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  • In this Oct. 1, 1975, file photo, heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier grimaces after Muhammad Ali, left, landed a blow to Frazier’s head during their boxing bout in Manila, the Philippines. Ali won the fight after Frazier’s manager stopped the fight in the 14th round.

    Images: Joe Frazier, 1944-2011 Nov 7, 2011 12:00 AM
    Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who fought Muhammad Ali three times, has died.

     
  • In this March 15, 1967, file photo, Joe Frazier, right, a heavyweight boxer and a contender for champion Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay) title, is kidded by Clay at the champion's training quarters at Madison Square Garden in New York. Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live forever in his shadow, died Monday Nov. 7, 2011, after a brief final fight with liver cancer. He was 67.

    Boxing great Frazier loses fight with cancer Nov 7, 2011 12:00 AM
    He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life trying to fight his way out of Ali's shadow. Frazier, who died Monday night after a brief battle with liver cancer at the age of 67, will forever be linked to Ali.

     
  • In this March 7, 2011, file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier is introduced to the crowd at a New York Knicks NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Frazier is seriously ill with liver cancer. His personal and business manager says the 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago and is under hospice care.

    Former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier has cancer Nov 5, 2011 12:00 AM
    Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care.

     
  • Noel Ortiz, 4, of Crystal Lake, works with British trainer Tony Prignits, whose grandfather was a sparing partner for World Champion Jack Johnson, at Pug's Boxing Gym in Crystal Lake.

    Some kids find success, work ethic with boxing Nov 3, 2011 12:00 AM
    Gary Dobry has seen it all during his years in boxing. He's seen parents bring in their kids with the hopes that maybe the sport can help get them back on the right track. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't take long for Dobry, the owner of Pug's Boxing Gym in Crystal Lake, to figure out whether it will or not.

     

  • Pediatricians take stand against boxing Nov 3, 2011 12:00 AM
    When it comes to young people participating in boxing, a joint policy between American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Pediatric Society, couldn’t be more clear on where they stand. They don’t like it. At all.

     

  • Wheeling High School students box for charity Oct 26, 2011 12:00 AM
    Wheeling High School’s Boxing and DECA Clubs will host the 4th annual Contenders for Courage Fight Night on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Students will engage in three-round exhibition boxing bouts, and proceeds from the night will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois and Countryside Association for People with Disabilities.

     
  • Boxer Bernard Hopkins is seen before a Oct. 4 workout in Philadelphia. Hopkins will become the oldest fighter to defend a title when he fights Chad Dawson on Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

    Ageless Hopkins set for latest title defense Oct 10, 2011 12:00 AM
    Long the master of pre-fight head games, Bernard Hopkins has turned to cheek-and-chin games for his latest bout, and first since winning the WBC light heavyweight championship, becoming the oldest fighter to win a major world championship. Boxing’s ageless wonder will try to defy history again when he defends the title against Dawson (30-1) Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

     
  • Floyd Mayweather delivers a knockout punch to Victor Ortiz in the fourth round during a WBC welterweight title fight, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in Las Vegas.

    Mayweather wins with bizarre KO Sep 17, 2011 12:00 AM
    Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained unbeaten and did it in emphatic fashion Saturday night, stopping Victor Ortiz at 2:59 of the fourth round.

     

  • Kids shouldn’t hit others for sport Sep 12, 2011 12:00 AM
    The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly discourages boxing for children and adolescents. Participants are at risk of head, face and neck injuries, including concussions and long-term, serious neurological injuries.

     
  • Maribel Aguilar, a junior, practices with a punching bag during boxing club practice at Wheeling High School. This fall marks the fourth year of the club started by Mike Burke, who is also an English teacher at the school.

    Wheeling's student boxing club fights hard for charities Aug 31, 2011 12:00 AM
    From helping charities to building self-esteem in students, Wheeling High School's boxing club knows how to make an impact.

     

  • Khan, Judah meet in a crossroads 140-pound fight Jul 22, 2011 12:00 AM

     

  • Klitschko earns lopsided decision Jul 2, 2011 12:00 AM
    Wladimir Klitschko wanted to punish David Haye for all the trash talking he did leading up to their title fight. He settled for merely making Haye another statistic in his dominating heavyweight run.

     
  • Notre Dame boxing champion Mike Lee of Wheaton scored a resounding first-round TKO over light heavyweight Pablo Gomez in Las Vegas on Feb. 26, 2011. Lee fights again on Friday night in an undercard bout on ESPN.

    Wheaton boxer, N.D. grad Lee hits spotlight May 5, 2011 12:00 AM
    Now a professional boxer, former Benet Academy linebacker and Notre Dame grad Mike Lee of Wheaton gets gets his first national TV exposure on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.

     
  • Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009 on spy charges.

    Ali asks Iran to free U.S. hikersMar 16, 2011 12:00 AM
    Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009 on spy charges.

     
  • Mike Lee of Wheaton is now 4-0 as a light heavyweight boxer, and he’ll be training in Ireland this month to work with training Ronnie Shields.

    Wheaton boxer Lee training in Ireland Mar 8, 2011 12:00 AM
    Notre Dame boxing champion Mike Lee of Wheaton has traveled to Dublin, Ireland, where he will resume workouts under renowned trainer Ronnie Shields over the next two weeks.

     
  • Jack Johnson, who was born in Galveston, Texas. Johnson became the first African American to win the world champion heavyweight boxing title. He had approximately 113 bouts, only six losses and was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954. Lawmakers are going another round in their fight to get a posthumous presidential pardon for Johnson, who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

    Backers making another run at pardon for boxerFeb 21, 2011 12:00 AM
    Lawmakers are going another round in their fight to get a posthumous presidential pardon for the world's first black heavyweight champion, who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.

     
  • This April 11, 1992, file photo shows Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico raising his hands after beating Angel Hernandez of Puerto Rico to remain unbeaten and retain his WBC title, in Mexico City.

    Tyson, Chavez, Stallone elected to Boxing HallDec 7, 2010 12:00 AM
    Mike Tyson, whose meteoric rise to the pinnacle of boxing and stunning fall from grace was legendary, was selected Tuesday for induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum.

     

  • Holyfield to fight Denmark's Nielsen in MarchDec 1, 2010 12:00 AM
    Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield will fight Denmark's Brian Nielsen on March 5. The 48-year-old Holyfield "knows he faces an experienced boxer with a lot of fighting will," Sauerland Promotion said in a statement Tuesday.

     

  • Pacquiao might not need Mayweather anymore Nov 14, 2010 12:00 AM
    Manny Pacquiao was more concerned with the set list for his upcoming concert than he was with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fight every boxing fan wants to see may never happen, but Pacquiao had a firm date to sing at Lake Tahoe before heading home and taking up his more formal duties as a congressman in the Philippines.

     
  • With two professional wins under his belt, Mike Lee of Wheaton will fight on Saturday at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as part of the undercard to the WBC Super Welterweight World Title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito.

    Wheaton boxer on big stage in Texas Nov 11, 2010 12:00 AM
    Mike Lee has never shied away from a big crowd. The 23-year-old boxer from Wheaton, and graduate of Benet Academy and the University of Notre Dame, loves it. “When the cameras are on, I rise to the occasion,” he said.

     
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