Lundvall: Fight was strictly legitimate

Nevada Athletic Commission Chairwoman Pat Lundvall takes umbrage with my recent criticism of the Evander Holyfield-Frans Botha fight, which ringside observers tell me lived down to expectations Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center. The battle of the 40-something fighters in front of thousands of empty seats was a thoroughly legitimate sporting event, Lundvall reassured me before the fight.

Meanwhile, it’s just a rumor that octogenarians Carmen Basilio and Virgil Akins are bracing for a rematch.