Laila Ali shut down a $15 million comeback supply and torched her long-running feud with Claressa Shields in a blistering takedown on her podcast.

The retired boxing champ and daughter of Muhammad Ali made her stance crystal clear throughout an episode of her new present “Laila Ali KO” Thursday (October 30), declaring there’s no likelihood she’ll ever face Claressa Shields within the ring — or wherever else.

“Absolutely not,” Laila Ali mentioned when requested if Shields’ public strain marketing campaign had labored. “After years of blatant lies and vile disrespect, making unsolicited negative remarks about me, questioning the legitimacy of my boxing legacy, and having the audacity to cross the line by disrespecting my deceased father, trying to use his name to discredit his daughter.”

Ali, 47, accused Shields of going too far by invoking the late Muhammad Ali’s identify of their dispute, and mentioned the disrespect was past restore. “She will not be rewarded with the opportunity to share the ring with me or anything else,” she added.

Laila Ali confirms she’s going to NOT be getting within the ring and ‘rewarding’ Claressa Shields with a struggle, that’ll give her her greatest payday, on account of years of disrespect, spreading false narratives, and mentioning her father, Muhammad Ali https://t.co/Gy2pLUH0LL pic.twitter.com/i6qbWOkjtS

— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) October 30, 2025

The pressure between the 2 champions has simmered for years, but it surely reached a boiling level after Shields publicly criticized Ali’s previous remarks and questioned her authenticity because the daughter of the boxing icon.

“To me, it doesn’t seem like you’re proud to be who you are,” Shields mentioned. “Or to be the daughter of the Great Muhammad Ali.

Ali, who retired undefeated after an eight-year profession that ran from 1999 to 2007, additionally took a jab at Shields’ punching energy, saying she will be able to’t “bust a grape.” She added, “It’s actually hilarious to hear her talk about knocking me out.”

Shields, who boasts Olympic gold medals and undisputed titles in three weight lessons, has been lobbying onerous for a mega-fight with Ali.

The proposed bout, reportedly backed by a $15 million supply held in escrow, would’ve been some of the profitable occasions in girls’s boxing.

But Ali mentioned their relationship soured after what she described as repeated private assaults. What started as mutual respect become open hostility, particularly after Shields’ feedback about Ali’s stance on social points.

Shields responded to Ali’s podcast with an offended message of her personal. “Another long ass video and still no answer to if she going to take her ass whoopin. Man S### LAILA,” she tweeted Thursday (October 30). “I can’t take it no more. I’m not making another video. It’s clear you are scared, old & bitter!”

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