Boxing
Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is “discouraging” his 18-year-old son from picking up a pair of boxing gloves in jumping into the ring.
Pastor Vic Rodriguez of La Villita church “was a spiritual leader, a mentor,” Chicago police Sgt. Alfonso Lara said. “He wanted to make a difference.”
The Chicago native is quickly becoming a big deal in the bantamweight division, and hopes to use his fame to help other at-risk youth discover boxing.
Dorothy Cross, who said she was a great-niece of heavyweight boxing great Jack Johnson and pushed to clear the late boxer’s name, has died at 88.
HBO is getting out of the live boxing business after more than 1,000 fights over four decades of telecasts.
Alvarez won the 160-pound titles held by Golovkin by the narrowest of margins, taking a majority decision to hand the champion his first loss.
An anti-violence panel including Floyd Mayweather Jr. is coming to the DuSable Museum of African American History on Saturday.
Forbes estimates that Mayweather earned $285 million from endorsements and other sources in 2017.
Stallone has said Johnson was the basis for the character Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” films.
“I know and believe in my heart that you are proud of me,” Linda Haywood said looking at Jack Johnson’s grave marker at Graceland Cemetery.
Muhammad Ali’s grandson Nico Ali Walsh is carrying on his grandfather’s legacy inside and out of the ring.
Linda Haywood wants a pardon for the man she says is her great-great-uncle: Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
Vargas, who represented Mexico in the 2008 Olympic games, told ESPN Deportes that he was shocked by the trunks.
Martin McGarry, dead of amyloidosis at 66, was a pipefitter by trade and boxer by passion. He built a gym at his Beverly home to teach kids to box.
The Supreme Court is indicating a willingness to side with New Jersey’s effort to permit sports gambling in a case being closely watched.
The nonprofit boxing club is the dream of an area businessman who had shown promise in the ring as a teen but traded the sport for a life of crime.
The “Long Count” is perhaps the most famous 14 seconds in boxing, if not all professional sport. But why it mattered deserves remembering.
Light heavyweight champion Andre Ward is retiring from boxing with an undefeated record because he no longer has the desire to fight.
Boxing legend Jake LaMotta, whose life was portrayed onscreen by Robert De Niro in the 1908 film “Raging Bull” has died at 95.
Floyd Mayweather beat Conor McGregor by technical knockout in the 10th round Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Nevada boxing regulators gave the two fighters an exemption to a rule requiring 10-ounce gloves for fights at 154 pounds, approving 8-ounce gloves.
With a bevy of new stars, one of whom just might be McCaskill, knocking on the door, women’s boxing looks to be in its best shape in a while.
The fashionably late fighters treated fans that waited hours for the latest stop in a promotional tour to about 30 minutes of profanities.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, according to a notice of a federal tax lien filed by the IRS.
The WBO said three of the five independent judges who reviewed the bout awarded it to Horn, one awarded it to Pacquiao and one scored it a draw.
Liev Schreiber is outstanding as rough-edged, charismatic Chuck Wepner, the “Bayonne Bleeder” who redeemed himself in the ring opposite Muhammad Ali.
Hundreds gathered at the Garfield Park fieldhouse Tuesday night in honor of slain Chicago boxer Ed “Bad Boy” Brown, who was fatally shot on Saturday.