Mass. boxing chief spars with fellow commissioner, resigns

Mass. boxing chief spars with fellow commissioner, resigns

Wilbert "Skeeter" McClure has resigned as the chair of the Massachusetts Boxing Commission, citing differences with another commissioner that could not be resolved.

The resignation marks the departure from the fight game, at least for the time being, of one of the Commonwealth's most prominent boxing figures.

Since his appointment to the Commission in 1994 by then Governor William Weld, McClure used his perch at the head of the sport's governing body to aggressively promote the growth of boxing in the Commonwealth. By last year, Massachusetts was staging more fights than any state other than Mew Jersey and …