2:53 Looking back at Mike Tyson’s fight with Julius Francis in Manchester in 2000, and the chaos that came with it…
Now for the first time since 1997 the roulette tables will be off limits again. It will be a catastrophic blow to the finances of the strange desert paradise that was founded by the mob.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has voted to suspend all combat sport events until at least March 25. And all MGM properties, including the Bellagio, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay, are not taking bookings.
Naoya Inoue, the power-punching world bantamweight champion from Japan, has seen his unification fight with Jon Riel Casimero postponed as a result.
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s expected fight with Billy Joe Saunders, slated for May 2, is up in the air. On this side of the pond the British Boxing Board of Control have cancelled all events under their jurisdiction including The Golden Contract tournament set for Friday.
Boxing took a knee in the dark two hours following the Tyson fight 23 years ago. But it came through, and it will eventually come through this latest challenge too.
Sourse: skysports.com
