After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face during the Academy Awards, Westgate SuperBook oddsmaker Jeff Sherman made odds on a mythical boxing match between them.
Boxing
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Hector Luis Garcia swarmed and pummeled Chris Colbert to win a unanimous decision on a Showtime boxing card Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez will return to the ring May 7 to fight WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol, with T-Mobile Arena the front-runner to land the bout.
Junior lightweight Chris Colbert, who got the blessing of Deion Sanders to also use the nickname “Primetime,” will fight undefeated Hector Garcia on Saturday.
Former welterweight champion Keith Thurman ended his 31-month layoff in style, winning a unanimous decision over Mario Barrios on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Brian Kenny, Joe Goossen and Lennox Lewis are back in Las Vegas to call the Keith Thurman-Mario Barrios boxing card Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena.
Former unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman last fought July 20, 2019, when he lost a split decision to Manny Pacquiao — the first defeat of his career.
Former boxing champion and Las Vegan Floyd Mayweather has announced formation of The Money Racing Team, which will attempt to qualify for the season-opening Daytona 500.
The fight on April 30 caps a monumental sporting weekend in Las Vegas that includes the 2022 NFL draft.
Mike Tyson is shrugging off a report from a U.K. pub that he’s in talks to fight Jake Paul.
Undefeated lightweight boxer Rolando Romero was not charged with sexual assault after an investigation following an accusation in October, the Henderson police department confirmed Tuesday.
Bob Halloran, who ascended from a young local sportscaster in Florida to a revered boxing executive in Las Vegas, died Sunday in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
While the Raiders’ tumultuous year dominated the news in Las Vegas, they were far from the only major story on the local sports scene.
The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously passed emergency regulations for amateur boxing events like the one that led to the death of UNLV student Nathan Valencia.
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