The sports movie, like any genre, can easily fall victim to overly familiar story beats. An underdog challenger. A big match.

"The Fire Inside," in theaters Christmas Day, casts Ryan Destiny as history-making Olympic boxer Claressa Shields.

Directed by Rachel Morrison and written by Barry Jenkins, The Fire Inside is a boxing film that shines outside the ring.

Claressa Shields, the celebrated Olympic gold medalist and undefeated professional boxer, has recently opened up about the ...

Boxing icon Claressa Shields launched an expletive-laced rant at MMA legend Cris Cyborg amid calls for a crossover boxing clash in 2025.

Shields was admittedly “skeptical” when the idea of The Fire Inside was first brought up. Before signing off on the biopic being made, Claressa Shields wanted to meet with the person writing the ...

An effortlessly charismatic pairing of Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry anchors this real-life Olympic boxing tale.

Inspirational story of real-life boxer Claressa Shields tracks her path to Olympic gold — and then her struggle to turn her ...

Boxer turned MMA champion Claressa Shields said her new biopic "The Fire Inside," in theaters Wednesday, puts more pressure on her to win her Feb. 2 fight against Danielle Perkins.

The gritty, compelling biopic tells the story of Claressa Shields, the two-time Olympic boxing champion who has gone on to win all 15 of her matches as a professional. During a stop in metro ...

“The Fire Inside,” about boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, is not your standard inspirational sports drama, even if it feels like it for the first half of the movie. There’s the hopeless ...

Claressa Shields, of Flint, Michigan, is a three-division champion. She's the only women's fighter to be undisputed champion in two different divisions in the four-belt era (junior middleweight ...