The Nevada Athletic Commission voted unanimously to approve new coronavirus health and safety protocols, granting the UFC and Top Rank live fight cards in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas resident and former two-weight world champion boxer Jessie Vargas is seeking world championships in two more weight classes.
Tyson Fury, the lineal heavyweight champion and Deontay Wilder, the WBC heavyweight champion, fought to a controversial draw last December in Los Angeles.
Rances Barthelemy and Robert Easter Jr. boxed to a split draw on a Showtime-televised card Saturday at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, ensuring that the WBA and IBO lightweight titles remain vacant.
Las Vegas resident Devin Haney headlines a Showtime-televised boxing card that he’s promoting Friday in Temecula, California. He fights former world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos in a 10-round bout.
The foreseen was made official Thursday by HBO, as the pay TV service announced that boxing is being dropped from its programming by the end of the year.
Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday after a lengthy battle with brain cancer, sat at ringside for many famous championship fights in Las Vegas. In 1998, he also introduced the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act which helped protect prizefighters from being exploited.
Mikey Garcia faces Robert Easter Jr. on Saturday for a unification bout.
Insults are encouraged in boxing to promote a fight, but there’s a line, and Isaac Dogboe and his father, Paul, crossed it.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin met for the first time Tuesday since their controversial split draw in September at T-Mobile Arena.