Boxing Links (6-20-11)
Alvarez highlights weekend action ESPN One of the biggest fights in boxing will be an eventual showdown with middleweight titlist and fellow popular Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Folks have been talking about it for the past year and the drum beat will grow louder and louder with each … See all stories on this topic […]
FROM BELLBOY TO GAMBLING TYCOON: HOW FRANK JUNIOR BUILT THE FERTITTA EMPIRE IN LAS VEGAS
CHAPTER TWO IN A FOUR-PART FERTITTA FAMILY HISTORY By: Rich Bergeron CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS TO SEE FULL SIZE PICTURES [mpinpage] When Frank Fertitta, Jr. came to Las Vegas from Galveston, Texas in 1960, he quickly found work as a bellboy at the Tropicana. Fertitta’s Texas-bred “family” history included decades of successful casino operations in […]