Best ATG male boxer Claressa Shields can beat

Very few of them, unless she can weigh 168+ and she fights a guy who is 105 or 108. Then she might have a chance just because of the weight/height/reach disparity. Claressa isn't a huge puncher, but she's not weak by any means either, and she is very fast. So are there some former male champions she could beat, if she has enough of a size disparity to even out the natural strength/speed differentials between men and women? Yes.

 

Not a one.

 

I don't know. Guys at smaller weights bring the type of speed that she could not even conceive of - much less experience facing. Also, given the basic strength disparity between men and women physiologically, I am not sure if a female who fights at 168 pounds is THAT MUCH stronger than a male who fights at 108 (who probably drains far more weight than female fighters do anyways).

 

True but she’s no ordinary female. The best of the best woman with a 50-60 pound weight advantage plus height and reach, given her speed, she’s got a shot. A 105 or 108-pound male is really small. It’s at least competitive.

But her talk about taking on a Keith Thurman, no, just no, he would knock her out cold. Probably could beat her with one hand.

 

She might beat some unranked flyweight

 

No.
Not even slightly.
She's not beating any male professional champion. And no she's not even fast by male boxing standards. She's the equivalent of a fat feather or lightweight sub-journeyman. No power, no speed, fights 10x2minutes.

 

Underappreciated post.