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...Anyone who gets the job can't be a lightweight. While the government has made similar moves to rid groups such as the Teamsters of corruption, few industries are as unwieldy as boxing. Critics say that the gaggle of international sanctioning bodies (IBF, WBC, WBO, WBA) that have arisen in the past few decades have created an environment where fighters and promoters can bribe their way up the rankings ladders and accountability has disappeared. While some believe that the sport's powers have become too big and decentralized to regulate, prosecutors hope they can prove another old boxing adage...
...other words, here's what I'd do if I were president/commissioner for a day of the NCAA, NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, WLAF, PGA, ECAC, IBF-WBA-WBC and several more organizations with acronyms I'm not at liberty to name...
...round, split decision. Thomas Hearns defeated Wilfred Benitez last night to take the WBC junior middleweight title...
...long-awaited WBC heavyweight title bout between defending champion Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney was rescheduled for June...
...Leonard's 5 ft. 10 in.) and haughty hitter who uses a preternatural 78-in. reach to keep trouble at bay until he can lower the boom. Each man had earned a welterweight (141 to 147 Ibs.) championship belt: Leonard from the World Boxing Council (WBC), Hearns from the World Boxing Association (WBA). So when it was over, halfway through the 14th round at the special 25,000-seat arena constructed on the grounds of Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas, the man who had it all had one thing more: Sugar Ray Leonard became the undisputed, unified welterweight...