City catches Arum’s eye for title fight
Promoter Bob Arum said he intends to bring the World Boxing Council lightweight title bout between Chicago champion David Diaz and challenger Erik Morales to the United Center in early...
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Mayweather to get real with De La Hoya
More than a year ago, HBO Sports executive producer Ross Greenburg and his staff began tossing around the idea of a reality series involving boxers getting ready for a big...
Garage band with punch
Rico Gonzalez runs an unorthodox boxing gymnasium in an inconvenient location. The former amateur and professional fighter has converted his two-car garage into a gym. Its centerpiece is a boxing...
Reality hits Manfredo
Champion Joe Calzaghe showed challenger Peter Manfredo Jr. the difference between "reality" boxing and real boxing Saturday, easily overwhelming Manfredo, whose biggest credential was name recognition from the TV reality...
Contender gets chance but faces big challenge
Joe Calzaghe has held a 168-pound super-middleweight title for 10 years, making him boxing's longest-reigning current champion. By contrast, Peter Manfredo Jr. never has been in a championship fight, unless...
Bring on Marquez vs. Pacquiao
Before Juan Manuel Marquez outslugged Marco Antonio Barrera in an action-filled bout last Saturday, neither of them could afford to look past that confrontation. But if either or both had...
Klitschko mauling solves nothing
As expected, Saturday's Wladimir Klitschko-Ray Austin bout for Klitschko's International Boxing Federation heavyweight title did nothing to clear up the befuddled and increasingly boring division. Austin is a large buck...
She’s still a knockout after 10 years in ring
Mia St. John is disarmingly candid whether talking about marketing herself as a boxer, wearing pink apparel in the ring, wearing nothing in Playboy magazine or losing three of her...
Pesoli inching toward big time
After a decade of promoting boxing, Dominic Pesoli sees not only his progress but the hurdles that stand ahead. Toward making the jumps, he has opened his own gym, JABB,...
Is it hostility or just hype?
Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. did their level best Thursday to persuade reporters and boxing fans that the two fighters' visit to Chicago was not just another...