The former boxer and fight promoter has done a lot of renovations on the property since purchasing it about two years ago.
Boxing
Shakur Stevenson scored an uneventful unanimous decision over Edwin De Los Santos at T-Mobile Arena to capture the vacant WBC lightweight title.
Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney will defend his title Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden against former three division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Unbeaten lightweight contender Frank “The Ghost” Martin can vault into title contention with a victory Saturday over fellow unbeaten Michel Rivera in Las Vegas.
Dealing with defeat isn’t something Canelo Alvarez has had to do since 2013, when he was a 23-year-old upstart. That is, until he lost to Dmitry Bivol this year.
UFC president Dana White has repeatedly said he would bet $1 million on former MMA champion Ben Askren to beat YouTuber Jake Paul in their boxing match.
Former MMA champion Ben Askren will make his pro boxing debut against YouTube star Jake Paul in what figures to be the biggest boxing pay per view of the first half of 2021.
Vasiliy Lomachenko prefers boxing to talking and can bolster his billing as perhaps the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter with a victory over unbeaten Teofimo Lopez.
Felix Verdejo stunned previously unbeaten Will Madera with a right uppercut, then a right hook and left uppercut to end the main event 2:59 into the first round Thursday.
Joshua Greer Jr. was the WBO’s top bantamweight contender, but Mike Plania dropped him twice en route to a majority decision on a Top Rank card Tuesday at the MGM Grand.
The Irishman, who returns to action Saturday at UFC 246 at T-Mobile Arena, said he “would love to be the first combatant to fight in that arena.”
Knocked down twice earlier in the bout, the junior middleweight was taken from the ring on a stretcher.
The two boxers made their grand arrivals Tuesday at the MGM Grand. They will fight Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for Thurman’s WBA welterweight championship.
Adrien Broner refused to answer questions from Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Bernstein during a contentious news conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand ahead of Saturday’s world title bout between Broner and Manny Pacquiao.
The Louisville Regional Airport Authority’s board voted Wednesday to change the name to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Ali would have turned 77 Thursday. He died in 2016.
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