WBC and IBF World Super Middleweight Champion, and two-time US Olympic gold-medal winner, Claressa ढाल, appeared with music legend and fellow female superstar Mary J. Blige in a special 60-second short film that aired during Sunday’s worldwide broadcast of the 90th Academy Awards.
Directed by Dee Rees and sponsored by Walmart, the film was inspired by Walmart delivery boxes and featured Shields and Blige as superheroes.
A world-famous singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress, Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award winner, a three-time Golden Globe nominee and the first woman to receive multiple Academy Award nominations in the same year (for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song). She has sold 75 million records worldwide.
In addition to being the current unified WBC and IBF World Super Middleweight Champion, चकमक, Michigan’s Shields won gold at the 2012 र 2016 ओलम्पिक, becoming the first American boxer-female or male-to win consecutive medals. सिर्फ उनको पहिलो पूर्ण एक पेशेवर रूपमा वर्षमा, Shields was named USA Today: वर्ष को महिला लडाकू, याहू खेल: वर्ष को महिला लडाकू, WBA: उत्तेजक उदाउँदो तारा र WBAN: सबैभन्दा प्रेरणादायक.
ढाल (5-0, 2 KOS) is currently hard at work, preparing for her next fight in April on SHOWTIME.
