Super featherweight Mikaela Mayer announced Sunday on Instagram that she has tested positive for the coronavirus and won’t fight Tuesday on Top Rank’s boxing card at the MGM Grand.
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Shakur Stevenson and Las Vegas native Jessie Magdaleno are among the notable fighters headlining Top Rank’s first two cards amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather will cover the costs of multiple funeral services for George Floyd, who died May 25 after being arrested by Minneapolis police, according to reports.
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.
The Nevada Athletic Commission will meet by phone Wednesday to determine whether combat sports events can resume in Nevada with enhanced health and safety protocols.
Tyson, 53, and Holyfield, 57, each have posted impressive workout videos on social media and expressed a desire to return to the ring for an exhibition match for charity.
The eighth annual induction was scheduled for August 7 and 8 at Red Rock Casino.
The cards will consist of four or five fights apiece and will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at an MGM Resorts International property throughout June and July.
Mike Tyson hasn’t announced any plans to return to fight again, though he did suggest on an Instagram post he might make himself available for 3 or 4-round exhibitions if the price was right.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told BoxingScene.com that UFC president Dana White’s decision to stage three fights this month in Jacksonville, Florida, was rushed.
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said he’s optimistic his company can begin staging cards by June and that they could be held without spectators at a hotel-casino.
The richest fight in history reinforced a theme that what happens beforehand can far surpass what occurs in the ring.
Michelle Corrales-Lewis was ringside May 7, 2005, when her husband, Diego Corrales, pulled himself up twice from the canvas in the 10th round and stopped Jose Luis Castillo.
The daughter of Las Vegas boxer Floyd Mayweather was due in a Texas court Monday for a hearing on a charge of aggravated assault after she allegedly stabbed another woman multiple times Friday.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the postponement of several marquee fights and disrupted the routines of gym owners, trainers and fighters who bond over boxing.
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