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From the outside looking in, Jake Paul’s MVP seems like the natural fit despite some public verbal sparring with Shields.<\/p>\n
Shields took issue with MVP billing the winner of Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano 3 as the women’s pound-for-pound number one.<\/p>\n
Undefeated in 17 fights, Shields lays a strong claim to that spot. MVP houses several of the best fighters in the world – including many of Shields’ natural rivals – with lightweight world champion Terri Harper the latest fighter to join.<\/a><\/p>\n Hartlepool’s Marshall and newly crowned unified super-middleweight champion Shadasia Green are also with MVP. Shields is a former champion at the weight and already has a win over Marshall. Marshall remains the last woman to beat Shields in the amateurs in 2012.<\/p>\n Shields says she is open to speaking to every promoter.<\/p>\n “If their vision doesn’t align with my vision, then I’ll walk away. I don’t got any smoke with any of these entities,” Shields said on Ariel x Ade: The Boxing Show., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Despite being American, Shields’ promotional options in the United States are perhaps limited.<\/p>\n Top Rank has just two females on its roster. The long-time number one boxing promoter in the US, Top Rank has no current TV deal after ending its association with ESPN last Saturday.<\/p>\n Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) doesn’t have a single female fighter signed to it.<\/p>\n It is MVP who has provided the biggest platforms for female fighters in the US in recent years. They staged an all-female card on Netflix in July, with six million people tuning in to watch. Reports suggested Taylor and Serrano split \u00a314m for that contest.<\/p>\n Shields herself says she believes she should earn a minimum of \u00a33.8m per fight. That is a big number to start at and probably out of reach for most of the promoters in the world.<\/p>\n But Shields is entertaining inside and out the ring, surely she would appeal to MVP and its Netflix partners?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n