Boxing

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Las Vegas investor buys Muhammad Ali's childhood home: Tuesday, September 11, 2012; By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press; A fan of Muhammad Ali has acquired an important piece of memorabilia: the boxing legend's boyhood home. Louisville Realtor Dave Lambrechts told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Las Vegas real estate investor Jared Weiss closed on the property the day before.

Mayweather associate gets prison in Las Vegas shooting: Tuesday, August 28, 2012; Ken Ritter, Associated Press; An associate of Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to prison for two to five years for shooting at two men in a car after one of them argued with the championship boxer at a Las Vegas skating center.

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Big fights prove lucrative for Nevada Athletic Commission: Friday, August 3, 2012; By Cy Ryan; The Nevada Athletic Commission, which regulates boxing, said Friday it collected a record $5.3 million in fees and taxes last fiscal year mostly due to high-drawing fight cards.

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Floyd Mayweather released from Las Vegas jail after 2 months: Friday, August 3, 2012; Associated Press; Boxer Floyd Mayweather was released from a Las Vegas jail early Friday after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case.

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Las Vegas' Michael Hunter eliminated from Olympic boxing in first match: Wednesday, August 1, 2012; olympics: Americans go 0-3 in tough Olympic boxing matchups; Greg Beacham, Associated Press; The U.S. Olympic boxing team realized it faced a brutal slate of matchups Wednesday, taking on a Cuban world champion and two hulking Russian heavyweights. None of the three Americans could beat the odds to advance in London.

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Lion in the ring: Is Sharif Bogere boxing’s next big thing?: Thursday, July 26, 2012; Fighting:; By Case Keefer; The lightweight first started fighting at age 7 in Uganda.

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Michael Hunter hopes to fulfill dreams — his and his father's — with Olympic gold: Sunday, July 22, 2012; 2012 Olympics:; By Ray Brewer; Michael Hunter has had his hopes set on becoming an Olympic boxer since he was a kid; he even promised his dad he would win a gold medal. The time has come.

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Legislators want action on wild animal possession, transparency in boxing rulings: Monday, July 16, 2012; legislature:; By Cy Ryan; Two high-profile news events — the escape of two chimpanzees last week in North Las Vegas and the decision in June's boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley — will be the subjects of legislation sought by local lawmakers for next year's legislative session.

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Finish him: Khan and Roach don't want to let another fight go to the judges: Friday, July 13, 2012; Boxing: In a super lightweight title fight against undefeated Danny Garcia, Amir Khan doesn't want to leave anything to chance; By Taylor Bern; Yes, Freddie Roach is worried about the judges. Manny Pacquiao’s trainer hasn’t let go of the highly controversial decision that saw his fighter lose a decision to Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9. In fact, he used it to emphasize his point in fellow Wild Card Gym fighter Amir Khan’s training camp leading into Saturday night’s title fight against Danny Garcia at Mandalay Bay.

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Man who lost wife, daughter in hammer attack resolves to move forward with life: Thursday, July 12, 2012; By Jackie Valley; This Saturday should be a day for cake, presents and family — a day of happiness for Karla Martinez to celebrate her 11th birthday. Instead, her father, Arturo Martinez-Sanchez, will remember it as a bittersweet day. It will be the first July 14 he’s not celebrating his firstborn turning another year older.

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Sergio Martinez, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. exchange verbal jabs in advance of middleweight title fight: Thursday, July 12, 2012; boxing:; By Ray Brewer; Sergio Martinez walked to the podium Wednesday afternoon at the Wynn Las Vegas during a press conference for his Sept. 15 middleweight championship fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and opened by wishing Chavez’s father a happy birthday.

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Attorney general says nothing criminal in controversial Pacquiao-Bradley decision: Tuesday, July 3, 2012; By Ray Brewer; Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said Tuesday an investigation into the scoring of last month’s controversial split decision victory for Timothy Bradley against Manny Pacquiao in the WBO welterweight title fight uncovered no criminal activity. Bob Arum of Top Rank Promotions, which put on the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, requested the inquiry in what he described on fight night as bizarre result that made him ashamed for the sport.

Competing bouts on Mexican Independence weekend could knock out promoters' profits: Friday, June 22, 2012; Boxing:; By Ray Brewer; In a town that considers itself the boxing capital of the world, the prospect of separate fight cards on Mexican Independence weekend, each featuring popular Latino fighters, is fueling a heavyweight showdown between competing promoters.

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Former referee Richard Steele weighs in on Bradley-Pacquiao and the future of MMA: Wednesday, June 20, 2012; By Case Keefer; Perhaps no one in town is as qualified to give a well-rounded view of the current state of boxing as Richard Steele. The 68-year-old has done almost everything imaginable in the sport. These days Steele spends his days mentoring young fighters and running his gym, the Richard Steele Boxing Club, in North Las Vegas.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. tops Forbes list of money makers: Tuesday, June 19, 2012; Associated Press; The world's highest-paid athlete is in jail. The guy in second place just lost a title fight, and the man who held the distinction for a decade is now third.

Nick Diaz fails to back up years worth of talk

A welterweight title fight that felt incredibly different wound up remarkably the same. Georges St. Pierre manhandled nemesis Nick Diaz with his wrestling. St. Pierre won every round on every judges' scorecard in Montreal for his sixth straight unanimous-decision victory. Diaz had preached his superiority over St. Pierre for years, but when he finally got his chance, he looked as helpless as all the other challengers to the 170-pound division's throne in the last six years. St. Pierre's consistency continued to amaze. Now it's on to Johny Hendricks, who defeated Carlos Condit in the evening's co-main event. Could he be the one to finally threaten St. Pierre?

Main Card Results
Winner	Loser	Method
Georges St. Pierre	Nick Diaz	Unanimous Decision
Johny Hendricks	Carlos Condit	Unanimous Decision
Jake Ellenberger	Nate Marquardt	Knockout
Chris Camozzi	Nick Ring	Split Decision
Mike Ricci	Colin Fletcher	Unanimous Decision

Date	Event	Headlining Match	Location
June 22	WBA Welterweight Title	Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner	Brooklyn, N.Y.
July 6	UFC 162	Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman	Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 27	UFC on Fox 8	Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga	Seattle
August 3	UFC 163	Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis	Rio de Janeiro
August 17	UFC on Fox Sports 1 card	Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Chael Sonnen	Boston
August 28	UFC on Fox Sports 1 card	Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann II	Indianapolis
August 31	UFC 164	Benson Henderson vs. T.J. Grant	Milwaukee