Claressa Shields wants folks to keep the same energy, and sheβs calling everybody out until they do so. The newly named boxing Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world made recent headlines after a drug test came back positive for marijuana, but turns out, everything isnβt exactly how it seems.
On Tuesday (March 18), the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs confirmed the positive marijuana test was actually inaccurate. According to Baller Alert, the false positive was due to a procedural error during the sampling process. So now, Shieldsβ name has been cleared, but she wants everyone to remember exactly how they treated her before she had a chance to prove her innocence.
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βOfficially unsuspended ! But yβall a little quiet! Yβall was real loud about me βsupposedlyβ smoking marijuana and being suspended,β Shields wrote on X after the discrepancy was revealed. βAnd still an Undisputed heavyweight champ! I have the Order to prove it,β she continued saying.
But if you thought a tweet was the end of Shieldsβ call out, youβd be mistaken. βLet me give it up to God again for proving what I already knew,β she later said on Instagram live. βThey had us smeared all over these big networks,β she continued before asking βdo it look like I need some damn weed?β
The 30-year-old champion was suspended following her win over Danielle Perkins on Feb. 2. Ever since then, Shields has been doing all she can to clear her name. But despite her now proven innocent, she hasnβt forgotten how the media treated her.
βMannn listen every network that posted I was suspended for a positive Marijuana test, YOU BETTER POST THAT IT WAS AN ERROR WITH A FAULTY TEST!β She continued on X. βYβall Just ready to report anything bad on me! Yβall ainβt never gonna have nothing on me! Give it up! Iβm going to always Win,β she declared.
But wait... thereβs more. The athlete also called out the World Boxing Organization for threatening to remove her title. βIβve been a champion for yβall organization for many years so to threaten to strip me for my title that I worked VERY HARD FOR & not stand behind me and supporting me til I atleast had a chance to prove my innocence! That was FOUL,β she said.
The organization has not responded to Shieldsβ demands yet, but it doesnβt look like sheβs willing to give them any leeway until they do so. For now, the fiery boxer can revel in the fact that she was telling the truth all along. Fans of Shields are ready for her next fight to be scheduled now that sheβs been unsuspended.
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