FLINT, MI – Flint boxer Claressa Shields will host a block party at Berston Field House to rally support for her upcoming heavyweight title.
Shields, otherwise known as the “GWOAT,” is hosting an event from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 21, at Berston Field House, 3300 Saginaw St., on the city’s north side.
Shields is stepping up two weight classes to take on WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, 28, on Saturday, July 27, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
If she wins the fight, it would be the fourth weight division in which Shields, 29, has won a world boxing championship.
The two-time Olympic boxing champion has a 14-0 professional record with two knockouts. Lepage-Joanisse’s record stands at 7-1 with two knockouts.
The community center is located across the street from where she grew up.