BERN, Switzerland – Wladimir Klitschko stopped Tony Thompson in the sixth round to keep a comfortable hold on his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles Saturday.
Boxing
As Paris Hilton once said of jailhouse food, “It’s not supposed to be good. It’s jail.” Champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. seems to have learned that quickly.
With the controversial outcome of this month’s welterweight prizefight in Las Vegas only the most recent black eye on boxing, key U.S. senators on Monday revived a bill to create a federal body to oversee the sport.
When Dr. Dale Carrison, chief of staff at University Medical Center, learned another physician had claimed that a 90-day jail stay would place boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s health in jeopardy, Carrison said he felt embarrassment for the medical profession. Carrison said ” sanity prevailed” when a judge denied Mayweather’s request to be placed under house arrest because of “inhumane” conditions at the Clark County Detention Center.
A Las Vegas judge has denied undefeated boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s request for house arrest in a decision released late Wednesday.
