Michael Hirsley

Morgan McGarry fought his way all the way to this week's Chicago Golden Gloves boxing finals, only to be called away by a bigger fight. McGarry, 22, is being summoned...

Riddick Bowe was dubbed "Big Daddy" as he ascended to the throne of world heavyweight champion, but both parts of that nickname went sour. His weight was always a problem....

Partisan boxing passions abounded Saturday night at the UIC Pavilion. Fans with Brazilian backgrounds sang and danced to celebrate junior lightweight champion Acelino Freitas' knockout victory. When he entered the...

As Acelino Freitas prepares to defend his super-featherweight title Saturday in Chicago, he is torn between the discipline preached by his trainer and the emotion expressed by his dying father....

Nearly three years ago, heavyweights Hasim Rahman and Corrie Sanders fought as if their futures depended on it. With each of them clinging to evaporating hopes of getting to fight...

Boxing fans are about to get a rare pugilistic week in Chicago, beginning Tuesday with preliminary bouts in the annual Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament and concluding with a title fight...

International Boxing Federation junior middleweight champion Ronald "Winky" Wright scored a unanimous but unspectacular decision over challenger J.C. Candelo on the undercard of the John Ruiz-Roy Jones Jr. heavyweight title...

One of the biggest differences between John Ruiz and Rodney "I Don't Get No Respect" Dangerfield is that the boxer gets even less recognition than the comedian. That lack of...

Norman Stone, trainer for heavyweight champion John Ruiz, was hospitalized after a scuffle with Alton Merkerson, trainer for challenger Roy Jones, at the fighters' weigh-in Thursday for their title fight...

Risk is relative, and it can be deceptive. Saturday's heavyweight title bout between champion John Ruiz and challenger Roy Jones Jr. in the nation's gambling mecca raises risk issues far...