Floyd Mayweather JR / Manny Pacquiao - NEWS STREAM -

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Thank you. That is most kind.

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An average price of $8000 a ticket?


"Some sites are saying the cheapest ticket to the fight would cost no less than US$4,800. "It was supposed to be three weeks ago, then two weeks, then this week, and my gut feeling is that they won't have that public sale," Chris Matcovich, a spokesman for TiqIQ, a ticket aggregator told Bloomberg. In the event that there is no public sale, it will simply means all tickets were purchased and divided between the MGM Grand and the promoters. Las Vegas ticket vendors estimate that the face value of the tickets range from US$1,500 to US$10,000 each. "


http://www.telesurtv.net/english/new...0419-0007.html

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Roach's Parkinson medication leaves him depressed but working with Manny helps counter the effects
"Freddie Roach, the Hall of Fame trainer charged with coming up with the strategy for his star student Manny Pacquiao to end Floyd Mayweather’s 47-fight winning sequence in 14 days’ time, says that being “married to boxing” has saved him from suicide.

Roach, who says the medication he takes for Parkinson’s disease gives him these suicidal thoughts, also revealed in an exclusive interview with Telegraph Sport that Pacquiao had changed his life.

“I never have a day off,” the 55‑year-old coach says in a break from training at the Wild Card Gym, which he runs in Hollywood, California. “My girlfriend’s going to leave me. I’m in the gym every day, it’s part of life. Instead of taking a vacation, I like what I do. My vacations are right here.”

Roach has had Parkinson’s disease for 23 years. But he reckons that getting in the ring, working on the pads, maintains a sharpness he would otherwise not have.


“I don’t get sick too often. When I’m sick, I just go to the gym and it goes away. With Parkinson’s, sometimes you wake up and think: ‘Why the f--- did they pick me?’ But, you know, that’s part of life. Some of the medications do cause depression and so forth and some mornings I’ll think about bad things. But then I’ll go to the gym and go to work and everything bad goes away."

Preparing Manny Pacquaio for Floyd Mayweather fight saves me from suicide, says Freddie Roach - Telegraph

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Here are some of the more ridiculous pictures from the build up to the fight

Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquaio: The most ridiculous pictures - Telegraph

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Roach rates Ward and GGG above Floyd

"Roach was critical of Golovkin on numerous occasions and did not see him as a viable opponent for Cotto. Yet, unexpectedly Roach rated Golovkin and Ward higher than the welterweight Maywether.
“I’d put Ward and Triple G above Mayweather right now. They are very talented guys and very polished boxers,” Roach said."




http://en.tengrinews.kz/sport/Roach-...eather-259930/

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Paulie backs Floyd to KO Pacman

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Manny Pacquiao will be wearing the world's most expensive shorts when he takes the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with Floyd Mayweather on May 2.
The richest fight of all time, said to be worth $300m and then some to those involved, is raking in the big bucks with the money streams certainly not limited to TV rights and ticket sales.
The PacMan's shorts alone will carry sponsorship logos worth a total of $2.25m (£1.5m), reports the Manila Bulletin.


Manny Pacquiao to wear the world's most expensive shorts in Floyd Mayweather fight as six sponsors pay £1.5million for space | Daily Mail Online

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Hatton on Sr



Mayweather senior is renowned as being an excellent defensive coach but Hatton is unconvinced of his skills beyond that and is left with particularly grim memories of his humbling at the hands of Pacquiao.
“He taught me a lot, he taught me a new side to the game in many ways,” he said. “He taught me a lot of methods that I still use now as a boxing trainer.
“He was a very good defensive coach and when I fought Paul Malignaggi it couldn’t have gone any better, that was probably the best fight I produced since that Kostya Tszyu fight.
“Having said that, the training didn’t go quite as well for the Pacquiao fight. The tactics could have been better, there wasn’t too much method there.
“He’s not the best trainer in the corner I’ve had but he is a very good trainer nonetheless.”




Ricky Hatton questions Floyd Mayweather's decision to re-appoint his father as trainer for Manny Pacquiao fight | Boxing News | Sky Sports

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Floyd claims he is better than Ali

and Sugar Ray Robinson

"No-one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali was better than me," Mayweather told ESPN. "No-one could ever brainwash me and tell me that."

Floyd Mayweather Jr: 'I'm a better fighter than Muhammad Ali' - Sports Mole

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Mayweather Sr turns on Ariza

All it seems is not happy at the Waltons

"Floyd Mayweather Sr. is not impressed with Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiao's former conditioning coach who now works for his Floyd Jr.

In an interview with ontheropesboxing.com, Floyd Sr. dismissed the notion that Ariza is of any help in Mayweather's preparation for Manny Pacquiao on May 2 (May 3 PHL time).

"Strengthening him? That son of a [expletive] ain’t strengthening nobody," said Floyd Sr. referring to Ariza.

"He ain’t nobody. He’s in there, I can’t say exactly what he’s doing but he ain’t strength training little Floyd. What Floyd’s doing everybody’s helping, it’s not just one person."

After getting fired from the Pacquiao camp, Ariza jumped ship to Robert Garcia's gym to help Brandon Rios prepare for his fight against the Filipino ring icon in 2013. Not only was Rios dominated by Pacquiao for 12 rounds, but he also failed a post-fight drug test after testing positive for a banned substance.

Ariza was booted out of Garcia's gym soon after.

"He (Ariza) don’t know [expletive] anyways; he don’t anything about no damn boxing. I do know that. I know he doesn’t know anything about boxing and he don’t know what to tell anyone anyways," said Floyd Sr.

"If he does know anything, it’s some dirty [expletive] and it’s something that nobody wants to use or hear about. Nobody is into that kind of mess."

Mayweather Sr. turns on Alex Ariza: He doesn't know anything about boxing| Pacquiao vs. Mayweather - GMA News Online Special Coverage

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Some thoughts from Dave Bontempo

Robert Brown: What are your general thought on the upcoming fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather?
Dave Bontempo: As far as the fight is concerned, I’m still going to lean a little to Mayweather with his terrific defense. I do believe that at some point that Manny Pacquiao will force Mayweather into what I call a “moment of truth” in which you have to overcome some adversity and that to me will make the fight. I’m glad for the boxing fans that they finally get the fight. I was waiting for this fight in 2009. This could have been their fifth fight by now (laughs).
Robert Brown: I wrote an article three years ago titled: “The Fight Won’t Happen, Forget About It.” Now the fight is happening but on this occasion I don’t mind being wrong.
Dave Bontempo: You don’t mind being wrong on that and you certainly would have a lot of company because when I interviewed people in 2010 they said, “If it doesn’t happen in 2011, it doesn’t happen.” This is the one fight that broke the common sense rule of, if you don’t have the fight then people will forget it and they won’t care about you and they won’t want it.
There are so many fights that you can look at in history that the guys waited too long and they never got it going, but in this case — maybe it’s the advent of social media that has kept their names out there and the marketing behind them — this fight breaks the rules. This fight, they kicked it away and they got it back.


more here


Dave Bontempo: “I think Pacquiao’s gonna have a moment in the Mayweather fight where he can not have it go to the judges”

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Hatton on Sr



Mayweather senior is renowned as being an excellent defensive coach but Hatton is unconvinced of his skills beyond that and is left with particularly grim memories of his humbling at the hands of Pacquiao.
“He taught me a lot, he taught me a new side to the game in many ways,” he said. “He taught me a lot of methods that I still use now as a boxing trainer.
“He was a very good defensive coach and when I fought Paul Malignaggi it couldn’t have gone any better, that was probably the best fight I produced since that Kostya Tszyu fight.
“Having said that, the training didn’t go quite as well for the Pacquiao fight. The tactics could have been better, there wasn’t too much method there.
“He’s not the best trainer in the corner I’ve had but he is a very good trainer nonetheless.”




Ricky Hatton questions Floyd Mayweather's decision to re-appoint his father as trainer for Manny Pacquiao fight | Boxing News | Sky Sports

I laugh when I read this, Pauli could not really hit

Watch Mike Tyson sparring some skinny guys, he was doing insane moves, why
because there was no danger. Any fool can sholder roll with hands at the waist when the opponent cannot ko a fly.

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HBO documentary Mayweather/Pacquiao: At Last. Enjoy.



On a side note, was that Morales and MAB doing commentary for Azteca, at the same show? Never thought I'd see the day they would be teaming up.

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Floyd claims he is better than Ali

and Sugar Ray Robinson

"No-one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali was better than me," Mayweather told ESPN. "No-one could ever brainwash me and tell me that."

Floyd Mayweather Jr: 'I'm a better fighter than Muhammad Ali' - Sports Mole

He's worse than the flomos.

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Tweet from Max Kellerman in responce to Floyd claims - "Robinson had 130 W's before 2nd L. 1st L he was outweighed by 15lbs to HOFer who he beat 5x in 6 fights... *drops the mic*"