Claressa Shields hopes that a fight with Savannah Marshall could help close the gender pay gap, her advisor claims.
Shields is unbeaten after 11 professional fights, with her last defeat coming to Marshall when the pair of them were both amateurs, leading for a desire to settle the scores in a rematch.
Marshall has not lost in nine fights, and is the current WBO middleweight belt holder. Shields’ advisor Mark Taffet said that he wants promoters and networks to come together to help give significant sums to the fighters.
"We love the Savannah Marshall fight," Shields advisor Mark Taffet said to Sky Sports.
"But we want [Marshall's promoter] Eddie Hearn, other promoters and the networks to join us in making significant advancements toward equality for women.
"And that includes appropriate pay for premium events.
"We are at a crossroads in the history of this sport, a transformational moment where the greatest female fighter in the world stood tall to make a point.
"Claressa Shields competes against women but she fights for equality. The time is now."
The American fighter has previously said that she favours changing women’s boxing from two-minute rounds to three-minute rounds to bring parity with the men’s discipline, in order to negate the arguments against paying women in boxing more for their efforts.
Shields beat Marie-Eve Dicaire at the weekend to become the first women's two-weight undisputed champion.