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Detroit Boxer Lance ‘Boogie’ Smith Honors His Father’s Legacy through Faith, Fight, & Focus

Punches don’t sneak up on Lance "Boogie" Smith the way that memories do. Sometimes the memories are tucked inside a workout; sometimes they're hidden in...

Claressa Shields Scored Another Victory, But the Better Story is What Happened Afterward

No one was surprised that Claressa Shields, the GWOAT and the undisputed heavyweight champion, stood in the center of Little Caesars Arena with her...

A Decade in the Making: Claressa Shields Returns Home for High-Stakes Rematch with Franchon Crews-Dezurn

When Claressa “The GWOAT” Shields walks into Little Caesars Arena on Feb. 22, 2026, she won’t just be defending her undisputed heavyweight crown. She’ll...

Claressa Shields’ Historic Heavyweight Battle: Fighting for Legacy, Respect, and a Third Undisputed Crown

Claressa Shields is stepping into the ring again, but this time, history is on the line in a way that goes beyond just another...

Flint’s Claressa Shields Wins ‘Best Boxer’ at ESPY Awards

Flint native Claressa Shields continues to bask in the wins and accolades. Adding to her already-impressive resume, Shields won an ESPY Award for “Best...

Muhammad Ali: The Hidden Side of the World’s Greatest

Elizabeth Lampkin, Contributing Writer Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. Muhammad Ali. Boxer, activist. Everyone in the world knows Muhammad Ali for many reasons. However, most people...

Boring Mayweather V. Paul Fight Leaves Audience Booing

The audience wasn't having it. During what should have been a lively fight on Sunday, June 6 with Floyd Mayweather battling YouTube star Logan Paul...

Bibbs, Phillips, Hearns to go in DPS Sports Hall of Fame

Saturday, September 15 in Burt's Market Place Theater, sprint luminary Jim Bibbs, star half-miler Ron Phillips, and champion boxer Thomas Hearns will be inducted into the Detroit...

Tommy Hearns honored with Spirit of Detroit Award by unanimous decision

Detroit has produced some of the greatest boxers the world has ever seen in the ring: Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Emanuel Steward, and...

Boxing champ Claressa Shields becomes premium television’s first woman to headline in Detroit

DETROIT  (February 20, 2017) - Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and Flint, Michigan native Claressa Shields (1-0) will take on Hungary's Szilvia "Sunset" Szabados (15-8, 6...

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