Will Shields Vs. Ali Happen - 07.23.25

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, So boxer Clarissa Shields did a video for
TMZ to let Layla Ali know that she has fifteen
million dollars and two venues on hold for a boxing
match against Laila Ali. In the video, shield said quote, Layla,
I'm here with my team. I got some great news
for you. We got the fifteen million dollars, we got

(00:22):
the venue, and we got the dates. Now all we
need is Laila Ali, are you going to make the
fight happen? Or what you asked for fifteen million dollars
and we delivered? Now, according to TMZ, the T Mobile
Arena in Vegas and the AT and T Stadium in
Dallas are the two venues interested in hosting the fight.
Remember we talked about this last week about possibly you know,

(00:45):
Laila Ali said she needed fifteen million, twenty million dollars
to do it, so they got the money. So who
would you bet on in this one?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
I mean, I hope you don't end with don't do that. Yeah,
I'm not getting in there with Clarissa Shields. I'm just
telling you.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
That now for fifteen or twenty million dollars, you wouldn't
do it.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
No, No, if you're gonna need having harass, mix yourself
back together. Embarrassment. It means that I'm fitting to be No,
I'm not fit to be all in man, I'm not
finna live through that embarrassment.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
They said. The means, Tommy said, reconstruct.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
The running from her and all this head covering up,
trying to hold it. She's still punching. See, I don't.
I think Layla has been out too long now. Back
in Layla's prime, Lord have mercy. Oh she would have

(01:42):
Lord have mercy Layla. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but she's been
out for a while. Ring rust is real and Clarissa
is everything.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
So is this kind of like the j Paul Mike
Tyson of course, because of.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Course, because boxing itself is suffering. It's not what it was.
You know, I was watching, uh, I was watching some
footage the other day. If these the heavyweight division today,
it's nothing what it used to be, man Lennox, Lewis Frasier,
Ali Riddick, bowl.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
I said, But even.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Boxing overall, it's not what it used to be. Thomas
hearns Roberto Duran that our people Mayweather could not have beaten.
Mayweather would have caught the Blues with sugar Ray Leonard
Mayweather would have caught the Blues with Thomas Hearns Wilfred

(02:52):
Benita as the same.

Speaker 1 (02:56):
Where are the new goats? We know we got.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Flowing because the good has changed. We looked at boxing
as a way out.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
Okay, yeah, now we influences. You're listening to the Steve
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