
Ranking Canelo Alvarez's top 10 Las Vegas fights
Lance Pugmire provides a rundown of Canelo Alvarez's key Las Vegas fights
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Lance Pugmire provides a rundown of Canelo Alvarez's key Las Vegas fights

On 8 June 1969, the soccer teams of El Salvador and Honduras met in the first leg of a two-legged tie to qualify for the following year's World Cup. The game took place in the shadow of growing tension between the neighbors; and after Honduras won the game, which took place in its capital Tegucigalpa, 1-0, Salvadoran fans set fire to the stadium

Since the age of 15, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has gradually fought his toughest potential opponents, and in the two defeats he has recorded from his 65 professional contests, lost partly because the two fights he agreed to – against Floyd Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol – were somewhat ill-advised.

It might be Manny Pacquiao – a living legend whose career speaks for itself – but after a layoff of three years, at 45 years old he should not be invited to bypass all of the contenders and walk straight into a world-title fight.

On Thursday, we began our look at the Top 20 fights in the MGM Grand's storied history by listing numbers 11-20 plus a few honorable mentions. Time now for the Top 10.

HBO’s longtime boxing voice Jim Lampley selects the most memorable fights he has ever witnessed at Las Vegas’ famed MGM Grand Garden Arena.

CANASTOTA – It is always tough to know where to start the Saturday of International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend, with the crowds splitting between the museum grounds and the local High School, which houses the autograph and memorabilia show.



Tim Tszyu recalled on stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Thursday how he dreamed one night 15 years ago, at the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight, of one day headlining his own Vegas card.