The 2020 World Press Photo Contests are open for entries. Everything happened organically so I don’t have the challenges that I had in the beginning.” The most challenging thing for me at first was her accepting me as a friend She’s very protective of her inner circle, whether it’s a working relationship or personal relationship. Claressa has done all of this in a handful of fights. She’s gained all these accolades and is consistently making history in the sport of boxing. She’s so in tune with what she wants her legacy to be. “ The most surprising thing about working with is her self-belief and determination. He continues to document her career and her experience as a female boxer born and raised in Flint, a city that has known some struggles. However, this disparity is even more extreme in the sports world,” he adds. While women make 77 cents to every dollar earned by their male counterparts, black women can expect to make 63 cents to one dollar. The discrepancy in pay for women, black people and black women outside the world of sports is well documented. “ Claressa and many others are facing a multitude of unique obstacles. Part of a larger project, this image also speaks about the reality of being a female boxer in a world predominantly masculine. Shields suffered a first-round knock-down by Gabriels-the first in her career-but went on to win the match by unanimous decision. The photo awarded in the Sports category of the 2019 World Press Photo Contest captures a moment when Claressa Shields meets Hanna Gabriels in a boxing match at the Masonic Temple in Detroit on 22 June 2018. Upon doing research I found discrimination in women’s boxing as a whole,” he explains. It was interesting for me that there wasn’t mass coverage of her. She’s an Olympian who had just started her professional boxing career. “ I decided to document her story because it wasn’t being told. She was still living in Flint, Michigan at the time. Terell Groggins met Claressa Shields in 2016 at a media workout at the legendary Kronk boxing gym in Detroit, United States. She has had only one loss in her career, against British World Champion Savannah Marshall, in 2012. We spoke with the photographer, who has been working with Shields for over three years, about documenting her professional boxing career and winning the award with this photograph.Ĭlaressa Shields is the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing, and the first (male or female) to win a gold back-to-back in successive Olympic Games. Shields Strikes Back, by Terrell Groggins, won the 3rd prize in the Sports category of the 2019 World Press Photo Contest.
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