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Flint native Claressa Shields returning to Detroit for June 16 fight

Flint native Claressa Shields returning to Detroit for June 16 fight
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DETROIT (WXYZ) -- Flint native and two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields is returning to Detroit for a fight in June.

Shields will face Mery Rancier for the WBC Silver Super Middleweight Championship on June 16 at the Masonic Temple.

Shields (2-0, 1 KO) beat Szilvia Szabados by knockout in March at MGM Grand Detroit, the first women's fight to headline a boxing card on premium cable.

Rancier (7-8-3, 5 KOs), a native of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, is coming off a unanimous-decision loss to undefeated WBC Super Middleweight Champion Nikki Adler in March.