Michael Hirsley

How do you say "Cinderella Man" in Kazakh and Uzbek? For now, at least, pronounce it Oleg Maskaev. Kazakhstan-born and Uzbekistan-bred Maskaev, 37, is now a U.S. citizen. And after...

Chicago heavyweight boxer Andrew Golota faces an Aug. 24 date in Cook County Circuit Court on misdemeanor charges of possessing firearms without proper owner's identification. His attorney, Matthew Walsh, did...

Guiseppe "Drew" Kidd has beaten the odds and made it all the way back to the edge of a boxing ring in the same building where he suffered a severe...

Rudy Cisneros, winner of eight of his nine bouts since turning pro two years ago, has signed a boxing contract equivalent to a farmer agreeing not to plant crops for...

Boxing promoter Don Chargin looked out the window of the press room at the Jerry Quarry-Jimmy Ellis heavyweight title fight in Oakland and saw his fighter, Quarry, exercising in a...

Polish-born Chicago boxer Andrew Golota will plead not guilty at a court date July 19 to charges of unlawful possession of 12 guns, his lawyer said Friday. "There are two...

Middleweight champ Jermain Taylor, who faces Winky Wright on Saturday night at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, had at least one steady diet in training camp. Trainer Emanuel Steward fed...

Jermain Taylor comes into Saturday night's middleweight title bout like a powerful new sports car, perhaps not yet tested at full speed but certainly without dents. His opponent, Winky Wright,...

Saturday's main boxing event at Madison Square Garden--champion Miguel Cotto defending his junior welterweight title against Paulie Malignaggi--is competing for attention with more than Notre Dame football player/boxer attraction Tommy...

Tommy Zbikowski shared the dais Wednesday with junior welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and challenger Paulie Malignaggi, getting a close-up view of how title-fight combatants handle the pressure of counting down...