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"--The Association of Boxing Commissions attempted to shut down Saturday night's Tim Sylvia vs. Ray Mercer boxing match in a cage because, well, it's in a cage and because it is illegal to hold boxing matches in the U.S. without being regulated. Since it was in Alabama, which has no commission, they used the River Cree Sports Commission out of Edmonton as the regulatory body. However, it is illegal to use a regulatory body that is not American for a fight on U.S. soil. They also questioned John McCarthy as referee because he has no sanctioning to referee a boxing match. However, there is a loophole in the law in that MMA is not under the same laws, and unregulated MMA takes place in Alabama all the time. So, the fight is now an MMA match, presumably with Sylvia having a gentleman's agreement to only box. Told ya this stuff was going to wind up sleazy as hell. "
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