LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 (UPI) --Boxer-turned-MMA champion Claressa Shields said the new movie about her life, The Fire Inside, in theaters Wednesday, puts more pressure on her to win her February bout.

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In her new film, The Fire Inside, Ryan Destiny takes on a powerful biographical drama portraying Claressa Shields, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional boxer. The role demanded an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Claressa Shields has said boxing is the only thing that ever loved her back. This uniquely personal ...

To boxing and Olympics enthusiasts, Claressa “T-Rex” Shields is a household name. The film “The Fire Inside,” starring Ryan Destiny as Shields and Brian Tyree Henry as her trainer, Jason Crutchfield, ...

One of the biggest names in women’s boxing, Claressa Shields, is getting the Hollywood treatment in a new biopic. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown discussed "The Fire Inside" with Shields, ...

Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry in "The Fire Inside" (Amazon MGM Studios) MGM brings the story of boxing champion Claressa Shields to the big screen in “The Fire Inside,” a biopic due out on ...

From her meteoric rise out from poverty and a dysfunctional home life in Flint, Michigan, to a pair of Olympic gold medals and world titles in five divisions as a professional boxer, Claressa Shields ...

DETROIT − When a new movie arrives about Flint, Michigan, it's usually yet another documentary on the water crisis that has defined the city in the public eye for the past decade. But that's not the ...