{"id":8714,"date":"2025-02-20T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=8714"},"modified":"2025-02-21T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:35:43","slug":"claressa-shields-positive-marijuana-test-leads-to-boxing-suspension-and-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/claressa-shields-positive-marijuana-test-leads-to-boxing-suspension-and-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Claressa Shields\u2019 positive marijuana test leads to boxing suspension and probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Claressa Shields defeated Danielle Perkins in Michigan earlier this month (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boxing star Claressa Shields has been suspended by the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission after testing positive for marijuana.<\/p>\n

The three-weight undisputed champion, 29, tested positive for the drug via an ‘oral fluid sample’ after her win over Danielle Perkins on February 3.<\/p>\n

Shields now faces a probe from the Michigan Commission while the World Boxing Organization (WBO) has requested a ‘show notice’ from the fighter.<\/p>\n

Marijuana is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) with Shields strongly insisting last week that she was a ‘clean athlete’ on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Michigan Commission said: ‘Ms Shields’ conduct as a licensed professional boxer constitutes an imminent threat to the integrity of professional boxing, the public interest, and the welfare and safety of professional athletes.’<\/p>\n

Shields’ victory over Perkins in Michigan earlier this month was historic as she became the first boxer – male or female – to win undisputed titles in three different weights in the four-belt era.<\/p>\n

The American is a two-time Olympic gold medallist with middleweight triumphs at London 2012 and Rio 2016 respectively.<\/p>\n

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Claressa Shields won gold at the Olympics aged 17 at London 2012 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It should be noted that while the WBO has asked Shields to explain herself, the sanctioning body does not have the power to suspend fighters.<\/p>\n

Shields, undefeated in 16 professional bouts, was left delighted after she made boxing history against heavyweight Perkins this month.<\/p>\n

‘It feels unbelievable,’ she said. ‘I had a really hard training camp. And just last Friday I tore my labrum in my left shoulder, so I wasn’t able to use my good jab.<\/p>\n

‘But I didn’t want to call the fight off because I had asked God to give me a big fight in my hometown. He did that. So I decided to keep going through with it.<\/p>\n

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Claressa Shields faces a probe from the Michigan Commission (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I feel so happy. And shout out to my opponent, Danielle Perkins. Man, that girl was strong as hell.’<\/p>\n

Shields often refers to herself as the ‘GWOAT’ – Greatest Woman of All Time.<\/p>\n

‘I believe that I decided I was the\u00a0‘Greatest Woman of All Time\u2019 when I won my second Olympics,’ Shields\u00a0told DAZN’<\/a>s Off the Cuff in 2023.<\/p>\n

‘People talking about things that are impossible, what they told me was winning two Olympic gold medals in boxing is near impossible.<\/p>\n

‘So, when I won, you all said I couldn\u2019t do that, and I did so that day I was like \u2018I am the Greatest Woman of All Time\u2019. I just told the world.<\/p>\n

‘And from that day I have pushed myself to just be better, to live up to that standard because Muhammad Ali always proved the doubters wrong.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claressa Shields defeated Danielle Perkins in Michigan earlier this month (Picture: Getty) Boxing star Claressa Shields has been suspended by the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission after testing positive for marijuana. The three-weight undisputed champion, 29, tested positive for the drug via an ‘oral fluid sample’ after her win over Danielle Perkins on February 3. Shields…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8720,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714\/revisions\/8720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}