK IT TO
HER. BUT YOU ADMIT A LOT. DID IT
CLARESSA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US AGAIN AND ALL THAT
YOU’RE DOING FOR THE KIDS IN AND
AROUND THE DETROIT WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU. AND OF COURSE,
THANK YOU GUYS. YOUR NUMBER ONE
FAN IN HERE IS GONNA BE ROOTING
FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH 100%
ALRIGHT. THE FIGHT IS JUNE. 3RD
AND TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE
ONLINE. THE FIGHT WILL ALSO