Claressa Shields isn’t going down without a fight.
Two weeks ago, Shields became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in women’s boxing history. Now, the self-proclaimed ‘GWOAT‘ is fighting for her reputation after reporter Rick Glaser revealed that she had failed a drug test connected to her clash with Danielle Perkins in Flint, Michigan.
Claressa Shields has reputedly failed a drug test for her most recent fight, rumored to be a PED test. #Boxing
— Rick Glaser (@RealRickGlaser1) February 14, 2025
However, Glaser’s report was refuted by anti-doping advocate Victor Conte who came to the defense of Shields and revealed that Michigan’s Unarmed Combat Commission allegedly conducted a mouth swab test that detected faint traces of marijuana and not a performance-enhancing substance.
Even still, Conte noted that there appeared to be a “number of issues” and “irregularities” with the commission’s testing procedure in his post on X.
IMORTANT NOTICE TO BOXING: @ClaressaShields did not test positive for a PED after her recent fight in Michigan. Claressa had not smoked marijuana, however, the commision did a mouth swab test after the fight. There seems to be a number of issues that exist with the Michigan…
— Victor Conte (@VictorConte) February 14, 2025
“@ClaressaShields did not test positive for a PED after her recent fight in Michigan,” Conte wrote. “Claressa had not smoked marijuana, however, the commission did a mouth swab test after the fight. There seems to be a number of issues that exist with the Michigan testing procedure. Urine is the normal sample used to test for marijuana. Most credible anti-doping entities do not consider marijuana to be a PED. VADA found no PEDs in Claressa’s blood and urine samples.“The Nevada commission, the UFC and other commissions do not consider marijuana a PED. The amount found in her mouth swab was 3.4 ng/ml or parts per billion. This is an ultra-trace amount that likely would have come from second-hand smoke in the arena. There were also other irregularities that occured in the testing procedure. The world of boxing needs to clearly understand that Claressa is a clean boxer and always has been.”
Claressa Shields Comes to Her Own Defense and Threatens Legal Action
Since the news first broke, Claressa Shields has adamantly defended her status as a clean fighter. She’s even gone so far as to threaten legal action against Glaser. Check out some of her reactions to the drug-testing drama below:
NICE TRY HATERS 😂 DON’T Ever try and put no bullshit on me. CLEAN ATHLETES WIN’ 🏆 https://t.co/vVHdSZa1ou
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) February 14, 2025
It’s really angering that this man is playing with my reputation. I’ve been a clean athlete all my life, to ever put my name and PEDS with positive and my name in the sentence is damaging. He knows that. He’s going to get sued and I’d like a public apology
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) February 14, 2025
Yeah @RealRickGlaser1 you getting sued buddy.
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) February 14, 2025
