lands a left hook that pops back the head of Chicago’s Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) in the 175-pound inter-city Golden Gloves title bout at Chicago Stadium on March 25, 1959. Clay, only 17 ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Did you know Mayor Rudy Giuliani once dressed in drag to perform in a New York City Charity show and that legendary boxer ...

Later he said that Gee-gee stood for Golden Gloves, which he was going to win.” Around Grand Avenue, Cassius was known as a prodigious eater, a pretty good rock fighter, and a deadeye marble ...

Gene Kilroy was ringside during, and inside the ring right after, the epic “Rumble in the Jungle” matching Muhammad Ali and ...

Chordale Booker's story nearly ended long before he got the call to challenge for Sebastian Fundora's unified super ...

George Foreman lived a happy and fulfilling post-career. That remains the exception in boxing, a sport that can afford to ...