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\nThe UFC’s\u00a0 ‘legalization of MMA’ event took place on January 27 in New York and is now reportedly receiving some bad press.<\/p>\n

According to a report from the ‘New York Post<\/a>‘ a notorious sex offender named Michael Boxley, who works for the lobbying firm, was in attendance at last Monday’s event.<\/p>\n

Michael Boxley became a famous name in New York in 2003, when he was accused of rape and accepted a plea deal that left him as a registered sex offender.<\/p>\n

Boxley was working as a top aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, when the accusations of raping a legislative aide first became public.<\/p>\n

In the plea deal process, Boxley admitted to having non-consensual sex with the 22 year old victim.<\/p>\n

The New York Post reported that many in attendance noticed the sex offender:<\/p>\n

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“It couldn\u2019t get any worse from a p.r. standpoint,” said one attendee at the UFC reception. “You don\u2019t want someone convicted of a sex crime at your event. Who\u2019s appearing next, Vito Lopez?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Lopez, a former Brooklyn assemblyman, resigned last year after claims were made that he had sexually harassed female staffers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Assembly woman, Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), who proclaims the sport “glorifies violence against women,” agreed that the promoters screwed up by allowing Boxley to attend the event.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think it helps their case,” she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The UFC stressed to the Post that Mr. Boxley attended as a guest, not as a paid lobbyist, and added that Boxley has never lobbied for the UFC.<\/p>\n

Still, this is the last thing the UFC needed in what has already been a hard battle regarding getting MMA in to New York.<\/p>\n

By Chris Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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