Michael Hirsley

Pro wrestling probably would have come up with a long, drawn-out fight with more ring time, and more success, for Michael Grant. But Saturday night's bout was pro boxing, and...

Francisco Tafoya won one and lost one at the Golden Gloves national tournament this week in Detroit. But in so doing, the 17-year-old Maine West junior caught the eye of...

Just the other day, I was reading a brief article about Scot Pollard, described as an NBA backup forward-center, which sounds like directions for parallel parking. Showing his lighter side,...

Heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and challenger Michael Grant had a few choice words for each other as they wound down training this week for their April 29 title fight at...

Boxing's thorny mess of mandated title fights, those who decide them and those accused of paying bribes to get them became even more tangled this week in two federal courts....

Two Chicago boxers are planning to one-up the Cubs and Mets and their first American baseball Opening Day telecast from Japan. Heavyweight Andrew Golota and light-heavyweight Montell Griffin are slated...

Tyrene Manson's role in a boxing movie nominated for an Academy Award goes beyond art imitating life. It's a warts-and-all examination of a young boxer's life--Manson needed special permission to...

St. Andrew's Gym, where Chicagoans such as Nate Jones, Michael Bennett and David Diaz honed their boxing skills for eventual U.S. Olympic team berths, is again set for the 73rd...

The on-again off-again rematch between Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad, which seemed on-again for June after extensive negotiations between promoters Bob Arum and Don King, is off again....

Welterweight contender Derrell Coley, complaining that Oscar De La Hoya has been looking down on him, vows that the ex-champion "Golden Boy" will be looking up at him on Feb....