David Benavidez, who has knocked out 17 of his 18 opponents, looks to continue his breakout 2017 with a victory Friday against Ronald Gavril for the vacant WBC super middleweight belt at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel.
Boxing
At most gyms, boxers tend to crack jokes during warmups before going into the ring. Not at The Summit, not when Gennady Golovkin is leading the pack.
Floyd Mayweather has the perfect 50-0 record (27 knockouts), but he wasn’t perfect on his path to superstardom. A look back at how Mayweather became arguably the best fighter of his generation and one of the richest athletes ever.
The Westgate sports book posted their NBA 2017-18 season win totals and the Boston Celtics opened with the second-highest total (56.5) behind the defending champion Golden State Warriors (67.5).
Floyd Mayweather appears to have broken his own record for highest pay-per-view fight of all time, but it could come down to the final count.
There won’t be a Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn rematch any time soon.
UFC officials decided late Tuesday to begin offering refunds to customers affected by technical difficulties during the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor broadcast through their Fight Pass platform.
If you want a textbook example of national media elites looking down on Middle America, look no further than this week’s New York Times hit piece on Saturday night’s Mayweather-McGregor megafight.
The Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight also might have eclipsed the $100 million mark, according to Westgate sports book director Jay Kornegay.
With the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight in the rear-view mirror, it was finally Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s time in the spotlight.
Floyd Mayweather said the prior gate record of $72 million he set with Manny Pacquiao in 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden was surpassed, but he didn’t say how much was generated.
Conor McGregor took to the VIP terrace of Encore Beach Club and addressed a sold-out crowd: “It didn’t turn out the way we wanted, but we can still party like it did!”
UFC star Conor McGregor left with plenty of options after Saturday night’s boxing loss against Floyd Mayweather.
Fight fans were in dismay when the Showtime and UFC pay-per-view telecasts experienced power outages during the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor undercard Saturday night.
“It was the biggest boxing win we’ve ever had at Caesars Palace. We won over seven figures,” Caesars Palace sports book director Frank Kunovic said.
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