Claressa Shields Breaks Silence on Angel Reese, BET Awards Controversy originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese won the BET Sportswomen of the Year Award, Claressa Shields posted on X that she thought she should have won the award.

Claressa Shields isn’t hiding her disappointment after losing out on the 2025 BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year.

Boxer Claressa Shields sounded off on social media June 10 after WNBA star Angel Reese topped her and seven others for Sportswoman of the Year honors at the 2025 BET Awards. "Still don’t know how I didn’t win the Sportswoman of the Year for the @BETAwards but Congrats to Angel Reese and all the other Nominees,