In her absolute destruction of Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse to become the new WBC heavyweight world champion Saturday night, Claressa Shields quickly realized that her power translates to the top division better than she thought it would.
"I said 'you know what? Damn. I know I was strong at camp but I'm super strong tonight,'" a victorious Shields began telling DAZN. "Maybe I can stay at heavyweight if I'm going to be this strong inside the ring."
She added: "I am the cash cow of boxing so all the girls who are at 168, they're all gonna come try to get a fight with me anyway so really wherever I campaign at, I'm gonna be able to find a fight."
Shields said she'll talk it over with her team and make a decision about whether she goes back down to 160 pounds to defend her undisputed middleweight crown there or drops those titles to pursue an undisputed reign at heavyweight.
The "GWOAT" (Greatest Woman of All Time" was so electric in producing three knockdowns toward a second-round TKO of Lepage-Joanisse that continuing at heavyweight is a real option.
"I shocked myself," Shields told DAZN about how emphatically she disposed of Lepage-Joanisse. "I'm not going to lie."
Shields will have 10 days to decide whether she defends her undisputed middleweight world championship or remains at heavyweight.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist has already achieved undisputed reigns at middleweight and junior middleweight.