Category: Boxing

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Freddie Roach: “The Mayweather fight has to happen first before we retire for sure.”

Friday, March 12th, 2010

This weekend Manny Pacquiao will step back into the boxing ring for the first time since his destruction of Miguel Cotto.  However, this was the date that was supposed to pit the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport of boxing against each other.   The talks broke down between Manny ...

Sugar Shane Mosley: “Manny Pacquiao Ran from Me”

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Sugar Shane Mosley wants to be heard. Somewhat lost in the public banter between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, Mosely has his chance to make some real noise in the world of boxing. The reigning WBA Welterweight Champion had been preparing for a fight with Haitian-American fighter Andre Berto that ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr: “I respect Mosley as a man but he’s gonna have to make me respect his skills come May 1st”

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Two months from now will be a mega-fight in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley.  Despite the fact that I’m not getting to see the fight that I want to see between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, this is a fight that I will watch.  Mosley's recent destruction ...

Jerry Jones is Looking to Make Cowboys Stadium Like Madison Square Garden When it Comes to Boxing

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

When Jerry Jones decided to build a new state-of-the-art stadium in Arlington for the Cowboys, he was thinking about more than just his Cowboys. He was thinking about the big picture and trying to bring big events to Big D. This past weekend the NBA All-Star game was held in ...

Shane Mosley a “Has-Been”?

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

When Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Shane Mosley on May 1st at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Larry Merchant is sure to ask Floyd why he didn't fight Mosley three years prior, and that if he thinks a win over a 38 year old welterweight coming off a layoff ...

Floyd Mayweather Jr: “He didn’t live up to his end of the bargain”

Monday, February 8th, 2010

After Floyd Mayweather Jr’s potential fight against Manny Pacquiao got cancelled, Money needed a new opponent. Well, now he’s got one in Shane Mosley. The two are scheduled to fight on May 1st of this year. Mosley is coming off a very impressive performance against Antonio Maragrito. In the fight ...

Joshua Clottey Could Kill Boxing’s Comeback

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I was going to start this article by writing how March 13th, 2010 was the most anticipated date in boxing over the past twenty years. Sure you could argue that Mike Tyson's fight against Lennox Lewis was equally as big, but Tyson was well past his prime, taking some of ...

Bob Arum Thinks Two Pay-Per-Views on the Same Night is Terrible for Boxing

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Murderer! Bob Arum killed not only the fight of the decade, but probably the fight of my young lifetime. Manny Pacquiao was to step into the ring at the MGM Grand to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on March 13th. Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, had a deal in place with Mayweather’s ...

Freddie Roach Thinks Floyd Mayweather is Ducking Manny Pacquiao

Friday, January 15th, 2010

The date that every fight fan had circled on their calendar was March 13th. That’s when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao were supposed to fight in one of the most anticipated fights in recent memory. It would’ve been a chance for the fight world to finally see who is ...

Bert Sugar Still Believes that the Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight will Happen

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The fight that every fight fan in the world wants to see between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is now on hold or may never happen, who really knows at this point. A couple of weeks ago it looked like Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. were finally going ...