The American business juggernaut that is the NFL has historically been fairly hesitant to extend its influence in aiding other sports, according to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. However, Jones says the similarities he sees between boxing and football have made it easy to connect the two in promoting the welterweight bout between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey scheduled for Saturday at his …

More: continued here

Discuss in Boxing Forum | Send to a friend.

• Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Bids $1 Million For Muhammad Ali Boxing Gloves

  A weekend celebrating a boxing icon has sparked a bit of a Las Vegas mystery. Muhammad Ali drew heavyweights from >
  
  

• Jerry Jones Tried Bringing Boxing Back To Cowboys Stadium – The Landry Hat

  

  The Landry HatJerry Jones Tried Bringing Boxing Back To Cowboys StadiumThe Landry HatMost recently, Jones attempted to host another big >
  
  

• Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Bids $1 Million For Muhammad Ali Boxing Gloves – The Post Game (blog)

  Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Bids $1 Million For Muhammad Ali Boxing GlovesThe Post Game (blog)A weekend celebrating a boxing icon >
  
  

• Boxing fan Jerry Jones pushing to land megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. (ESPN)

  Jerry Jones is pushing promoters Bob Arum of Top Rank and Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy hard to bring the >
  
  

• Pacquiao could put Cowboys Stadium on boxing’s map (Connecticut Post)

  Boxing promoter Bob Arum, center right, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, center left, watch Joshua Clottey, right, work out >
  
  

• Jones Sees JerryWorld As Possible Boxing Mecca (NBC Dallas Fort Worth)

  Cowboys Stadium will host its first fight in less than a month; if Jerry Jones has anything to say about >
  
  

• Momentum for Pacquiao-Mayweather megafight grows

  LAS VEGAS -- Promoters plan to go to Dallas to meet Wednesday with Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones as the momentum >
  
  

• Dallas stadium likely out for Pacquiao-Mayweather

  LAS VEGAS -- Promoters of the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight abruptly canceled a trip to Dallas on Wednesday, dealing >
  
  

• Boxing: Pacquiao confirms clash with Clottey (Independent)

  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones last night welcomed the opportunity to host world championship boxing at the new Cowboys Stadium >
  
  

• BOXING: Pacquiao cofirms Clottey after Mayweather fight falls through (Daily Mail)

  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has welcomed the opportunity to host world championship boxing at the new Cowboys Stadium between >
  
  

• Jerry Jones: I want Cowboys Stadium to be the ‘Madison Square Garden’ of boxing – Dallas Morning News (blog)

  Jerry Jones: I want Cowboys Stadium to be the 'Madison Square Garden' of boxingDallas Morning News (blog)They are such huge >
  
  

• Arum: LA out, Dallas still in race for Pacquiao – The Associated Press

  

  MiamiHerald.comArum: LA out, Dallas still in race for PacquiaoThe Associated PressThe Top Rank boss spoke glowingly of Cowboys owner Jerry >
  
  

• Joe on course for Vegas bout against Jones

  JOE CALZAGHE looks poised to fight Roy Jones Junior in Las Vegas in September. More: continued here >
  
  

• Boxing: Joe on course for Vegas bout against Jones

  JOE CALZAGHE looks poised to fight Roy Jones Junior in Las Vegas in September. More: continued here >
  
  

• Boxing promoter Bob Arum to meet Jerry Jones to work out deal to bring Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight to …

  Boxing promoter Bob Arum working to bring Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight to Cowboys Stadium. More: continued here >
  
  

• Jerry Jones gets into the boxing business – ProFootballTalk

  

  BBCSerbian.comJerry Jones gets into the boxing owner Jerry Jones has offered $25 million for the privilege of hosting the boxing >
  
  

• Calzaghe-Jones Match Gives Lift To Boxing (NPR)

  The sport of boxing tried to get up off the canvas Saturday night with what may have been the bout >
  
  

• Pacquiao Could Put Cowboys Stadium on Boxing’s Map – ABC News

  

  ABC NewsPacquiao Could Put Cowboys Stadium on Boxing's MapABC NewsAP Boxing promoter Bob Arum, center right, and Dallas Cowboys owner >
  
  

• Bernard Fernandez: Jerry Jones touting Cowboys stadium as major fight site – Philadelphia Daily News

  

  msnbc.comBernard Fernandez: Jerry Jones touting Cowboys stadium as major fight sitePhiladelphia Daily NewsPerhaps it is no surprise then that early >
  
  

• COMMENTARY: Jones no stranger to boxing business (Arkansas News Bureau)

  Approximately 28 years after the fact, few people would remember that Jerry Jones’ initial plunge into professional sports involved boxing, >