The most compelling and anticipated fight in boxing is officially set as the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, undefeated Eight-Time, Five-Division World Champion Floyd Mayweather will face undefeated Mexican star and Super Welterweight World Champion Saul Alvarez in “The One: Mayweather vs Canelo” on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las…
“I chose my opponent for September 14,” wrote Floyd “Money” Mayweather, “and it’s Canelo Alvarez. I’m giving the fans what they want. It will be at the MGM Grand.” With that, the biggest fight of 2013 became a reality, as Mayweather, boxing’s reigning pound for pound king, will put his perfect 44-0 record on the…
News spread like wildfire last week when details of the upcoming 11-city, two-country media tour to officially announce the September 14 mega-fight between Eight-Time, Five-Division World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Unified Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez were made public. Exact locations in each city as well as press conference start times are set…
Bob Arum: The purpose of this call is to bring you up to date to all that has happened. About two months ago, just after the Mayweather-Mosley fight, I got a call from Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, who asked me frankly whether myself and Manny Pacquiao wanted to do the fight against…
Trainer Freddy Roach has said publicly that his protégé, Manny Pacquiao, will fight at Cowboy stadium on November 13, 2010. There is no opponent scheduled yet but Roach is adamant that talks are in the works to get the undefeated welterweight, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to agree to a fight for that date. Earlier in the…
Now that the dust has settled following welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr’s comprehensive outpointing of Shane Mosley, the focus once again returns to a potential showdown between Mayweather and fellow multi-weight champion Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather has gone on record saying that anyone he fights from now on must undergo FDA approved drug testing, a demand that…
Floyd Mayweather Jr: “If Manny Pacquaio wants to fight, it is not hard to find me. We were going to make the fight a couple of months back but it didn’t happen. I take my hat off to Mosley. He had problems in the past but he’s a warrior. He took the blood and urine…
Last night at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Floyd Mayweather racked up another big win as the welterweight turned back the aspirations of fellow mult-weight champion Shane Mosley over the course of twelve rounds. The contest peaked early as Mosley struck paydirt with big right hands in the second round which had Mayweather in…
The first real superfight of 2010 takes place tonight in Las Vegas when ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley takes on ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in a 12 round bout at welterweight. At stake for Mayweather is not only his undefeated record but a possible mega-matchup with Manny Pacquiao down the line.For Mayweather, this is his second fight…
The highly anticipated match between Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley is only hours away and it seems that the boxing public is split when it comes to predicting a likely winner of this intriguing match-up. So much has written about their boxing pedigrees, their styles, strengths and perceived weaknesses and yet it is hard…
Click for larger image © Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions In preparation for tonight’s big fight card featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr and Sugar Shane Mosley at MGM Casino in Las Vegas, NV, the boxers all weighed in yesterday. Welterweights, 12 rounds Shane Mosley: 147 lb Floyd Mayweather Jr: 146 lb
As participants in perhaps the greatest welterweight fight of the last 30 years, “Sugar” Ray Leonard and Thomas “Hitman” Hearns gave their opinions to the media concerning tonight’s “Sugar” Shane Mosley vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. welterweight clash. Sugar Ray Leonard, Seven-Time World Champion On Mayweather vs. Mosley: “I see this fight as rather intriguing. I…