{"id":1835,"date":"2018-11-13T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet7casino.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2024-04-17T10:40:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T10:40:16","slug":"the-indelible-boxing-history-of-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet7casino.com\/fun-time\/the-indelible-boxing-history-of-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"The indelible boxing history of Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sin City isn\u2019t just known for lavish casinos<\/a>, shotgun weddings and million lights! It\u2019s also home to some of the most memorable boxing matches in history, particularly within the last 50 years or so. The history of boxing in Las Vegas is the stuff of legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boxing is a sport which see\u2019s millions of viewers and fighting enthusiasts lock onto their screens every week. The sport generates a substantial amount of money every year just from pay-per-views. Naturally about 70% of this money ends up in the pockets of the fighters. But when it comes to actually hosting the live matches, it\u2019s no surprise that some of Vegas\u2019s largest and most wealthy gaming establishments want to be the battleground for where these kind of events take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of the following fights took place long before the glory days of online sports betting, so any betting action was taken by flesh-and-blood bookies that probably looked like characters in a Scorsese film. You couldn\u2019t place bets in an online casino<\/a> in the good old days of live boxing. You had to go to the arena and hear the shouts, smell the sweat, and feel the thunder. Or shell out hundreds of bucks for a pay-per-view match on cable television.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRiddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield \u2013 13.11.1992<\/h2>\n\n\n