World champion boxer and Las Vegas resident Mike Tyson was honored with a statue at Resorts World on Thursday night.
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Saturday’s fight against Jose Ramirez will only be Taylor’s third junior welterweight title defense, just two years after he beat Ivan Baranchyk to win the IBF version of the title.
The fighters concluded the promotion by weighing in ahead of their heavyweight title fight Saturday at MGM Grand Garden.
Floyd Mayweather, the undefeated boxer from Las Vegas, took to Instagram on Thursday to tease a return hours after an interview was released in which he said he was done with boxing.
A spokesman for boxer Manny Pacquiao says the famed fighter’s Los Angeles home was robbed at about the time he was in the ring with rival Adrien Broner in Las Vegas.
Light heavyweight champion Andre Ward retired from boxing with an undefeated record Thursday because he no longer has the desire to fight.