Remy Ma Hits The Club With Claressa Shields’ Rival Alycia Baumgardner After Her Title Win In Arlington
The linkup speaks for itself. Remy Ma was in Arlington on Sunday night supporting Alycia Baumgardner, and after Baumgardner captured the IBF lightweight championship, the two took the celebration to the club — a pairing guaranteed to get Claressa Shields’ attention, because both women have real history with her.
Baumgardner earned the night. Moving up from 130 pounds, where she ruled as undisputed champion, she put on a clinic against previously unbeaten Elif Nur Turhan at College Park Center, winning every round on all three scorecards — 100-90 across the board — to take the IBF lightweight title and become a two-division world champion. The win moves her record to 19-1.
Remy’s issues with Shields run through her estranged husband, Papoose, who is now dating the champion. Since Remy and Papoose’s marriage fell apart publicly, she and Shields have traded words online and made it clear there is no love lost between them.
Baumgardner’s beef with Shields is boxing, and it has gotten physical. Back in May, the two champions confronted each other at a Most Valuable Promotions event in California, and video captured Shields striking Baumgardner during the exchange. Shields was reportedly banned from MVP events after the incident, and the two have traded insults publicly ever since.
This is not a new alliance, either. Earlier this year, Remy featured Baumgardner and fellow champion Amanda Serrano — another fighter who has had her own disagreements with Shields — in visuals connected to her song “Wanna Go.”
To be fair, nobody said the night out was about Shields. Baumgardner just accomplished something major, and celebrating with friends after a title win is what you do. But when two of Shields’ most public rivals keep turning up together, people are going to talk.
What do y’all think — is this just friendship, or is the anti-Shields alliance real?
Sources: Baller Alert; The Ring; FIGHT SPORTS.
