Claressa Shields isn’t hiding her disappointment after dropping out on the 2025 BET Award for Sportswoman of the Yr.
On the 2025 BET Awards on Monday, June 9, WNBA celebrity Angel Reese received the 2025 Sportswoman of the Yr award. Whereas Reese has actually had an unbelievable yr, Shields wasn’t precisely on board with the choose, placing the awards present on blast for selecting the baller over her. Along with the skilled boxer, Reese additionally beat out Daybreak Staley, A’ja Wilson, Sha’Carri Richardson, Simone Biles, Flau’Jae Johnson, Coco Gauff, and Juju Watkins.
Shields took to X to voice her disappointment, writing: “I don’t understand how I didn’t win the Sportswoman of the Yr for the BET Awards however congrats to Angel Reese and all the opposite nominees. I simply thought accolades mattered.”
To her level, Shields does have some extremely spectacular accolades beneath her belt. The 2-time Olympic champion is the one boxer in historical past, feminine or male, to carry all 4 main world titles in boxing—WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO—in three weight courses.Nonetheless, the identical may be mentioned about Reese, who received each a 2023 NCAA girls’s basketball championship and that match’s Most Excellent Participant award, amongst different accomplishments throughout the school and WNBA world.
Followers flooded Claressa’s replies about her call-out, and when challenged, Shields doubled down.
“Sure she does however who has extra accolades? Extra success of their area…,” she mentioned in response to followers defending Reese. “Please use google earlier than responding.”
“Ain’t no person saying Angel Reese don’t have accolades or she not good…I’m saying I assumed the individual with the “MOST” accolades & accomplishments would win the awards,” the boxer insisted. “I’m group Angel Reese.”
The WNBA star has been on the receiving finish of unsolicited hate for years now, making Shields’ shade all of the extra dangerous. In response to followers who identified that the boxer may simply be becoming a member of the hate practice, Shields denied these claims, insisting she has “mad respect” for her fellow athlete and was merely expressing her emotions.
“I’m not becoming a member of in on any hate practice in the case of Angle [sic] Reese, I’ve mad respect for her and all the opposite feminine athletes that excel of their sport,” she wrote. “As for my earlier feedback I’m allowed to specific my emotions, I used to be shocked I didnt win, I used to be beneath the impression the class was graded on accolades of your sport. It’s alright to be a competitor.”
As for Angel Reese, she hasn’t commented on Shields’ tweets, as an alternative quietly celebrating her win.
