Vic Drakulich has been officiating fights in Nevada since 1986. Now, the 61-year-old referee is in a fight of his own. Drakulich was diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer two weeks ago and will undergo surgery in mid-January at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
As Chris Algieri wraps up preparations for the biggest fight of his life, he does so with the knowledge that a lot more people know about him now than they did before he agreed to fight Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 22 in Macau.
Diego Magdaleno’s first appearance at 135 pounds was a successful one, as the Las Vegas boxer scored a third-round knockout of Hevinson Herrera on Saturday in their 10-round main event bout at Pharr, Texas.
