BOXING NOTES: HOLYFIELD-LEWIS BETTING SPURS PROBE IN NEVADA.Byline: Daily News Wire Services A late flood of money - perhaps more than $1 million - was bet on Evander Holyfield just before he stepped into the ring with Lennox Lewis, drawing the attention of investigators. The Nevada Gaming Control Board The Nevada Gaming Control Board, also known as the State Gaming Control Board, is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Commission. It was founded in 1955 by the Nevada Legislature. confirmed Monday it is looking into the bets made at a number of Las Vegas sports books in the hours before the March 13 fight at Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference in New York. Almost all of the money ended up being refunded to bettors when the fight was ruled a draw, even though Holyfield appeared to have lost. The probe by gambling regulators comes on top of investigations by a Manhattan grand jury, a state Senate committee and the New York State Athletic Commission. Nevada investigators are primarily concerned with whether the money was bet on behalf of one individual or group by so-called ``messenger'' bettors, which is against Nevada law. But a source close to the probe told the Associated Press that the agency was also working with out-of-state agencies investigating the fight. Judge had been fired: The judge at the center of the dispute surrounding the Holyfield-Lewis draw was dismissed by another boxing organization a year ago for being ``a loner.'' Jon Robinson, president of the fringe World Boxing Union “WBU” redirects here. For the CW Plus television station, see WBU (The CW Plus). The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a lightly regarded boxing sanctioning body whose "world champions" often lack widespread recognition. , said he had no problems with the way Eugenia Williams scored bouts. ``We consider the WBU WBU Wayland Baptist University WBU Wild Birds Unlimited WBU World Blind Union WBU World Boxing Union WBU World Broadcasting Union WBU What About You? WBU Boulder, CO, USA (Airport Code) WBU Web Based Utility to be a family and Eugenia Williams didn't fit in,'' he said. ``She was a loner and not a team player.'' Nishijima wins: Yosuke Nishijima, a promising cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. from Japan, went down twice in the first round but came back to knock out to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains s>. See also: Knock Algenon DeBose at 2:32 of the sixth and final round at the Forum. Nishijima, who hadn't fought in a year because of an eye injury, looked rusty. He was hurt by a flurry of punches in the opening round but controlled the fight thereafter. He landed a devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. three-punch combination to the head to knock DeBose (5-8-1, with one knockout) on his face and the fight was stopped. Nishijima is 20-1, with 13 KOs. |
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