LBS- Manny Pacquiao’s promoter is hoping to put the Filipino fighter back in the ring in April in Las Vegas, but there is a potential conflict with the city’s NHL team.
The Las Vegas Review Journal reported this week that Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, is trying to put on a boxing card for ESPN on April 21 at T-Mobile Arena. The card would feature Bud Crawford against Jeff Horn, as well as a Pacquiao fight. But there is a potential conflict with the Vegas Golden Knights standing in the way. The NHL playoffs begin on April 11, and the Golden Knights are looking very likely to make a playoff appearance at minimum. For that reason, the venue might be needed to host a playoff game. ------ I suppose an argument could be made that it went on life support when the biggest PPV of the year consisted of a 40 year old coming out of retirement to fight someone from an entirely different sport. However, I think we should start getting our condolences ready, because if playoff hockey gets priority in Las Vegas then boxing has flatlined. Seriously, what's the equivalent? The CFL taking primetime slots away from the Maple Leafs? I know there are a probably a bunch of big money contracts in play that give the Golden Knights the rights to their building and all that jazz, but strictly from an optics standpoint alone? The day the NHL starts calling the shots in the gambling capital of the world is the day in which the sweet science of mano a mano fisticuffs has been put down for the count. Like, dig a hole in the desert, toss in every pair of Everlast gloves you find, and have Don King set up the funeral arrangements, because rings will have officially given way to rinks and the most notable fights will be fought by those on skates. It won't ever be forgotten, but if it's getting bullied around the schedule by playoff puck in Adult Disneyland then boxing might as well be gone. After all, it's biggest allure is the braggadocio, and there's nothing to boast about if the league that just hired KKKid Rock to perform at their 'All Star Game' is calling shotty as Sin City's "main event". It's been long suffering for a while now, so what better circumstances for its swan song than the initial face-off to the best postseason in sports for the upstart organization experiencing their inaugural entry into them?
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