(AUG 20) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – 2012 Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) joyfully punched her way to her second consecutive gold medal bout in today’s boxing action at the 2016 Olympic Games. Shields faced off with Kazakhstan’s Dariga Shakimova in the first of two middleweight semifinal bouts at Riocentro Pavilion 6 in
(AUG 20) Estelle Mosselly of France is the new 60kg Olympic Lightweight champion coming from behind to defeat China’s Yin Junhua on a split decision in Rio Friday. It’s been a magnificent year for the French woman who also struck Gold in Astana at the 2016 Women’s World Championships earlier this year. Team USA’s Claressa
(AUG 18) RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (AUGUST 17, 2016) – Reigning Olympic and World Champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) had quite the wait before her 2016 Olympic Games opener in Rio de Janeiro. Twenty-two sessions of Olympic boxing came and went before the middleweight champion got the chance to step in to the ring. She
Broadcast of Documentary About Claressa Shields and Her Journey to Become the First American Woman to Win Boxing Gold Medal Timed to Coincide with Her Return to the 2016 Summer Olympics – (San Francisco, CA) – T-Rex: Her Fight for Gold is the coming-of-age story of boxing phenom Claressa “T-Rex” Shields from Flint, MI. Sheilds was
(JULY 19) COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – The American winning streak remained in tact on Friday at the 2014 Pan American Olympic Festival in Mexico City. Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.), middleweight Claressa Shields and super heavyweight Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, Kansas) all won their semifinal match-ups to join flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) in tonight’s
With two 2012 Olympic medalists leading the way, Team USA earned five gold medals at the 2014 Cheo Aponte tournament in Saturday night in Caguas, Puerto Rico. London bronze medalist Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) and Olympic champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) led the medal haul which included victories from female lightweight Melissa Parker (Fountain, Colo.),
(MAY 31) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Seven American boxers will box in final round action at the Cheo Aponte Tournament tonight in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Female flyweight Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas), male lightweight Genaro Gamez (San Diego, Calif.), female lightweight Melissa Parker (Fountain, Colo.), male light welterweight Abraham Nova (San Diego, Calif.), male welterweight
USA Boxing officially opened 2014 national competition on Tuesday with two action-packed sessions on the first day of the Junior and Youth Open at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. Following an extensive general weigh-in and the tournament draw, 48 preliminary contests took place in the junior and youth men’s divisions. The men’s youth
(SEPT 29) Three American boxers will return home with gold medals hanging around their necks following an outstanding showing by the United States squad at the team’s first Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships in Bulgaria. Team USA closed the tournament with an undefeated day in Saturday’s final round action. 2012 Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint,
by Julie Goldsticker – September 25, 2013 (SEPT 25) Reigning Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) returned to major international action with a second round TKO victory on Tuesday at the Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships in Albena, Bulgaria. Shields took one of four victories for her U.S. squad in the second straight successful day of