4-time champ Holyfield fights on, and on . . .
Chicago heavyweight Fres Oquendo has fought his way to the mountaintop twice, unable to get a foothold either time. Evander Holyfield has stood at the top more often than most...
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`Tour’ is taking Tyson on the road to nowhere
Mike Tyson has shown a poor sense of finance, romance and retirement over the years. The former heavyweight champion lost $300 million, a couple of wives and two horrendous performances...
Branding a title `Made in USA’
Calvin Brock went up the hill, through secluded woods to a clearing and into Buzz Garnick Jr.'s Round 2 Gym, to fetch a heavyweight title. Brock, 31, is unbeaten in...
Barrett insists he’s up to super-sized challenge
Monte Barrett has tried hard this week not to stand simply in the shadow of the world's biggest-ever boxing champion. Barrett will face 7-foot Nikolai Valuev in Saturday's main event...
Plenty of firepower on card at Allstate
Challenger Monte Barrett is nine inches shorter than Nikolai Valuev, the 7-foot-tall heavyweight champion he will face Saturday night at Rosemont's Allstate Arena. But he found four extra legs to...
Bruising bouts take toll on 2 veterans
Diego Corrales thinks Joel Casamayor was unimpressive in his last bout, a late knockout victory two months ago. Casamayor believes Corrales is even rustier because he hasn't fought since a...
Rocky’s still a contender
Rocky Juarez suffered his worst night in the ring just more than a year ago in Chicago, when rough-and-ready featherweight Humberto Soto beat him by unanimous decision. It was close...
IN BRIEF
Facing a threat of elimination as the national governing body for amateur boxing, USA Boxing has streamlined its leadership. Meeting Saturday in Rosemont, the organization dissolved its board of governors...
Why is a baseball card worth so much?
Shortstop Honus Wagner was a lifetime .327 hitter who led the National League in batting average eight times, in RBIs and stolen bases five times and was among the first...
Big payday may not be in cards
If a baseball card owned by John Cobb and Ray Edwards is truly worth the paper it's printed on, that could be $750,000 or more. So says one expert appraiser...