Fight Town » Las Vegas http://fighttownlasvegas.com Las Vegas – The Boxing Capital of the World Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Knock out! http://fighttownlasvegas.com/2011/06/27/knock-out/ http://fighttownlasvegas.com/2011/06/27/knock-out/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:02:59 +0000 carolynhayesuber http://fighttownlasvegas.stephenspress.com/?p=161 Tourists pour into Las Vegas each summer to bask in the hot sun and frolic in the beautiful hotel pools, to indulge in fine dining (and extravagant buffets), to walk up and down the Strip hypnotized by the neon lights, and of course, to win millions of dollars at the crap tables. But Vegas is also known as the boxing capital of the world.  With exuberance and style, sports journalist Tim Dahlberg takes readers on a journey through Fight Town, the other Las Vegas.

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Read the full article here.

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