Naoya Inoue, the power-punching world bantamweight champion from Japan, has seen his unification fight with Jon Riel Casimero postponed as a result. And all MGM properties, including the Bellagio, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay, are not taking bookings. The Nevada State Athletic Commission has voted to suspend all combat sport events until at least March 25.

It will be a catastrophic blow to the finances of the strange desert paradise that was founded by the mob. Now for the first time since 1997 the roulette tables will be off limits again. Looking back at Mike Tyson’s fight with Julius Francis in Manchester in 2000, and the chaos that came with it… Less than a year earlier at the same venue, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead after attending Tyson's fight against Bruce Seldon. The result was that gaming tables inside the casino were closed for two hours on one of the busiest nights of the year with several high-rollers in town eager to flash their cash. Restless fight fans spilled into the street where they brought parts of the Las Vegas Boulevard to a standstill and forced police to shut it down completely. Restaurants inside the MGM boarded up their doors to keep the fracas out, the theme park inside the building was shut altogether. Paying customers were not happy to see his latest fight end early and unsatisfactorily. He was on probation after a jail sentence for rape but his fame, and the anarchy that came with it, was sky-high. Tyson, at this point, attracted a vociferous fan-base. People started running because of the fight.' 'We can't prove any shots were fired,' police captain Ray Flynn said. Matchroom postpone bills in March and April

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