(MAR 9) WBC, IBF World Super
Middleweight Champion; WBAN's (Independent) World Super
Middleweight Champion, and two-time US Olympic gold-medal
winner, Claressa Shields, appeared with music legend and fellow
female superstar Mary J. Blige in a special 60-second short film
that aired during Sunday's worldwide broadcast of the 90th
Academy Awards.
Directed by Dee Rees and sponsored by Walmart, the film was
inspired by Walmart delivery boxes and featured Shields and
Blige as superheroes.
A world-famous singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress,
Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award winner, a three-time Golden
Globe nominee and the first woman to receive multiple Academy
Award nominations in the same year (for Best Supporting Actress
and Best Original Song). She has sold 75 million records
worldwide.
In addition to being the current unified WBC and IBF World Super
Middleweight Champion, Flint, Michigan's Shields won gold at the
2012 and 2016 Olympics, becoming the first American boxer-female
or male-to win consecutive medals. In just her first full year
as a professional, Shields was named USA Today: Female Fighter
of the Year, Yahoo Sports: Female Fighter of the Year, WBAN:
Hottest Rising Star and WBAN: Most Inspirational.
Shields (5-0, 2 KOs) is currently hard at work, preparing for
her next fight in April on SHOWTIME.