Photo by Tom Donoghue
Boxing 

Saturday Fight Night In Vegas: Pacquiao Wins Split Decision Before More Than 14,000 At MGM Grand Garden Arena

Alan Snel , , ,

Las Vegas might be a sports city in transition with new professional teams, but its soul will always have a place for an electric night of boxing.

 

The MGM Grand Garden Arena’s announced attendance was 14,356, and the boxing fans soaked up 40-year-old Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2) defeating previously undefeated Keith Thurmon in a 12-round split decision.

 

 

 

It was a nice pay night for the Pacman.

 

Photos by Tom Donoghue

 

Before Pacquiao scored his win, Tennessee native and Las Vegas-based boxer Caleb Plant easily handled Mike Lee with a third round KO to retain his IBF middeweight title.

 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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