Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of gaming giant MGM Resorts International, is strongly hinting that his company’s turbulent relationship with boxing promoter Bob Arum might be over.
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Boxing isn’t exactly known for its insightful thinkers, but that’s part of what has made referee Joe Cortez so special.
With the controversial outcome of this month’s welterweight prizefight in Las Vegas only the most recent black eye on boxing, key U.S. senators on Monday revived a bill to create a federal body to oversee the sport.
A month after pleading guilty to battery-domestic violence, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. said Wednesday he “absolutely” did not kick or punch the mother of three of his children in 2010. Mayweather took a plea deal to end Las Vegas criminal cases that have netted him thousands of dollars in fines, 100 hours of community service, a year of counseling sessions and a yet-to-be-served 90-day jail sentence.
