Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior Writer 9y

Aguilar re-elected as NSAC chairman

A few notes from around the boxing world:

• Nevada State Athletic Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar was unanimously elected to a second one-year term at the panel’s monthly meeting Monday in Las Vegas. That is a significant change from the norm as the chairman usually serves just one year before another member of the five-person commission is selected. However, Aguilar was given another year because the commission believes he has done a superb job during his term and because a lot of projects he would typically have spent time on, including the budget, took a backseat.

The reason for that was because Aguilar was much more involved with the commission on a day-to-day basis than commissioners usually are because he handled many of the duties of the executive director while overseeing the search for a new one in the wake of Keith Kizer’s resignation. The commission eventually hired Bob Bennett. Aguilar’s term will expire in October 2015.

• Although promoters Don King and Golden Boy have not made an announcement and the fight still has no date, site or official television deal, the WBC announced that an agreement has been reached for the bout between heavyweight titleholder Bermane Stiverne and mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder, and that the purse bid process has been called off.

• Hiawatha Knight, the former president of the IBF, died last week. A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday in Detroit. “We were deeply saddened when we learned of the passing of our former president Hiawatha Knight last week,” the IBF said in a statement. “Hiawatha was part of the fabric of the IBF/USBA. She was a founding member of the organization and held a position on the board of directors until recently. Hiawatha became a leader in the sport when it wasn’t common to see a woman in such a position. She was one of the pioneers creating a path for many more women to come. Her passion and enthusiasm for boxing, and her dedication to this organization will always be remembered.

"Over the past few days we have received many condolence messages which we deeply appreciate. So many remember her with such fondness, but the common thread in all these messages is, ‘Hiawatha was a class act.’ While our hearts are heavy with this loss, we join the Knight family in honoring and celebrating Hiawatha’s life.”

• In January, 2012 Olympic bronze-medal winner Yamaguchi Falcao (brother of silver medalist Esquiva Falcao) turned pro in his hometown of Sao Paulo and fought to a third-round no-contest with Martin Fidel Rios because both were disqualified for excessive fouls in an extremely dirty fight. Golden Boy, Falcao’s promoter, announced on Monday that Falcao (2-0, 1 KOs) and Rios (13-2-2, 7 KOs) will meet in an eight-round middleweight rematch, also in Sao Paulo, on Nov. 15.

• Mike Tyson’s Iron Mike Productions announced that it will stage a Nov. 21 card at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with 2008 Olympic gold medalist Felix Diaz (15-0, 8 KOs) of the Dominican Republic headlining a welterweight 10-rounder against Adrian Granados (13-2-2, 9 KOs). The co-feature pits featherweight Claudio Marrero (16-1, 12 KOs) and Juan Antonio Rodriguez (26-5, 23 KOs).

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