Mayweather vs Pacquiao puts UFC back in its box

Boxing’s back off the canvass with the billion dollar fight of the century — and that’s bad news for the upstart UFC bidding to muscle in on the money.

The MGM Grand is a place that lives up to its name in the, well, grand scheme of things. It’s shaped a little bit like a slightly broken off Brigid’s Cross, admittedly the unholiest one imaginable. But it’s all gold and glitz on the inside, all angles and outcroppings on the outside.

As day turns to night in the City of Sin, the casino’s emerald facade and roaring giant golden lion statue, all gleaming in the gloaming, are a sight to behold. It’s right what they say. Everyone really should see Las Vegas before they die. The key part, we suppose, is to make sure both don’t happen at the same time in this capital of excess.