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Pablo Torre

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Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

And, you know, George remembers it well.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

And so we find ourselves, once again, staring at the disfigured face of this question, which is why did Vic Weiss, why did Tark's guy get whacked?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

What did George think about why his dad's childhood friend was killed?

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

Well, you know, George, as well as the rest of the family, started to think it might have to do with his interest in another sport.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

Yeah, and this is where we turn back to our handy police report, and it turns out that one of the focuses of this investigation involved boxing, Vic Weiss, who was apparently lots of people's guy as well, not just Tark's guy, but these other boxers' guy, and the question of gambling debts.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

Yeah, I mean, Vic got involved in boxing in the early 1970s.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

It started out with a high-profile client, Armando Muรฑiz, who was a 1968 Olympian.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

He was a title contender, four-time welterweight title contender.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

There are two detectives working the case, Detective Sergeant John Helvin and our guy we heard earlier, Detective Leroy Orozco.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

And specifically, they looked into a fight between Mondo Muรฑiz and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

In 1978, Sugar Ray was top of his game, one of the greatest fighters of all time, Olympic gold medalist.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

He's undefeated.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

Mondo was at the tail end of his career.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

He was injured.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

And so it was a high-profile fight, and I think we can even look at the footage and see how it played out.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

We got to get to the bottom of this.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

I mean, Cosell kind of spells it out.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

Yeah, yeah.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

Super f***ing fishy.

Pablo Torre Finds Out
"Don't Go to the Lakers": We Unraveled the Case of the Mob Hit That Saved Vegas

You're writing Sugar Ray Leonard.