Combat sports: Abeyta remembered

Max Abeyta, who served as the events coordinator of the New Mexico Athletic Commission for almost two decades, has died. He was 76. Las Cruces’ Louie Burke, who worked with Abeyta during Burke’s tenure as a commissioner, remembers him as tireless, energetic, approachable and detail-oriented. “Max was always on top of things,” Burke said. “… […]