Mayer deviated from her tempered, tactical style and overpowered the aggressive Hamadouche to claim a 100-90, 99-91, 98-92 decision and unify the IBF and WBO junior lightweight titles.
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Sam Gordon was born and raised in Minneapolis and is back for his second stint with the Review-Journal. He’s covered the NFL, NBA, the Big Ten, the Mountain West and prep sports for various publications during his professional tenure. Gordon, a University of Minnesota graduate, is a basketball junkie who coached high school basketball for three seasons.
UNLV has four more opportunities to win this season. The first of which comes Saturday against a New Mexico team that ended a five-game losing streak Oct. 23 with a 14-3 win over Wyoming.
Canelo Alvarez and Caleb Plant engaged in a staredown and traded trash talk to the delight of the first crowd to attend in a weigh-in in Las Vegas since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The 31-year-old Californian has returned to Las Vegas to unify the super featherweight division against IBF titlist Maiva Hamadouche of France.
The two fighters exchanged blows during their previous promotional press conference in September, but remained calm Wednesday.
Devin Haney (26-0, 15 knockouts), a Las Vegan born in the Bay Area, will defend his crown Dec. 4 against former two-weight world champion Joseph Diaz Jr. (32-1-1, 15 KOs) at MGM Grand Garden.
Never before in the four-belt era has someone unified the super middleweight division. But Caleb Plant is relaxed as he approaches the most consequential fight of his career.
Spectators who attend UNLV basketball games at Thomas & Mack Center will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the school announced Tuesday morning.
Unbeaten lightweight boxer Rolando Romero on Monday was pulled from his Dec. 5 fight against superstar Gervonta “Tank” Davis after a sexual assault allegation.
UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo said Monday that the emotion of the rivalry may have played a factor in the team’s poor performance.
UNLV lost its 14th consecutive game — the second-longest losing streak in program history — and stunk up Mackay Stadium in bowing down to intrastate rival UNR.
UNLV hasn’t won a football game since Nov. 30, 2019, when it defeated rival UNR in the regular-season finale. That makes 699 days as of Friday, when the Rebels return to Reno to play their rival once again.
G League Ignite is coming to Las Vegas to play exhibition games against the Agua Caliente Clippers at Mandalay Bay’s Michelob Ultra Arena, according to people familiar with the team’s schedule.
Charles Williams could break UNLV’s rushing record Friday against UNR at Mackay Stadium in Reno.
Friel played the most complete game of his true freshman season Thursday in a 27-20 loss to San Jose State, flashing the kind of growth and progression that Arroyo didn’t necessarily anticipate when the season began.