The Las Vegan wins his first world title, defeating Khabib Allakhverdiev by unanimous decision to capture the WBA regular junior welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden on the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley undercard.
Boxing
Ah, sweet revenge.
Nobody could remember the last time Miguel Cotto looked so happy.
The five-member commission decided it needs more time to go through the credentials of the four finalists that interviewed Saturday. A special meeting has been scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday to make a decision on replacing Keith Kizer, who resigned back on Jan. 10.
The doorstep calls them all at some point. It beckons with truths about age and fading skills and stories about greatness abating from one’s Hall of Fame resume. Manny Pacquiao is being called, but is convinced it’s far too early.
Super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez remained undefeated with a fifth-round technical knockout over Giovanni Lorenzo in the main event of Friday’s Top Rank boxing card at Mandalay Bay.
From the moment ring announcer Michael Buffer read the scores the night of June 9, 2012, many fans and boxing media members were demanding an immediate rematch between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao. Saturday night, they’ll get it.
Timothy Bradley may have won over some new fans with his recent victories over Ruslan Provodnikov and Juan Manuel Marquez but if Friday’s weigh-in at the MGM Grand garden was any indication, Bradley’s popularity has a ways to go if he wants to be comparable to Manny Pacquiao.
Interviews are scheduled Saturday for five finalists to replace Keith Kizer as executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Four finalists to be interviewed from original pool of 350 candidates as three-month process to replace Keith Kizer wraps up.
The 24-year-old Las Vegan fights for a world title for the first time when he meets WBA junior welterweight champ Khabib Allakhverdiev Saturday on the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley undercard at the MGM Grand Garden.
Super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez (27-0, 21 knockouts) will meet veteran Giovanni Lorenzo (33-6, 25 KOs) in tonight’s 10-round main event of Top Rank’s boxing card at Mandalay Bay.
Less than 24 hours after Top Rank chairman Bob Arum’s tirade against the MGM Grand for posting signs for Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming May 3 fight against Marcos Maidana in competition with Saturday’s Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley rematch, the MGM removed most of the Mayweather signs from the property.
The reigning WBO welterweight champion has newfound fans and improved confidence thanks to impressive wins since his controversial split-decision victory over Manny Pacquiao in 2012. The two meet again on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
Things have been, well, docile, in the run-up to Saturday’s Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley rematch. So Top Rank chairman Bob Arum decided to spice things up at Wednesday’s final news conference by taking a swipe at the host property for the fight — the MGM Grand.
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