Fixed fight allegations hit boxing a body blow Final Edition

LAS VEGAS - Seven professional boxers and a manager have told the FBI they agreed to throw fights for as much as $10,000 U.S. apiece to pad the victory records of two heavyweights being groomed for "big-money" matches, according to prosecution documents filed in a U.S. federal sports bribe...

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Published inThe Ottawa citizen (1986)
Main Author Michael J. Goodman and William C. Rempel
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 03.02.2004
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Summary:LAS VEGAS - Seven professional boxers and a manager have told the FBI they agreed to throw fights for as much as $10,000 U.S. apiece to pad the victory records of two heavyweights being groomed for "big-money" matches, according to prosecution documents filed in a U.S. federal sports bribery case. The prosecutors also say another manager, nationally prominent boxing agent Robert Mittleman, bribed an American fighter with $10,000 and a Lincoln Navigator luxury SUV to lose a March 21, 2000, bout in Denmark against Brian Nielsen, a former Olympic bronze medallist whom Mittleman represented. For the boxing profession, some of the most incriminating detail is contained in an affidavit by FBI agent Scott A. Gillespie. It quotes six boxers and the manager of a seventh as saying they agreed to throw fights with heavyweight Richard Melito Jr., 33, of New York. Gillespie said one boxer told him he threw a Melito bout for as little as $1,500, while another said he did it for $10,000.
ISSN:0839-3222