Digital Advocates United (DAU) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting public safety, civic accountability, and human rights.
We conduct digital campaigns, provide education, and implement initiatives aimed at protecting women, girls, and vulnerable individuals.
The Cancel Claressa Accountability Campaign & Boycott (CCAB) aims to raise awareness about the increasingly hostile, combative, and violent behavior exhibited by heavyweight boxer and women’s champion Claressa Shields.
Shields has a clear history of hostile behavior towards the public and fellow women boxers outside of sanctioned matches. Many believe there is a lack of accountability from Shields and her team regarding these actions and we have no choice but to bring the issue to the attention of athletic commissions that are able to investigate the matter and initiate reasonable disciplinary actions such as suspend or revoke her boxing license.
Additionally, critics argue that Shields is setting a dangerous precedent in women’s sports, potentially compromising the integrity of the sport.
We believe that Shields is not showing herself to be a good role model for the youth.
Shields’ poor sportsmanship must be addressed by boxing and regulatory authorities to prevent other licensed combat athletes thinking that it is okay to emulate her violent behavior in public settings.
Moreover, such unregulated actions could lead to serious injuries for bystanders or athletic rivals outside of sanctioned boxing events. Shields’ actions can also lead to civil lawsuits against her and boxing commissions for their lack of concern for safety.
This viral incident took place on May 16, 2026, at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, CA, during a Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and Netflix hosted MMA event.
For instance, Shields reportedly physically confronted and assaulted Super Featherweight champion boxer Alycia Baumgardner.
Following the unprovoked assault on Alycia Baumgardner, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) issued a public statement banning Shields from future MVP events.
Prior to attacking Baumgardner, Shields shoved Super Middleweight champion Crews-Dezurn in February 2026 at weigh-in during their faceoff in Detroit, Michigan causing a chaotic melee between the two camps.
The incident also went viral and later led to ongoing public disputes and reported legal warnings between both parties.
Additionally, we have documented a comprehensive timeline of Shields’ history of verbal and physically abusive behavior towards professional women boxers, male boxers, and the general public which can be reviewed here.
In 2019, during the junior middleweight title fight weigh-in between Ivana Habazin and Claressa Shields at the Dort Federal Event Center, there was a heated exchange from certain members of Shields’ entourage towards members of Habazin’s entourage. The arguments quickly escalated from competitive banter into violence when Habazin’s trainer and New Jersey Hall of Fame recipient James Ali Bashir (about 68-years-old at this time) was viciously attacked by an unidentified person who was a member of the Claressa Shields’ entourage.
According to a report from ESPN, Bashir was “knocked unconscious for approximately 20 minutes” before emergency medical personnel removed him from the scene on a stretcher. Witnesses said that the assailant fled the scene but was later arrested by Flint police.
Reports later identified the perpetrator as Shield’s brother Artist Mack who is a violent career felon. Furthermore, according to the civil lawsuit filed by Bashir, Mack had allegedly just gotten out of prison and was on parole. Shields knew that her brother was a violent criminal with a history of physically assaulting others. Nevertheless, she still appointed him as a member of her team.
This incident could have been prevented if strict regulations and security were set in place to protect both boxers and their support team. Due to Shields’ lack of care for the opposing boxer’s staff and the lack of concern for the public’s safety, Shields and her promotion team Salita’s Promotions, intentionally or unintentionally, created a hostile, unpredictable, and unsafe environment for both women boxers.
Additionally, the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission had the opportunity to not only investigate this public matter but to improve its regulations and rules for future weigh-ins to prevent acts of violence and negligence. Unfortunately, no corrective action was taken against Shields.
In 2024, Claressa Shields published a terrifying video of her brutally attacking an ‘internet troll”. Shields stated that she invited the unidentified woman to her gym after the woman allegedly had disparaging things to say online about her. The video shows Shields geared up and protected while the woman, clearly unfit and untrained, was seen out-of-shape and without any protection except head gear and a pair of gloves.
With a crowd of people watching and at least one person recording the incident, Shields pummeled the civilian hitting her with multiple shots to her head and body. The woman, clearly hurt or dazed, refused to continue to fight Shields. However, Shields continues to come for the woman and even hits her with her gloved hand while taunting her and calling her names.
Shields later published the video to her Instagram account and according to a DAZN online report, she wrote the following caption:
I can’t believe this punk a—s girl pulled to @hitsvillegym after trolling me for months! And couldn’t last more than 30 seconds. I damn near killed this H03 @official_queen_ofda_ring !!!!! Show up again pussy!
DAZN, 6 July 2024
Shields later removed the second part of her caption where she said that she almost killed the woman. The heavyweight boxer’s own statements clearly indicate that her reasoning for physically beating the woman was to punish her for “trolling”, not for training purposes.
In conclusion, this evidence shows a clear example of why corrective action from athletic commissions is needed to protect the public from being targets of combat fighters like Shields. Shields’ constant unhinged, violent, and out-of-control behavior outside of sanctioned matches reflects a total disregard for human life. Shields continues to prove that does not care for the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission’s boxing regulations, any other states’ combat rules, nor does she care about the safety of members of the public. Shields has shown an undeniable pattern of having a lack of respect for the integrity of the sport.
As a result of Shields’ out-of-control behavior, the members of the public face an immediate safety threat.
Considering Shields is a highly trained fighter, both of her physical altercations against fellow female fighters took place in public outside of a sanctioned boxing competition.
There were security guards, patrons, children, guests, venue staff, and other individuals who could have been seriously harmed by Shields’ careless actions.
Meanwhile, Shields has not expressed the least bit of remorse for her misconduct. In fact, she mocked Baumgardner on social media after the incident and justified it.
We demand a formal investigation and reasonable corrective disciplinary action up to and including revocation and/or suspension of Shield’s boxing license for the safety of the public and the integrity of the sport until her behavior is proven to be acceptable to continue her career as a professional boxer. Additionally we urge athletic commissions to implement an annual mental health evaluations in addition to their physical evaluations before a boxer is allowed to renew their boxing
Additionally, Shields may have violated other athletic rules as well.
The Boxing Code of Ethics was established by the World Boxing Council (WBC). Rule 5 specifically states, “Boxers must not engage in physical confrontations outside the ring.”
Nevertheless, Shields pattern of violent acts outside of the ring shows that she may believe that she is above the rules concerning the sport of professional boxing, just because she holds an undisputed title.
In conclusion, we believe that revocation of Shield’s boxing license and her title as “undisputed” heavyweight champion should be considered.
Our campaign and demands remains in effect until Shields’ alarming physical behavior outside of sanctioned boxing events—targeting other women boxers, male boxers, and the general public—comes to an end.
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