A look back at the Golden Gloves, longest-running, largest non-national amateur

Right now, we’re in the midst of the latest edition of the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament.

It includes 470-some male and female boxers in three-round bouts taking place at the Cicero Stadium.

Our city is one of 30 Golden Gloves national outposts, most of them holding similar tournaments. The winners from these will be featured in the national championship that will take place over three days in May at Harrah’s Casino in Chester, Pennsylvania.

This is the 100th year of this venerable event in Chicago. Here are some stories not only to note that anniversary but to celebrate the longest-running and largest non-national amateur boxing event in America.

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Have you ever watched two men or two women battle one another in a boxing ring?

The real thing has long been a fixture in this city. Read more here.

This is the 100th year of the event in Chicago and is the longest-running and largest non-national amateur boxing event in America. See more photos.

Greene will be turning 84 years old in a couple of months but the names from his past come to him with clarity, his memory as fit as he is, looking maybe 20 years younger than the calendar indicates.

Of all the names he recalls, there are two most notable: Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali. Read more here.

The soon-to-be 88-year-old Dr. Glenn Bynum quietly assesses each fighter as men of varying ages, ethnicities and weight classes line up single file in their underwear for the stressful final weigh-in.

The longest-running and largest non-national amateur boxing event in America, the tournament is celebrating 100 years in Chicago, one of 30 cities holding similar tournaments. For 55 of those years, Bynum has served as a familiar face ringside. Read more here.