Prolific boxing referee Carlos Padilla Jr. has admitted to rigging one of Manny Pacquiao’s most important matches nearly two decades ago. In an interview with the World Boxing Council, the “Thrilla in ...

Richard Maxwell’s play Boxing 2000, directed by Jonathan Schwolsky ’15 of North Caldwell, N.J., will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Nov. 14-16, in Gannett Theater, 305 College St.

During the last couple of years, Richard Maxwell has become a darling of the international conceptual theater scene, producing his distinctively avant-garde brand of minimalist theater in New York, ...

Boxing is undergoing an unexpected renaissance, captivating a new generation of fans and reclaiming its spot in the global sports spotlight. This resurgence was evident recently at AT&T Stadium in ...

Boxing Referee Claims He Cheated to Help Manny Pacquiao During Win in 2000 Carlos Padilla, a boxing referee, admitted he cheated to help Manny Pacquiao get the win in a bout between Pacquiao and Nedal ...

Chicagoans may remember Richard Maxwell as a founding member of the experimental company the Cook County Theater Department, known for stunts like restaging Puccini’s Tosca with nonoperatic singers, ...

There are few success stories more gratifying than writer-director Richard Maxwell’s. During the early 1990s he toiled in semiobscurity with the Cook County Theater Department, living and working in a ...

Women's boxing has seen a resurgence since the sport was allowed to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London. Since then, fighters like Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor have gone on to win undisputed ...

SANTA ANA – He knows about being on the ropes, about slipping punches, about ducking in order to save his senses. Mike Semaza, a former featherweight, a guy who once fought on The Strip in Las Vegas, ...