Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a new movie arrives about Flint, it usually is yet another documentary on the water crisis that has defined the city in the ...

FLINT – Claressa Shields will never forget where she comes from. Growing up on the north side of Flint, Shields had a rough childhood before boxing saved her life. Shields instantly fell in love with ...

It's time for some prime-time boxing in Flint. Women's heavyweight champion Claressa Shields returns to her hometown of Flint to defend her belt against Danielle Perkins, the top heavyweight contender ...

Editor’s note: Flint is oftentimes cast in a negative light. While the city has its struggles, take a deeper look and you’ll see people fighting for their hometown, building the city back, and ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A boxing gym in Flint aims to help motivate and uplift the young people of the city of Flint. The mission of Flint Town Boxing Club is to promote positive change and ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Joe Byrd, the father of Flint's first family of boxing, has died at the age of 89. Byrd passed away recently, according to his obituary. He was a former professional boxer who ...

Hundreds gathered in Flint, Mich., Tuesday, to celebrate the return home of Olympian Claressa Shields. At 17, Shields became the first U.S. woman ever — and the only American this summer — to win a ...

DETROIT, Mich. (WNEM) - Little Caesars Arena announced Claressa Shields “GWOAT” will be headlining the first boxing event in the area’s history on June 3. A two-time Olympic gold medalist throughout ...

Claressa Shields, the Flint dynamo who's a world-champion boxer many times over, is now set for her second mixed-martial-arts bout, Wednesday night in Florida. But her portfolio is extending well ...