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HAVE BOXING'S BUMMERS CAUSED MGM GRAND TO REASSESS ROLE?

          In Chicago, SUN-TIMES gossip columnist Michael Sneed
     reported that Evander Holyfield will have a rematch with
     Mike Tyson.  Sneed: "Word is the match will take place nine
     months from now in South Africa.  Just a reminder: You heard
     it here first" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 7/20).  
          LEAVING LAS VEGAS?  From Las Vegas, Wallace Matthews of
     the N.Y. POST wrote that "because of the recent spate of
     heavyweight flops in high-profile fights, boxing is going to
     have trouble finding a home in this town where it once
     seemed the welcome mat would always be out."   Matthews:
     "Speculation is that the MGM Grand, which worked hard since
     its opening three years ago to establish itself as the
     center of Vegas boxing, is now out of the game. ... No MGM
     Grand executive has consented to an interview in regard to
     its future with Tyson or boxing, but sources tell The Post
     the hotel's legal advisers are looking for a way to void the
     [Don] King/Tyson deal -- which includes millions of dollars
     in stock options for King that mature in September --
     without risking a lawsuit."   Matthews added that Caesars
     Palace, with Oscar De La Hoya, is the "only player in a town
     that once was full of them."  Matthews: "A Caesars executive
     has expressed interest in bidding for a Holyfield fight, and
     even refused to rule out making a play for Tyson when and if
     he is reinstated" (N.Y. POST, 7/20).
          ALL THE KING'S MEN: In N.Y., Jack Newfield wrote on Don
     King's upcoming trial for insurance fraud set for September
     11 under the header, "Boxing's King Now Letting Apologists
     Do His Talking."  King "is keeping a low profile and ducking
     tough questions. ... [King] is shrewdly letting a pack of
     divisive apologists -- led by Louis Farrakhan, the Rev.
     Jesse Jackson and the NAACP's Kweisi Mfume -- speak for him. 
     They are trying to paint him as a racial victim and the
     target of a selective prosecution. ... King has even hired a
     new PR firm -- Sitrick and Co" (N.Y. POST, 7/20).
 

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