Undefeated lightweight prospects Andy Vences and Casey Ramos will fight in the 10-round main event for the vacant WBO Continental Americas title Friday at TI.
Boxing
Beyond the ropes, “The Greatest” won fans with magic tricks or by drawing sketches of them.
The Fremont Street Experience payed tribute to the late Muhammad Ali with a special presentation on its 1,500-foot-long video screen.
It was 1980 and Muhammad Ali had no business being in the ring against a younger and stronger Larry Holmes, no matter how much his entourage kept telling him how good he looked in training.
Legendary heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at age 74, won five of seven fights in Las Vegas. But he was more than just a fighter. He helped desegregate the city and remained a beloved figure long after he retired in 1981.
Amir Khan, a 5½-1 underdog Saturday against WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez at T-Mobile Arena, said he draws inspiration from Leicester City’s improbable run to the English Premier League title.
Arthur Abraham will make his Las Vegas debut Saturday on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley Jr. main event at the MGM Grand Garden as he defends his belt against Gilberto Ramirez.
Former WBA junior welterweight champ Jessie Vargas from Las Vegas gets a second try at winning the WBO welterweight belt when he faces Sadam Ali in a 12-round bout Saturday in Washington, D.C.
The veteran fighters will square off May 7 in the first boxing event at T-Mobile Arena.
Andre Ward has pulled out of his Nov. 21 light heavyweight fight against Alexander Brand at Mandalay Bay after suffering an injury to his right knee while training.
It’s always nice to see Brandon Rios smile. When the 29-year-old welterweight from Oxnard, Calif., is in his happy place, it means he’s not dealing with weight issues, which makes him dangerous in the ring because he can focus on boxing.
And the winner is … Andre Berto. At least on Tuesday he was. Berto was chosen as Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s opponent on Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden on Showtime Pay Per View.
Manny Pacquiao will have surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder later this week after re-injuring the joint during Saturday’s 12-round unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao welterweight championship fight on Saturday in Las Vegas was expected to generate 3 to 4 million pay-per-view buys at nearly $100 each, but thousands also watched the boxing match for free thanks to Twitter’s video-streaming app, Periscope. Lawyers for Las Vegas-based Top Rank, the fight’s co-promoter, were looking into the alleged piracy Monday.
Manny Pacquiao said after Saturday’s loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. that he injured his right shoulder in early April and was using an anti-inflammatory to deal with the pain. But the Nevada Athletic Commission would not allow him to get a shot before the fight, saying it had no knowledge of the injury.
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