The whole boxing world is excited by the prospect of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury facing off and Claressa Shields is the latest to offer her view, saying she thinks it’s going to be an ‘interesting fight.’

Shields calls herself the GWOAT, or greatest woman of all time, on account of having held world championships in multiple divisions. They include the undisputed female light middleweight title she currently holds, as well as the undisputed female middleweight title from 2019 to 2020 and the unified WBC and IBF female super middleweight titles from 2017 to 2018.

She is the best-ranked female pound-for-pound so knows a thing or two about high-level match-ups like the one between Usyk and Fury, which will be the first undisputed heavyweight bout in 24 years.

Speaking to Fight Hype, Shields gave her view on the upcoming fight and came down on the side of the bigger man.

Over summer, Shields attempted to goad former welterweight champion Keith Thurman into an unprecedented cross-gender fight while also successfully defending her titles against Maricela Cornejo in her last fight back in July.

Many would like to see her rematch Brit Savannah Marshall in the MMA cage after both signed up with MMA promotion, the Professional Fighters League, following their first match-up in the squared ring late last year.

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk has been in the works for a couple of years. Given the stakes of this bout, the negotiations were bound to linger for this fight. Moreover, back in the summer of this year, it appeared the bout was as good as done after it seemed like they agreed on terms on social media. However, their assent was short-lived and the negotiations fell apart. That being said, in a recent turn of events. it is reported that both heavyweight champions have signed the dotted line for the undisputed fight.

Although the date of the bout is not made official, it is speculated to take place in the last week of December or in January of next year. Witnessing this, many boxing pundits and fans weighed in on this match-up to make their predictions known, including Shakur Stevenson.

Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk? Shakur Stevenson weighs in

The 24-year-old is the undefeated featherweight world champion. Moreover, back in April of this year, he made his debut in the lightweight division and is eyeing to fight for the title soon. When asked about this match-up, he considered the fact that Fury is evidently taller and significantly bigger than the unified heavyweight champion. In addition, he thinks, ‘The Gypsy King,’ is just as skillful as the Ukrainian.

Given the size advantage, while favoring Fury, he stated, “Uysk, I watched his last fight, he looks real good. He is a great fighter. I think the size is going to be too much. You gotta realize, Tyson Fury is two what? 270? He is too big for a lot of heavyweights and he got boxing skills and he got to know how to use size.”

He adds, “So I don’t know if Uysk is gonna be able to beat him. Uysk is tremendous talent. But I just don’t see it.” It is safe to say that if ‘Sugar,’ is a betting man, his money would be on Fury. However, let’s take a look at a boxing legend’s prediction for this fight.

Former boxing world champion predicts Fury vs Uysk

Retired boxer and former champion, Ricky Hatton gave his prediction for the heavyweight clash after much thought. According to him, Fury is very skilled, versatile, and has a size advantage. Considering the same, he fancied the chances of Fury more than Uysk. Reflecting on the same, he stated, “When you think Tyson has the height, the reach, he can box southpaw, Orthodox, stand there, sit in there, and have a fight, he can sit and sway and move and make you miss off the back-foot. He can lean, counterpunch, he does everything Uysk does and he’s got the strength and weight advantage.”