Word: wba
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Anyone who gets the job can't be a lightweight. While the government has made similar moves to rid groups such as the Teamsters of corruption, few industries are as unwieldy as boxing. Critics say that the gaggle of international sanctioning bodies (IBF, WBC, WBO, WBA) that have arisen in the past few decades have created an environment where fighters and promoters can bribe their way up the rankings ladders and accountability has disappeared. While some believe that the sport's powers have become too big and decentralized to regulate, prosecutors hope they can prove another old boxing adage...
...Finally, and no, this is not a misprint, 5,000-year-old man Roberto Duran has a title fight at the Las Vegas Hilton against WBA middleweight champion, William Joppy...
...other words, here's what I'd do if I were president/commissioner for a day of the NCAA, NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, WLAF, PGA, ECAC, IBF-WBA-WBC and several more organizations with acronyms I'm not at liberty to name...