• 3 months ago
The story of Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan who trained to become the first woman in her country's history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.
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00:00I'm here to pay my mom's bill, so you're her right you're the boxer. Y'all golden girl
00:11The girl didn't caress her came into the gym tonight
00:14What you think about girls box don't see no reason why she can't she got hands
00:20Hey mama talk to you on a bed. I got training money when you win that prize money. You get our own place just us
00:27USA boxing hasn't won a gold medal since 2004. Yeah, well none of them boxes was caress it wasn't
00:35As long as I'm boxing I'm gonna be okay
00:40Do you want to pass and everything you see out there is just one more thing to get in your way
00:46Think I don't know about what it's like to be 16 hormones all everywhere
00:50Don't nobody want to hear about y'all nasty hormone. Oh, you don't
00:57So
01:00What's this that good protein now at least have some fun coach Jason say no French fries
01:07We're gonna China for the qualifiers
01:10After that, it's London. Can't nobody beat me
01:12I
01:26Just ain't what I thought it would be all these people getting these endorsements. Meanwhile, I can barely pay my mama rent
01:31Maybe it's just taking my time. I
01:34Would love to represent Clarissa's just much harder with women athletes
01:38It's not fair, but people expect female athletes to behave a certain way I won that gold medal by being me
01:45What happened to stand true to who you are?
01:48It's way bigger than box and rest so it's gonna be up to you to show who Clarissa Shields really is
01:54If I'm a train for this second gold medal, I'm gonna need exactly what the main gear
01:59Is it the money is it the recognition money is recognition?
02:03This ain't just about me. This is for all the women
02:07Folks round here know that if Clarissa Shields can do it they can't do
02:13Seymour you're 16 years
02:15Most people seen in a entire lifetime. I want you to take that fire inside of you
02:22Turn it in something good
02:26Yo, you represent out there so my we do it in Flint
02:36You

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