Las Vegas tourism officials approved spending $26.5 million to help the city host the 2028 NCCA Men’s Final Four and the first boxing match at Allegiant Stadium.
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Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for entering the United States illegally and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, U.S. federal officials said Thursday.
Undefeated star Terence Crawford will look to make history when he takes on Canelo Alvarez in the first boxing event at Allegiant Stadium in September.
UNLV’s game against Idaho State was scheduled for Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium, but it has been displaced because of the Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford title fight.
The Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford title fight will take place Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium, even though UNLV is still scheduled to host Idaho State on that Saturday.
This event marks USA Boxing’s second national event of the year and has already received record-breaking numbers for registration and participation.
USA Boxing is holding its annual Junior Olympics and Summer Festival showcase at Las Vegas Convention Center starting Monday.
Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will fight Sept. 13 in Las Vegas, but no venue was announced and UNLV has a football game scheduled at Allegiant Stadium on the same night.
Manny Pacquiao, who is preparing to fight Mario Barrios in Las Vegas, says his return to the boxing ring will not be just a one-night affair.
Mike McCallum, a former world boxing champion in three weight classes and the first Jamaican-born world champion, died Saturday in Las Vegas. He was 69.
Manny Pacquiao is coming out of retirement after nearly four years to challenge for the WBC welterweight championship July 19 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Two of the most popular boxers in the world came face-to-face on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia to announce they would fight at Allegiant Stadium in September.
George Foreman didn’t take Muhammad Ali seriously in “The Rumble in the Jungle,” his most famous bout.
George Foreman, who died Friday, won his second heavyweight title at the MGM Grand. Commentator Jim Lampley spoke to the Review-Journal about calling the fight.
George Foreman, the heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died at age 76.