Mexican Independence Day weekend could amount to a historic win for the Las Vegas economy as visitors flocked to Southern Nevada for a long weekend of notable events.
Boxing
Canelo Alvarez said after Saturday’s unanimous decision over Gennady Golovkin that he has torn cartilage in his left wrist, an injury that will require surgery.
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez retained his WBC super flyweight title with a unanimous decision over Israel Gonzalez on Saturday on the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin undercard.
Canelo Alvarez defeated Gennady Golovkin by unanimous decision to retain his undisputed super middleweight championship Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
At 22, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is the youngest active champion in boxing. The San Antonio native defended his WBC 115-pound title Saturday at T-Mobile Arena on the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin undercard.
Dealing with defeat isn’t something Canelo Alvarez has had to do since 2013, when he was a 23-year-old upstart. That is, until he lost to Dmitry Bivol this year.
Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will meet for Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight championship Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, the third time they have fought.
Welterweight boxing champions Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have agreed in principle to unify their titles and fight for the undisputed 147-pound championship.
That Gennady “GGG” Golovkin is a +350 underdog to Canelo Alvarez in their super middleweight fight seems disrespectful, even if he is past his prime at age 40.
Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin arrived Tuesday in Las Vegas for their third fight Saturday after two of the most memorable title bouts in middleweight history.
Hard-punching Earnie Shavers, who fought Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes for the heavyweight title, dies at age 78.
Julian Jackson, a three-time, two-weight world boxing champion, possessed legendary punching power that propelled him Saturday to the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.
The hall is celebrating and honoring 27 former boxers and boxing contributors this weekend at Resorts World Las Vegas with its first gala since 2019.
Teofimo Lopez ended his junior welterweight debut Saturday at Resorts World Las Vegas by flooring Pedro Campa in the seventh round with a flurry that prompted a stoppage.
Unified middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin spoke with the Review-Journal on Monday, revealing he’s moved on from the first two fights with Canelo Alvarez.
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