The United States squad moved to a perfect 5-0 in 2016 Women’s World Championships competition with three victories on Friday in Astana, Kazakhstan. Reigning Olympic and World Champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) closed the undefeated day with a last second TKO following first round victories from featherweight Stalacia Leggett (Quartz Hill, Calif.) and light welterweight Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) in the early session at the Barys Arena. … Read Article
Claressa Shields, Katie Taylor, MC Mary Kom and Ren Cancan among the stars of women’s boxing ready to go for gold at Women’s World Boxing Championships
-326 boxers from 73 countries are beginning their final preparations for the 2016 Women’s World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.… Read Article
Claressa Shields and Shakur Stevenson Featured in POWERADE’s “Just a Kid” Campaign
-Two of USA Boxing’s most accomplished athletes are being featured in POWERADE’s inspirational “Just a Kid” campaign as they head in to the 2016 Olympic Games. 2012 Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) and Junior and Youth World Champion and Youth Olympic Games gold medalist Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.) are both being highlighted for their amazing accomplishments as such a young age. … Read Article
Fuchs and Claressa Shields Win the 2016 Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing
-MEMPHIS, TENN. (October 31, 2015) – In a scenic venue usually reserved the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, two female boxers won gold at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Women’s Boxing on Saturday. Flyweight Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas) and middleweight Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) were adamant on closing the show on Saturday and the duo did just that with victories in their respective championship bouts at the Cannon Center in Memphis, Tenn. Lightweight Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, … Read Article
Claressa Shields Wins the United States’ First Ever Pan American Games Gold Medal in Women’s Boxing
-Making history is nothing new to 2012 Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) and neither is winning gold medals. Shields did both on Friday night in championship round action at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. The reigning world champion filled the only remaining hole in her resume with a unanimous decision victory over the Dominican Republic’s Yenebier Guillen in the women’s middleweight gold medal bout.… Read Article
Marlen Esparza, Claressa Shields and Francisco Martinez Clinch Pan American Games Medals
-2012 Olympic champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) and Olympic bronze medalist Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) both made triumphant Pan American Games debuts on Monday afternoon at the Oshawa Sports Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Olympic duo clinched medals in their first Pan American Games with wins in Monday afternoon’s quarterfinal competition. Bantamweight Francisco Martinez (Dallas, Texas) became the fourth U.S. boxer to advance to the semifinals with a TKO win in Monday’s evening action. Middleweight … Read Article
USA Boxing’s Claressa Shields Named AIBA’s Youth Female Boxer of the Year
-(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 2012 Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) added another major award to her ever-growing list of accolades over the weekend. The first American woman to win Olympic boxing gold received the Youth Female Boxer of the Year award from the international federation for Olympic-style boxing at a special ceremony in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shields was one of five athletes honored at the event, which was held in conjunction with the Elite … Read Article
Claressa Shields Takes Second Round Stoppage Win as Team USA Adds Four More World Championships Victories in Bulgaria
-(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – 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 World Championships action for Team USA. Junior light bantamweight Ashley Perez (Sparks, Nev.), junior lightweight Iesha Kenney (Alexandria, Va.) and youth light flyweight Marisol … Read Article
Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields Headlines First-Ever Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships Squad
-(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Reigning Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich,) is returning to major international action in a first-time event for USA Boxing. The new college student will lead a team of junior and youth female boxers in to competition at the Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships, September 20-29, at the Albena Resort in Albena, Bulgaria. Team USA is competing in the event for the first time as Shields’ aims to add her first … Read Article
Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields Vying to Become the First Boxer Ever to Win the Prestigious Sullivan Award
-COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Seventeen-year-old Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) claimed her first piece of history this summer, winning the first middleweight gold medal in women’s boxing, and she is hoping to add another item to the record books by becoming the first boxer ever to win the AAU’s James E. Sullivan award. Shields was recently named a semifinalist for the prestigious award, which honors the nation’s top amateur athlete. The award selection includes a public … Read Article