A Puncher's Chance - Flint boxer hopes to qualify for U.S. Olympic team
Women will compete for Olympic medals in boxing for the first time this summer. One of the women training hard for a shot at Olympic boxing gold is a teenager from Flint. Claressa Shields is 16...
View ArticleFlint boxer convincingly wins her first bout in Olympic trials
16 year old Claressa Shields is the youngest fighter trying to win a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team. She made her case for representing the U.S. in London this summer by defeating the top...
View ArticleFlint boxer wins again at U.S. Olympic trials
16 year old Claressa Shields dominated another more experienced fighter in Tuesday's Olympic women's boxing trials. Shields is now a step closer to her goal of...
View ArticleYoung Flint boxer qualifies for London games
Flint's hometown darling, 17-year old boxer Claressa Shields, will be heading to London this summer to compete for Olympic gold. The Detroit Free press reports that Shields confirmed the news from...
View ArticleGoing for the gold: Flint's Claressa Shields heads to final match
Flint’s Olympic female boxer Claressa Shields will fight for a gold medal. The boxer's family and friends gathered to watch their hometown athlete in her semifinal match this morning. It was an...
View ArticleFlint's favorite daughter: Claressa Shields takes gold
Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields has won the first US women’s gold medal in boxing. And her hometown of Flint is celebrating. Residents came together to watch Claressa’s triumph in a...
View ArticleBiden, Romney, Ryan campaign in Michigan this week
Vice President Joe Biden, presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, will all make campaign stops in southeast Michigan this week. Vice President Joe Biden made an afternoon stop...
View ArticleStory of Flint boxer Claressa Shields wins a Peabody Award
The public radio production Radio Diaries was recognized today with a George Foster Peabody Award for its production 'Teen Contender.'The first-person diary followed Flint boxer Claressa Shields as she...
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