Claressa Shields, the NFL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year, has stated that NFL players and other athletes would need months of boxing training to beat Logan Paul or others with boxing experience. She suggested that even NFL players need specific training, noting that Paul has previously competed with Floyd Mayweather and has been with the boxing ring several times. This comes after Paul discussed fighting NFL players on his podcast, stating that "not a single football player could beat me in a boxing match.