With a new governor taking over at the beginning of the year, Nevada Athletic Commission Chairman Steve Cloobeck has resigned, effective immediately. The dispute, however, is not strictly political; rather it is over a serious boxing-related dispute. Cloobeck is at odds with Governor-elect Joe Lombardo who takes office in January. Lombardo and Cloobeck clashed over how to handle the death of Nathan Valencia, a college student who died from a brain injury suffered in an unsanctioned boxing match. Cloobeck wanted criminal charges brought against the organizers of the fight, but Lombardo, who at the time was the sheriff in charge of Las Vegas' police department, refused to bring any criminal charges.