Claressa Shields News

I hear all the time that this sport is in decline there is minimal interest in a sport that's so corrupt and lacking a sensational American Heavyweight champion or that MMA is the new kid on the block now and Boxing is its old decrepit grandpa.

Whilst William Cowper's famous poem was not written about life in the boxing ring that is for sure, Saturday night's U.S Elite Championships in Spokane ended with Seattle's Quanitta "Queen" Underwood claiming her sixth U.S crown in the 60kg/132lbs Lightweight division gaining a split 2:1 decision over AIBA World Featherweight champion,Tiara Brown, ... (more)

Maybe you remember Claressa "T-Rex" Shields: At 17, she was the youngest boxer in last summer's Olympics, the first games to ever let women spar.

Claressa Shields of Flint, Mich., is the best female amateur middleweight in the world, with an Olympic gold medal around her neck to prove it.

Shields won a gold medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the first games to allow women's boxing.