Mayweather vs Mosley: Floyd Signs Contract

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - Floyd Mayweather Jr. has signed the contract to face welterweight titleholder Shane Mosley. Mayweather vs Mosley - all set on May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shane Mosley will defend his title against Floyd Mayweather. "I have always wanted to fight Floyd and now it is finally coming true. I am already in great shape and ready to show everyone on May 1 that I am stronger, faster and better than he is. I will have no problem beating him." Mosley said. "This one is definitely for the fans as I wasn't going to waste anyone's time with a meaningless tune-up bout and asked to fight Shane immediately," "I have said ever since I came back to the sport that I only wanted to fight the best. I think Shane is one of the best, but come May 1, he still won't be great enough to beat me." Mayweather said. From a 21-month retirement, Floyd Mayweather Jnr (40-0, 25 KO) destroyed Juan Manuel Marquez on September 19, 2009. That was the last fight of PBF while Shane Mosley stopped Antonio Margarito by TKO on January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Margarito was suspended for (at least a year) on February 10, 2009 because of using substance in his.

Dominic L. Hernandez
source: liveboxingnews.com

Mayweather vs Mosley Good, But Still Second-Best

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - As soon as Shane Mosley's welterweight unification fight with Andre Berto was canceled -- understandably, because Berto lost numerous family members in the Haiti earthquake and isn't prepared to go forward with the fight during this heartbreaking time -- the possibility of Mosley defending against Floyd Mayweather Jr. immediately came up. It's the obvious fight. Mosley needs a dance partner, and Mayweather also needs one. Besides, it's a huge fight. Let's just hope the sides can make it happen (probably for early May) and not get bogged down in the ego and stupidity that killed Mayweather's fight with Manny Pacquiao, which was supposed to be on March 13. If you ask me, there are three superfights in boxing. One is Pacquiao-Mayweather, which is by far the biggest. The other two are Mosley-Mayweather and Pacquiao-Mosley. So while Pacquiao moves on to face Joshua Clottey -- the next-best available welterweight for him to fight -- Mosley and Mayweather hopefully will come together. Mayweather vs Mosley Live is a fight I've wanted to see for many years, going back to the late 1990s when Mayweather was the junior lightweight champ and Mosley was the lightweight champ. But Mosley didn't stick around at 135 pounds waiting for Mayweather; he jumped all the way up to welterweight to lure a prime Oscar De La Hoya into the ring.

As much as I like Mayweather vs Mosley, though, remember one thing: It's still second-best. Pacquiao-Mayweather was, and still is, the biggest fight out there.

• Not sure what to make of some phone calls I received Monday night: Informed sources said that even though Berto planned to withdraw from the fight because of his family situation, his adviser, Al Haymon, who also happens to handle Mayweather, made a deal for Berto to get paid (either by the Golden Boy/Mosley side or Mayweather or both) to step aside to allow for Mosley-Mayweather (a much bigger fight than Mosley-Berto) to be put together. One reason it sounded plausible is because, according to a source familiar with the Mosley-Berto contract, the deal had a rescheduling clause in it, in the event either guy had to delay the fight. That clause was not exercised. Perhaps a payment to Berto made that go away.

• With Mayweather off March 13, it should come as zero surprise that HBO PPV and Top Rank struck a deal for the network to produce and distribute the Pacquiao-Clottey card on March 13. There never was any way in the world that a Mayweather fight would have actually gone on the same night against another opponent, as had been insisted upon by Golden Boy, which is promoting Mayweather. HBO's Ross Greenburg and Mark Taffet had to let the craziness play out, and now it has. Pacquiao gets March 13. Mayweather will go some other time. All's well that ends well -- except for the fact that we still aren't getting Pacquiao-Mayweather. And don't think that I or millions of boxing fans are going to forget that any time soon.

• Example 5,879 on why boxing often leaves me scratching my head: Mosley slaughtered Antonio Margarito in January 2009 in a huge victory. Margarito later had his license revoked for at least a year for trying to load his gloves before the fight, yet he may wind up back in the ring before Mosley. Top Rank, which believes Margarito will be licensed in Texas, plans to put him on the Pacquiao-Clottey undercard. Mosley, meanwhile, hasn't fought since beating Margarito and probably won't fight until the spring now that his fight with Berto is off. Crazy.

• Promoter Don King always seems to wait until the last minute to secure sites for his cards. King, however, has found a home for the March 6 HBO show headlined by the Devon Alexander-Juan Urango junior welterweight unification fight. It will take place at the Mohegan Sun resort in Connecticut. He landed the site with about seven weeks before the fight. By King's standards, that's an eternity.

• You may not like watching John Ruiz fight/hold, but it made a lot of sense for Golden Boy to sign him because it also promotes David Haye, which means Golden Boy will control a piece of the heavyweight title regardless of who wins their April fight. And then Golden Boy can give the winner of Haye-Ruiz to Bernard Hopkins, assuming he beats Roy Jones Jr. (which he should). As long as HBO doesn't let Ruiz anywhere near one of Golden Boy's dates on the network, everything will be just fine.

• Regardless of whether he got a buyout, I'm glad Jermain Taylor withdrew from the Super Six tournament. Nobody wants to see the guy get hurt. But I found it pretty weak that while thanking everyone in his statement announcing his withdrawal that he left out promoter Lou DiBella, who had been an integral part of Taylor's career from day one. Although DiBella had resigned a couple of weeks earlier over concerns about Taylor's health, he deserved more from Taylor than to be ignored as though he never existed. Taylor won the undisputed middleweight championship and made many millions of dollars, and he has DiBella to thank for being a major reason it happened.

• Times may be tough for some promoters, but Top Rank keeps rolling along. Bob Arum's company will promote 11 cards in the next 10 weeks. The marathon begins with an excellent HBO card in New York on Saturday night when featherweight titlist Steven Luevano defends against junior featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez in the main event, and runs nonstop through a Fox Sports Net card on March 27. In all, there is one HBO card, one combo "Latin Fury"/"Pinoy Power" pay-per-view card, eight FSN cards and the centerpiece of it all: the Pacquiao-Clotty HBO PPV card. Top Rank matchmaker Brad "Abdul" Goodman is going to be awfully busy for the next couple of months.

• I don't know about you, but between the return of ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" a couple of weeks ago and the regularity of the new "Top Rank Live" series on FSN, I'm a pretty happy camper when it comes to the basic cable offerings. Unfortunately, it's a miserably slow start for HBO and Showtime. With regard to the new Top Rank series, I thought the debut card headlined by Vanes Martirosyan's extremely competitive fight with Kassim Ouma was excellent. Hopefully, shows like it will be the norm and not the exception.

Let's also hope that Top Rank won't be destroying another network's taste for boxing as it did when it got the keys to the castle from Versus and then burned it down. I think Arum understands, although you never know. At least he's saying the right things.

Here's what he had to say recently when I asked him about the FSN series and reminded him of the disaster he was responsible for at Versus: "We f---ed up Versus. If we don't learn from the mistakes we made at Versus, then this series will go down the drain. Versus was not something we are proud of. It just went off the tracks. We didn't pay attention to it. I admit that. This is different. Now we brought a guy on, Carl Moretti, whose first responsibility is that series."

• After the 2009 awards stories came out a few weeks ago, I was asked by several Fight Freaks to name my biggest robbery of the year. I'd have to go with two of them. Ali Funeka got absolutely hosed when he got a draw against Joan Guzman. Same goes for Sergio Martinez, who got an inconceivable draw against Kermit Cintron, who really had been knocked out earlier in the fight until referee Frank Santore made one of the worst calls I have ever seen and allowed the fight to continue.

• So Evander Holyfield's fight with Frans Botha in Uganda had been postponed from Jan. 16 to Feb. 20. Anyone shocked? Hopefully, the farce will wind up being canceled.

• Ron Scott Stevens, who was unceremoniously dumped as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission in July 2008 (even though he apparently had done a fine job) has always had interests outside boxing. One of them is theater. Stevens has written and produced an off-Broadway play called "The Cutting Den." Its three-week run opens Feb. 4 at the Soho Playhouse. Publicist Donald Tremblay described the play as being about a Brooklyn barbershop fronting for a gambling parlor. One of the interesting notes about the play is that former middleweight titlist Doug DeWitt, who has been acting since the end of his boxing career in 1992, has one of the lead roles.

• DVD pick of the week: I received some DVDs from a buddy of mine the other day. One fight he sent was one that I have on VHS but in crappy condition. The DVD of this original ABC broadcast, however, was in stunning condition, which made it all the more enjoyable watching one of the greatest heavyweight slugfests ever. It was George Foreman's epic five-round brawl with Ron Lyle from Jan. 24, 1976, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. It was Foreman's first sanctioned fight in more than a year (he had done some exhibitions) following his knockout loss to Muhammad Ali, and Foreman barely survived. Lyle hurt Foreman in the first round and dropped him twice in the fourth round. But Foreman also dropped Lyle in the incredible fourth before knocking him out in the fifth. It's a truly awesome fight.

source: espn.go.com

Mosley vs Mayweather: The Perfect Storm

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - The middleweight showdown between Sugar Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas II on July 22 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas affirmed that, like a perfect storm, everything is coming together......just the right things in the mix and with just the right timing. Team Mosley is now running on all cylinders. It will be hard for anyone to slow it down......and that perhaps includes Floyd Mayweather and Antonio Margarito. Let's break it down: One, Sugar Shane dominated Fernando Vargas from the start and finished him off with one big and deadly left hook in the sixth preceded by a dazzling display of jabs and hand speed throughout the bout. Referee Kenny Bayless stepped in and stopped it 2:38 of the round. This outstanding piece of work was reminiscent of a prime Mosley. Arguably, some might pose the question: was Mosley that good or was Vargas that bad? The thinking here is that Mosley was that good.

Two, he is once again using feints,dazzling speed, quickness, and crafty head and body movement that served him so well in his two wins against Oscar De La Hoya and others. Three, his creativity and ability to improvise in the ring has returned and adds to his potent arsenal of weapons

Four, he seems very comfortable having his father, Jack Mosley, 61, back in his corner for the first time in two years and if the Vargas fight is any indication, it appears he is back to stay. After all, he is man who directed his son to three world titles and the biggest wins of his career. Unlike the strained relationship between Roy Jones Jr, and his dad, Roy Sr., Shane Mosley, 34, embraces having Jack in his corner. He also is visibly content being promoted by Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins.

Five, Mosley, whose amateur record was an eye popping 230-12, knows his craft inside and out. He is a combination boxer-puncher but trainer Jack believes in power boxing, a method in which punches are thrown at a high rate of speed, most of them power shots with the hand speed generating the superior power. That style has worked well in the past as his son became a lightweight, welterweight, and junior middleweight champion.

Six, if Shane continues to fire wicked combinations that land with authority and if he is able to combine this with his trademark speed and reflexes, he will be every bit the formidable opponent for a Floyd Mayweather Jr who showed something to be desired in his last outing with Zab Judah. Again, a confluence of factors that come together to form a perfect storm.

Seven, a qualitative analysis and comparison of Floyd and Shane's respective opponents suggests that Sugar has fought the tougher ones. Vargas twice, Wright twice, De La Hoya twice, Forrest twice, Jesse James Leija, John John Molina, among others. Mosley has never been known for ducking an opponent.

Eight, Sugar Shane Mosley has his confidence back after his two losses to Winky Wright and an impressive win over strong David Estrada. More importantly, he has his swagger back.

It’s crystal clear the 34-year-old Mosley is still on top of his game and that Team Mosley is turbo charged and aiming in the direction of the man with the heavyweight ego, Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, Jr. For his part, Floyd says, "First, I'll beat Shane and then I'll beat his boss [De La Hoya]." Mayweather continues to dismiss a lucrative offer from Bob Arum for a date with tough and rugged Antonio Margarito. At any rate, Mosley is back and that's great news for fight fans and bad news for other boxers in the welterweight division. With memories of Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran looming in the background.....and with Margarito, Mayweather and Mosley now in the mix, it's time to............

"......let's get it on." Mills Lane

Ted Sares
source: eastsideboxing.com

Mayweather Claims He Will Make $40 Million For Mosley Bout

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - Mayweather claims he will make $40 million for Mosley bout. After nearly a decade of speculation, the two most dominant welterweights of this era will collide in what should be one of the biggest sports betting events of the year. Finally, Floyd Mayweather will take on Shane Mosley for the WBA welterweight championship. As can be the case in the sport of boxing, the champion is not the favorite on boxing odds this time around. For Mosley, a significant underdog on the night, this is a chance to prove that he is an all-time great. For Mayweather, the opportunity is the very same, and a chance to silence critics who have questioned his selection of opponents over the years. However the interesting storylines seem to be outside of the squared circle for this bout. Unfortunately for Mosley, he is already being overlooked, and his plight and chances in the event are entirely overlooked, both by those betting on boxing, and the casual fan. In a recent interview with ESPN's Brian Kenny, Mayweather revealed that he will make an estimated $40 million off the upcoming bout. The number is so high, of course, because Floyd is the head of Mayweather Promotions, which is staging the event along with Golden Boy. Mayweather then does not relinquish any of his purse, as he is essentially his own management team. Mayweather went on to say that he could have made $70 million fighting Manny Pacquiao in March, in a bout that ultimately fell through. But while the paper and pen may be off the table, the contract of public demand and opinion is very present. Fans and sports bettors want to see Mayweather and Pacquiao in the same ring, which is unfortunately overshadowing Mayweather vs. Mosley odds, as well as Pacquiao's upcoming clash with Joshua Clottey. Overlooking Mosley may be dangerous however, as many boxing betting experts perceive him to be a greater threat to Mayweather than Pacquiao. Stylistically, Mosley is more patient than Pacquiao, and has the tools to frustrate Floyd. He is also a bigger, stronger man than Pacquiao—a tool many of Mayweather's opponents simply haven't had in their arsenal.

Ultimately, those betting on Mayweather vs Mosley will have two dream matchups in mind—the one in the ring, and the one looming overhead in the future.

betus staff
source: betus.com

Mayweather vs. Mosley?: Don't Count Your Chickens Before the Match

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - Could it be true? Could Floyd Mayweather Jr. actually be setting the stage to take on a legitimate, top-notch welterweight? Following the highly controversial and now infamous fallout of the Pacquiao-Mayweather fiasco, Floyd has inadvertently managed to negotiate himself into an especially awkward position. Tickets are selling at record pace as Pacquiao prepares to tangle with the tough, capable, and ready Joshua Clottey on March 13 in Dallas. As it turns out, the phrase “Mega-Fight” is still a legitimate term to describe Pacquiao’s next bout, even despite the fact that the name “Mayweather” is absent from the title. Meanwhile Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions have been scrambling to find an opponent who is worthy enough to hush the critics who say that Floyd has been ducking the most viable opponents for a fighter of his caliber. At first it was reported that Mayweather would keep his March 13 appointment at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas—setting up a head-to-head pay per view battle against his arch-nemesis, Manny Pacquiao. Matthew Hatton and Paulie Malignaggi were both mentioned early on. Neither would have generated much interest. No disrespect to the afore mentioned boxers, but had either of the two been chosen, the result would have been nothing more than another exhibition match allowing Mayweather the opportunity to showcase his superiority over another severely outclassed opponent.



The glory of Mayweather—Marquez faded quickly.
Boxing fans who understand and appreciate Mayweather's talent level were quick to clarify their lack of interest in another grossly mismatched contest. Interestingly, another name that came up was that of undefeated, 19 year old Mexican fighter, Saul Alvarez. That must have been a joke, right?

Not according to Alvarez.
While Golden Boy’s CEO Richard Schaefer denied that Alvarez was ever seriously considered, Alvarez went on record stating otherwise. "Oscar De La Hoya Valley offered that fight to my coach.” Alvarez said. “I believe that it is a difficult commitment, but I truly felt that I wouldn't have anything to lose. Mayweather is a difficult opponent and one must be in the proper form to beat him." Although Alvarez was eager to take the fight, his team wisely declined the offer. Currently, Mayweather and Golden Boy are in negotiations with Shane Mosley for a possible May 1 battle. According to Michael Marley of The Examiner , both camps say that the negotiations are progressing very well. When referring to the talks between Team Mayweather and Team Mosley, both camps seem to have agreed upon “cordial” as the adjective of choice.

On Tuesday evening, Oscar De La Hoya said:
"Is that fight going to happen? I'm confident it will." If Mayweather wants to continue to be a big draw, he needs to fight an opponent who can give him a run for his money . Shane Mosley can do just that. Although he definitely won’t be the betting favorite going into the fight, he certainly won’t be a pushover. At 39 years of age and a record of 46-5 with 39 knockouts, Mosley is currently ranked as the No. 3 pound-for-pound fighter in the world. It’s a rare time in boxing—a time when the top three pound-for-pound ring-kings happen to be in the same weight class. That’s a fact that all parties involved need to capitalize upon. If the “cordial” negotiations result in an actual fight, Mayweather will gain back a measure of respect as a boxer—even if his inherent lack of people skills never wins him any popularity contests with the general public. Mayweather vs Mosley Live fight could be a great fight if it happens, and everyone would like to see the winner take on the winner of Pacquiao vs. Clottey. But fans should be advised to wait for the official announcement before getting too excited.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Anything could [not] happen [again] at this point.

by
Lorne Scoggins
source: bleacherreport.com

Mayweather vs Mosley Tickets On Sale Since March 2

One of the year’s most anticipated fights continues to creep closer as word recently hit that tickets for the May 1st Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley bout will be going on sale Tuesday, March 2nd. The bout takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and tickets will be going for $1250, $1000, $600, $300, and $150, not including service charges. The tickets go live to the public this coming Tuesday, March 2nd at 10 AM/PT.

In recent years the MGM Grand has played host to a myriad of world class events. Some of the fighters who have fought in the arena include pound for pound kind Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Erik Morales, Bernard Hopkins, Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Marquez, Ricky Hatton, and countless others. The arena seats over 16,000 people and it will surely be jam packed come May 1st.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Fans looking to order can call Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or visit www.MGMGrand.com and www.Ticketmaster.com.

Source: Examiner.com

Floyd Mayweather Manny Pacquiao Is Nothing

I’m beginning to think from this day forward we will be treated with daily comments from Floyd Mayweather Jr. In a recent interview, Floyd stepped up his intensity toward Manny Pacquiao with some harsh comments. Let’s examine these comments further.

“Manny Pacquiao is nothing. He's already got knocked out twice, lost to Erik Morales, and declined a $25 million dollar drug test. I think that says enough about Manny Pacquiao's character. I've been dominating this sport ever since I laced them up and he's just recently became somewhat of a name guy. When else in the sport of boxing have we ever seen a guy all of sudden get so big and dominant at this stage in their careers. Then, when we ask him to take a drug test, he refuses... somethin ain't right” FMJ, BreakingBoxing.com

“Manny Pacquiao is nothing. He's already got knocked out twice, lost to Erik Morales”

John Snyder Sacramento, CA “Does Mayweather think a fighter’s not good if they have lost a fight?”

Apparently, Floyd thinks that if you lose then you are nothing. I guess boxers like Marvin Hagler, Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Leonard, and arguably the greatest boxer of all-time Sugar Ray Robinson are all nothing because they have suffered defeat. Just because Manny has lost 3 times doesn’t mean that he’s nothing or a cheater.


“declined a $25 million dollar drug test”

Wrong again Floyd. Manny didn’t decline a $25 million dollar drug test. He declined Floyd’s proposed timeline of taking blood. And, he gave a counter offer for a timeline of blood testing which Floyd declined. So, by Floyd’s logic, Floyd also declined a $25 million dollar drug test.


“just recently became somewhat of a name guy.”

More ignorant comments from Mayweather. Perhaps he should define what recent means to him. 5 years ago, Manny was already a multi-time champion in several different weight classes. 4 years ago, Manny was winning “pound for pound” titles and “fighter of the year” awards. Let’s also not forget that the Boxing Writers of American just voted him the fighter of the decade which means he had to be doing something for a lot longer than “recently”.


“all of sudden get so big and dominant at this stage in their careers”

David Stevens Sacramento, CA “How much weight has Manny put on in his career?”

David let me explain something to you, Floyd, and all of Floyd’s followers. Manny started out boxing when he was 16 years old and weighed 106 pounds. He’s 31 now and fights at 147 which is hard for him to even make because it’s hard for him get up that high in weight. Are you telling me that a person can’t put on 40 pounds in 15 years? I weighed 120 pounds when I was 16. 2 years ago when I was training for powerlifting I got up to 223 at age 31. Now, I am down to 190 pounds and about 9% body fat.

Now imagine the resources a professional athlete has at their disposal. The gyms, trainers, and nutritionists just to name a few. Are you telling me that these professionals can’t assist Manny in his transition up or down in weight as he has gotten older in life? I’ve been a personal trainer, health and fitness teacher, and a lifestyle coach for 8 years now and I can professionally tell Floyd and the rest of these critics that it’s not hard to go up and down in weight if you train and eat accordingly.

So, please Floyd and his critics quit implying that Manny is cheating because he has gained 40 pounds since he was 16 years old. If that’s the case then we are all cheating in life as we gain wanted or unwanted weight. Lastly, to save me time by not having to answer hundreds of emails, I don’t take steroids or HGH. I have never. If anyone would like to pay for my blood tests to prove it, then send me the money via paypal. I will head down to a lab that’s recommended by the state’s athletic commission and have them take my blood and urine. I will then post the results in an article for the whole world to see.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: Examiner.com

Mayweather Betting 5 Million To Destroy Mosley

Breaking boxing's Lamari Jackson was recently able to speak with hall-of-fame bound, pound-for-pound boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. Jackson spoke at length with the fighter known as "Money" regarding everything from money, cars, boxing, and his arch nemesis, Manny Pacquiao.

Breakingboxing presents the following extensive interview:

LJ: Floyd, thanks for taking the time to visit breakingboxing.com, the world's leading aggregator of boxing news on the globe.

FMJ: It's my pleasure to speak with breakingboxing. You guys do it like no other website out there giving the boxing fans exactly what they want and that's why I'm here. The one and only "Money" Mayweather baby.

LJ: Well Floyd, you have a busy week ahead of you being that the press tour for your fight with Shane Mosley is set to get started...

FMJ: (Cutting in) That's nothing. Shane Mosley is a C... maybe even a D class fighter. He's old and ready to get eliminated from the sport of boxing. You see Lamari, the sport of boxing needs real charisma, real flash, real people like myself. Shane Mosley is nothing and has made his name off of beating other old, washed-up guys like Ricardo Mayorga.

LJ: So you seem to think that Shane Mosley will be a pretty easy fight for you?

FMJ: Easy? This is gonna be like taking candy from a baby my man. I'm the best pound-for-pound fighter of all-time so for me to even struggle with a guy like Shane Mosley is just plain ridiculous. You see this... you gotta understand the sport of boxing. I am the sport of boxing.

LJ: I've listened to and have seen some other interviews you've conducted where you've spoken at length regarding your infatuation with gambling on sports. Tell the millions of readers here at breakingboxing.com about that aspect of your life.

FMJ: Gambling on sports is a cake walk for me. You see Lamari, you have to be smart to out-think all the guys you're betting against. You have to not only beat the bookies but you have to beat all the other big-time sports gamblers out there. I'm not talking about guys who bet a thousand or ten thousand dollars a game, I'm talking about the guys that are betting hundreds of thousands on games like myself. I've had days when I've lost alot but most of the time I come right back and win double what I've lost real quick like. This game is nothing to me really. I mean... I've got so much money betting a couple hundred grand on a college basketball game is just enough to get my competitive juices moving.

LJ: Wow! That sure is alot of money! Do you ever bet on your own sport?

FMJ: No... not really. There's not enough talent out there in my sport to bet on. Do you see how horrible the heavyweight division is today? Would you ever even think of betting on that garbage? You seem like a smart guy Lamari so I doubt it. We'll see... I might bet a couple million on myself to beat Mosley. It'd be the easiest money to make. Yeah... in fact, I think I will bet a cool $5 million on myself against Shane Mosley (chucking). Yeah... print that, I'm betting $5 million dollars on myself to destroy Shane Mosley.

LJ: That's alot of money we're talking about. Speaking of money... I saw your episode on MTV cribs were you show the world your "Big Boy" mansion and your fleet of cars. Tell us a little bit about how that's going for you.

FMJ: (chuckling) That was fun! Those people ate MTV were extra cool to be around unlike some of the other networks I've worked with. Well... you know we had to break out the nice whips for the fans. That's what they pay to see so that's what I do. I'm shopping around right now thinking about picking up a Bugatti Veyron. That's a 2 million dollar car I think I might need to add to my fleet of chariots if you know what I'm sayin. The "Big Boy" mansion is cool but I like the action on the Las Vegas strip much better.

LJ: Ok, lets switch it back to boxing for a minute... what about Manny Pacquiao? You were supposed to fight him in March of this year but that...

FMJ: (cutting in) Manny Pacquiao is nothing. He's already got knocked out twice, lost to Erik Morales, and declined a $25 million dollar drug test. I think that says enough about Manny Pacquiao's character. He can't sell Pay-Per-Views on my level. I mean... c'mon, when he fought Marquez, they didn't even break what was it... 500,000 Pay-Per-View buys. When I fought Marquez we did over one million. I mean... it's crazy when people try to compare me and Manny Pacquiao. I've been dominating this sport ever since I laced them up and he's just recently became somewhat of a name guy. When else in the sport of boxing have we ever seen a guy all of sudden get so big and dominant at this stage in their careers. Then, when we ask him to take a drug test, he refuses... somethin ain't right!

LJ: It is a little strange to say the least but let's say that Manny Pacquiao isn't on any performance enhancing drugs...

FMJ: (cutting in) If Manny Pacquiao really isn't on something, he might be superman but I can guarantee you that something isn't right.

LJ: Well Floyd, thanks for taking the time to speak with breakingboxing.com. Do you have any final words for the millions of readers across the globe?

FMJ: Yeah! I'd like to say a special thanks to breakingboxing.com the only place where "Money" Mayweather will do any sort of boxing talk online. I'd like to thankall the fans reading this. Mayweather Promotions is set to have a big 2010. Philthy Rich Records is set to launch some exciting young artists like my man P-reala aka "The Harlem Hotboy". Our goal is to go quadruple platinum and continue getting that big boy dollars. Thanks for having me and buy that Pay-Per-View come May 1st to see the retirement party of Shane Mosley.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: breakingboxing.com

Floyd “Money” Mayweather Vs Sugar Shane Mosley: The War Begins to Heat Up

And so it begins – some much needed hype before a big fight.

On May 1st, you can bet that both Sugar Shane Mosley and Floyd “Money” Mayweather will be ready to exchange punches. Sorry, I mean to report that earlier as both Mosley and Mayweather had a bit of a scuffle in a press conference held in New York. There was definite shoving involved, a stare down, and later, as Mayweather quipped, “Our noses touched, but between two men, you know it’s all about the ladies … and then he grabbed my hands.”

So, it’s hype before the hype.

As my colleague Brian Wilbur stated in his Mailbag, boxing is currently going through a bit of a hiatus (until March 13th anyway). Boxing can use some drama now because of the whole superfight fiasco. But don’t get too excited here fight fans, I’m sure it’s going to be the first of many back and forth verbal barrages between the two fighters. I’ll be watching HBO’s acclaimed 24/7 series showcasing both training camps in anticipation (or hype) of the fight.

Sugar Shane Mosley, 46-5, 39 KO’s is one of my all-time favorite fighters. I always admired his strength, stamina, and speed. Mosley has a solid chin and has always shown up to fight – no excuses, no talking about how good he is. Mosley is just good, period. He has never taken time off from the sport of boxing and I always awaited the announcement of his next opponent. I rooted for him when he fought his battles against Oscar De La Hoya.

When Mosley is on, he is on and he fights like he wants to win every time.

But then there was the period of his fight career that had a shadow of doubt about where he was going in boxing. In 2002, Mosley suffered what seemed to be a string of losses against strong and worthy opponents. He lost twice against the late Vernon Forrest in 12 round unanimous decisions.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: http://www.ringsidereport.com/?p=1709

Mayweather-Mosley Press Tour in Washington D.C. on March 3rd

Mayweather vs Mosley Live. Floyd Money Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley will be in Washington D.C. at the historic Lincoln Theater on March 3rd, to promote their upcoming fight.

This will be part of a three city press tour which starts in New York City on March 2nd, before moving onto D.C. and concluding in Los Angeles on March 4th.

Mayweather is the brash star going up against the grizzled veteran in Mosley, whose looking to prove he's still got it. This fight clearly doesn't have the magnitude of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, but it should satisfy your boxing appetite until that fight does happen (if ever).

After Mayweather's victory over Juan Manuel Marquez in September, Mosley rushed the ring and called him out, claiming that Mayweather had been avoiding facing him for a long time. He'll finally get his wish in May when they square off in Las Vegas.

Woodrow Bellamy III
source: bleacherreport.com

Is Mosley-Mayweather the next mega-fight?

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - Certainly, the bows to the record-setting Staples Center crowd were a treat, but it was minutes later in a quieter celebration that Shane Mosley received what qualified as the best ovation of all. His beaming promoter, Richard Schaefer, hugged Mosley and whispered into his ear: "I will start having conversations with Team Mayweather tomorrow morning," Schaefer said.And just like that, Mosley's intense wish to end his career on his terms, by remaining involved in what he calls "mega-fights," had come true. Thirty-seven-year-old boxers don't always have that luxury, but Pomona's Mosley (46-5, 39 knockouts) earned it Saturday night, dominating Tijuana's Antonio Margarito. He won every round on one judge's scorecard and pummeled the younger Margarito to win by ninth-round TKO and gain his fifth world title by wresting the World Boxing Assn. welterweight title from the champion, who kept the belt for only this one defense.

"The only right word for this was spectacular," Schaefer said. "Shane told me, 'Believe in us,' and there was no question he believed in himself. He turned back the clock." Producing an unexpectedly spirited, vibrant effort, Mosley possessed a hand-speed mismatch against Margarito and landed a steady, damaging barrage of overhand rights and left hooks while moving easily away from the champion's attempts to impose his formidable power.

He credited new trainer Nazim Richardson's guidance and training regimen in Big Bear and also had plenty of incentive to take frustrations out on Margarito. Mosley's marriage is ending, he's involved in two BALCO-related lawsuits over his past steroid use and he walked into the ring amid media speculation that he was nearly finished. "I have a chip on my shoulder to be competitive," Mosley said.

It didn't look as if it was more than eight years after Mosley's last fight at Staples, that upset over Oscar De La Hoya best remembered by the Pomona boxer's continued late-round ability to beat his then-rival Golden Boy to the punch. It looked more like eight weeks later. "I was just getting caught," Margarito said. "Over and over."

Now, with no rematch clause obligation to Margarito, Mosley says, "whatever person steps in front of me is a mega-fight, and that's what I've always wanted." He'd like to avenge a November 2007 loss to Miguel Cotto. Yet Schaefer asked, "How does [unbeaten] Floyd Mayweather Jr. sound?" Said Mosley: "Great."

Lance Pugmire

source: articles.latimes.com

Team Mayweather: Floyd Did Not Watch Pacquiao's Fight

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - Earlier today, two members of Team Mayweather reached out to BoxingScene.com to set the record straight regarding an alleged interview circulating all over the internet with Floyd Mayweather Jr. From what I was told, the interview, which calls Pacquiao a one-dimensional fighter and downplays his performance against Joshua Clottey - is 100% fabricated. The interview first originated on a website called Cage Report. Numerous websites and overseas newspapers have used quotes from the interview.

One member of Team Mayweather told BoxingScene - "Floyd did not do any interviews. Floyd has not watched the fight yet."

Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach told BoxingScene - "I don't believe that" - when he was advised Mayweather did not watch last Saturday's fight.

Rick Reeno
Source: boxingscene.com

Mayweather Jr. Claims Pacquiao One-Dimensional Fighter

Mayweather vs Mosley Live on May. Boxing pundits were nearly unanimous in praising Manny Pacquiao’s total domination of Joshua Clottey Saturday night. Floyd Mayweather, however, was unimpressed, claiming that Clottey ‘exposed’ Pacquiao as a one-dimensional fighter when the Filipino ring icon beat him and retained his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown. “Personally, I think Pacquiao got exposed in that fight for being one-dimensional,” Mayweather told Tom Jenkins of Cagereport.net.

“You can have all [the] offense ability in the world but with no defense you’re not going to last long against a good counter puncher such as myself.

“Look at the way Clottey was getting through. Each time he threw something it landed. Then at the end Pacquiao’s was all busted up. When’s the last time you’ve seen my face all messed up like that? That’s the difference between an amateur and a true pound for pound boxer.”

The unbeaten Mayweather, of course, was deemed to be world No. 1 until he retired and Pacquiao bamboozled the opposition. Mayweather even made his comeback announcement last May 2, the day Pacquiao demolished Briton Ricky Hatton in two rounds. Even when he returned and beat Juan Manuel Marquez last September, however, Mayweather never reclaimed his lofty position from Pacquiao. Perhaps envious of the success Pacquiao has attained, Mayweather has always found a way to criticize the lone fighter to become a seven-time champion in as many divisions.

This time, Mayweather dared to criticize the way Pacquiao fights, conveniently forgetting that the Filipino superstar is hailed as a livewire and is largely considered as the most exciting boxer ever.

“I think Pacquiao gave the fans a boring fight, he was punching his arms for all 12 rounds. At least when you watch Floyd Mayweather you know you’ll be seeing non-stop action for 30 minutes straight and that’s what you’ll see on May 1st.’’

The 33-year-old Mayweather is slated to do battle with fellow American Shane Mosley on that date for the World Boxing Association welterweight crown. Originally, Mayweather was supposed to fight Pacquiao on March 13, but negotiations fell through when Team Mayweather insisted on Olympic-style drug testing.

Mayweather also downplayed the 50,994 attendance posted by the Pacquiao-Clottey tussle, saying that he had drawn more in the past and generated a (gate) revenue of $2.5 million for one fight.

As to Pacquiao’s immense popularity, Mayweather said: ``The only reason why he's popular is because he's an ethnic minority and from the Philippines so it's something special. If he was from Africa he would be just another boxer.’’

Roy Luarca
Source: sports.inquirer.net

Mayweather vs Mosley: Several Valid Reasons Why Sugar Shane Beats Money Mayweather

Mayweather vs Mosley Live - Well, fight fans, the fight of this decade is apparently going to happen. It’s not that often that two of the three greatest fighters on the planet have the opportunity to meet in the ring. Or that the three greatest fighters are all boxing in the very same weight division. Of course, I am referring to Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Money Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio. I, for one, was really looking forward to seeing Manny and Floyd get it on; now it’s Shane and Floyd in what promises to be one of the most important welterweight fights of all time; and that is saying a lot when one remembers some of the great battles in that division in the last half of the century. One of the greatest battles was between all time great Kid Gavilan and unbeaten Gil Turner, who possessed at age 21 a 31-0 record with 25 KO’s and ex-champs Ike Williams and Beau Jack on his kayo roster. Gavilan triumphed in the 11 the round in a bout that drew 47,000 fans to the Philly arena back in July of 1952.

Then there were the epic battles pitting Gavilan vs Billy Graham and Carmen Basilio.. And for sheer tenacity and unbridled action, the two Carmen Basilio-Tony DeMarco battle royals are hard to top, both won on knockout by Carmen. In more recent times, Sugar Ray Leonard played the starring role vs Wilfred Benitez in a boxing classic chess match won by Leonard with six seconds to go in the 15th round, which was a classic pre-mature stoppage. Leonard also figured in a couple other great welterweight matchups, against all tjme great Roberto Duran (twice) losing the first and winning the second when Duran turned away, saying “No Mas!” The best Leonard effort however was against the hard hitting unbeaten Tommy Hearns who took him to hell and back before he finally triumphed over the weight weakened Hit Man.

Those are some of the matches by which the Mosley-Mayweather fight will be judged by. It shows promise of being a great fight, based more on Mosley’s aggressive style than Mayweather’s slip and slide counterpunching persona. It will be Mosley who will make this an exciting fight if it is indeed to be the classic that most boxing enthusiasts expect it to be.

Let’s match these two up potentially on paper:

Experience: Have to give Shane the nod here, as overall he has fought better fighters.
He has fought a prime DeLaHoya twice, winning the first with no doubt and a controversial close decision in the second. Lost twice to Vernon Forrest when Forrest was at his best. Styles make fights and Vernon had Shane’s number. Pity they never fought a third time, I believe Shane would have won. Shane has also fought Winky Wright twice and lost both. However, as in the Forrest fights, Shane came a lot closer in the second, losing a razor tight decision and having Winky in trouble in the final round. Shane also lost a razor thin decision to Miguel Cotto in a bout I felt he won by one round. Again, he came on strong in the final rounds.

Shane’s best win at welterweight undoubtedly was his virtual annihilation of Tony Margarito, a one sided beat down that left Margarito fans dumbfounded. Mosley twice hammered Fernando Vargas into submission, leaving no doubt who was the better man. He also culminated a tough fight with rugged, free swinging Ricardo Mayorga, who not incidentally stopped and decisioned Vernon Forrest in their two matches. Mosley has never turned down the best opponents which is more than can be said for Mayweather, who is well known for looking for soft touches. Mayweather’s most dominant fight was with Diego Corrales when he dropped Corrales five times but that was at 130 pounds and nine years ago. His credentials at 147 pounds are less than impressive. He stopped a used up Shamba Mitchell in six, rallied to beat Zab Judah, one of the best “four round” fighters in the world, shut out oft beaten Carlos Baldomir, barely edged Oscar DeLaHoya. Floyd had fits early with Judah, DeLaHoya and even plucky little Ricky Hatton until Hatton ran out of gas. His return to the ring match up with much smaller and much older Juan Manuel Marquez was a mismatch but feather fisted Floyd couldn’t even put him away, despite a quick knockdown in the second round.

Speed: Both these guys have the reflexes of a scalded cat. I would give Mayweather a slight edge but it would be very, very slight. I don’t see speed being a culminating factor either way.

Defense: Both are very hard to hit, Mayweather is about as elusive as a tumbleweed in a high Nevada wind storm. Mosley is a little more hittable but is no easy target.

Punching Power: If this matchup ends up in a fire fight, Mosley wins by knockout. Mosley is a deadly puncher. According to Joe Goosen, one of the best trainers in the business, his left hook to the body is totally devastating. Goosen claims Shane knocked out a sparring partner with 16 ounce gloves and that takes some doing.

Chin: Gotta go with Sugar Shane on this one. He’s been in with bigger and stronger punchers and has only been on the canvas once in his entire amateur and pro career encompassing well over 250 fights. Mayweather on the other hand has been rocked by DeMarcus Corley and Zab Judah. It’s my personal opinion that once a fighter who can punch finds a way to penetrate his shoulder roll defense, Mayweather will be exposed as having a china chin comparable to Roy Jones Jr. Shane just might be that guy.

Size and Strength: Mosley wins out on both counts. He is naturally a bigger man and is also a much stronger man. At one time Mosley was credited with being able to bench press well over three hundred pounds. In a case of push and shove, it’s Shane, hats down.

Stamina & Conditioning: These two will bring a new level of conditioning to the table. Both have the reputation of getting better and stronger the longer the battle goes. The difference being is that Shane as pointed is the bigger and stronger guy and I believe he will wear the smaller Mayweather down if it gets into a distance fight.

Bottom Line: I predict that Sugar Shane will prevail by a stoppage somewhere between the 9th and 12th rounds. Mosley will have a devastating answer for Mayweather’s shoulder roll on the ropes and he will pin Mayweather in this suddenly uncomfortable position with precision power punches, some of which will slip through Mayweather’s guard, evasive as it is. Mayweather is going to find Mosley an entirely different breed of fighter, a better, more skilled fighter than he has ever faced before and he will not have the answers to the challenge.

Source: Eastsideboxing.com

Mayweather Takes Verbal Shot At Pacquiao and Mosley

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.Floyd Mayweather Jr. is all over the place; doing promotional work to hype the May 1 mega-fight with WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. During a recent radio interview with ESPN 101, Mayweather spoke about the negotiations falling apart with Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather claims to have agreed to all of Pacquiao's terms, but the Filipino fighter did not agree to his terms. Mayweather wanted random blood tests, which Pacquiao was willing to take, but not under the timeline proposed by Floyd. Mayweather wanted the testing to continue until 14-day before the fight. Pacquiao wanted the tests to continue until 24-days before the fight.

"Mayweather was supposed to face Manny Pacquiao. There was a clause in my contract that said both fighters need to take random blood tests because not everything shows up in a urine test. His clause of the contract was for every pound that I weigh over 147, I have to pay $10 million dollars. I agreed but he didn't agree to my terms," Mayweather said.

Mayweather doesn't think Pacquiao is unbeatable. He said the Filipino champion needs to fight him, but the situation is not the same in the other direction. Mayweather says that he doesn't need Pacquiao.

"How can you be indestructible with three losses and he's been knocked out twice?
The new Pacquiao? The one who don't want to take the test? All roads lead to Floyd Mayweather. I don't need Manny Pacquiao. For him to get his biggest payday he needs me. With or without Pacquiao I will make $200 million easy, with or without him," Mayweather said.

The hype for Mayweather-Mosley began last September during Mayweather's fight with Juan Manuel Marquez. Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins rushed the ring in the post-fight. Mosley and Mayweather had words before a live pay-per-view audience. Mayweather is not made at Mosley. He said Mosley is not the person to blame. He called him the puppet of Bernard Hopkins, who Mayweather feels was the actual person who instigated that entire situation.

"He can't be disrespectful by getting inside the squared circle like that. That's going outside the line. Getting inside the ring like that can get your @ss smacked. But I respect Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley didn't want to do that. If he's Bernard Hopkins' puppet then I understand. If Shane is Bernard's puppet then I understand," Mayweather said.

Source: boxingscene.com

Pacquiao Picks Mosley To Win Over Mayweather

Mayweather vs Mosley Live- MANILA, Philippines – The world’s best pound-for-pound fighter made a prediction on the outcome of the May 1 fight between Americans Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Shane Mosley.

“I think Mosley will win,” Manny Pacquiao declared on the Krystal Hart Show as quoted by FightFan.com.

Even if he thinks that Mayweather is a "boring" fighter, Pacquiao said that the fight between "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "Sugar Shane" will still be a treat for fight fans.

“I think Mayweather vs. Mosley will be a good fight,” he said.

Pacquiao then went on to give another reason why his scheduled March 13 bout with Mayweather did not push through.

“I’m not concerned about the Money (that would have come in a fight vs. Mayweather). I’m concerned about what I can give in terms of my performance to the people who love boxing. My concern isn’t only with myself, but with the people who buy tickets looking for a good fight,” he said.

“I don’t want to disappoint people with a boring fight. I feel you need to entertain the people who watch your fights.”

Pacquiao, meanwhile, assured a very good fight against Ghana’s Joshua Clottey, whom he will face on March 13 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

“It’s going to be a good fight because he has a good style. It’s a different kind of style and I want to fight. He’s bigger and he’s taller than Miguel Cotto.”

Pacquiao won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title last November by beating Cotto via technical knockout in Round 12.

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Will Mayweather-Mosley reach 3 million PPV buys?

Mayweather vs Mosley Live. By Chris Williams: If the May 1st fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley fails to pick up interest from Hispanic boxing fans, will this fight be able to reach the 3 million pay-per-view mark that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has predicted for it? This is a fight that matches Mayweather, a fighter that doesn’t like to mix it up very much, against Mosley who has a crowd pleasing style of fighting that could bring in boxing fans from all nationalities in the U.S.

Hispanic fans tend to want to see more entertaining fights, as George Willis of the New York Post points out and they could be turned off towards watching a fight involving Floyd Mayweather in particular because this fight is going to cost $49.95 to watch. The Mayweather-Mosley fight will do well regardless of whether a lot of Hispanic fans purchase the fight on pay-per view, but it might come up for short of Schaefer’s ambitious prediction for the fight.

It’s certainly more than worthy of those kinds of numbers because Mayweather and Mosley could be the #1 and #2 fighters in the entire welterweight division. However, Mosley is 38-years-old, hasn’t fought in over a year, and hasn’t been involved in any mega fights in the past seven years since his last fight with Oscar De La Hoya in 2003.

Mosley has continued fighting since then but he hasn’t had an opponent across from him like De La Hoya that made any of his fights huge PPV draws like the Mayweather bout will be on May 1st. Mosley has the exciting style that would attract Hispanic viewers, but he’s struggled in fights against Winky Wright and Miguel Cotto, losing to both fighters in the past seven years.

Mosley probably won’t be enough on his own to draw Hispanic fans to want to put their money down in big numbers to watch Mayweather running around the ring trying to avoid getting hit all night long. That seems like a recipe for fan frustration rather than excitement. The fight will do well regardless of whether Hispanic fight fans show interest in the fight, but without them I can’t see the Mayweather-Mosley fight reaching the 3 million pay per view mark that Schaefer is predicting.

Even if Golden Boy Promotions tries to market the fight to the Hispanic audience, I’m not sure they will show interest in this fight to help it reach the 3 million mark. It will take a better undercard that is currently put with this fight, and the focus would have to be more on the undercard than the main event, because the Mayweather-Mosley fight could be a stinker if Mayweather runs around the ring all night long.

Source: Boxingnews24.com

Mayweather Thinks That Pacquiao Is A Liar and A Cheater

Be careful of what you ask for because we all were wondering where Floyd Mayweather Jr was when he seemed to be silent for about a week during the middle of this month. But now he’s back and he’s got plenty to say. In a recent interview, Floyd basically said that Manny Pacquiao was a liar because he’s not from America. Let’s examine Floyd’s comment further.

“We got athletes that live in our own country that lie to the American citizens about taking certain enhancement drugs. Now, Manny Pacquiao is not even from this country and don’t even live in this country so imagine what he will tell the American people.” Floyd Mayweather Jr Allhiphop.com

There are so many things wrong about these comments that I don’t even know where to begin. So let’s take it one step at a time.

“American athletes who lie to the Public”

I can’t believe I have agreed with Floyd twice in one day but he’s right when it comes to this statement. There are plenty of athletes that lie about using PEDs. Just look at Major League Baseball. There’s no professional sport other than Cycling that has been hit with more controversy over PEDs.

“Manny Pacquiao is not even from this country”

In 2010, there’s nothing wrong with an athlete not being from this country. Some of the greatest athletes in the NBA aren’t even from America like 2-time NBA MVP Steve Nash. In baseball, arguably the best players aren’t from this country like Albert Pujols. So to even bring this up is a waste of time. You don’t have to be from America to be a great and honest athlete.

“so imagine what he will tell the American people”

Just because Manny is from another country doesn’t mean he’s a liar and it also doesn’t mean that foreign athletes are liars. In fact, some of the greatest ambassadors to America’s najor professional sports are foreign athletes like Yao Ming, Dikembe Mutombo, Hakeem Olajuwan. None of these athletes are considered liars because they are from another country.


Amy Kragen Sacramento, CA “Is Floyd Mayweather Jr insane?”

I think Floyd has become insane. Just look at some of his latest comments.


* He talks about Shane Mosley’s divorce Mayweather’s comments hit Shane Mosley below the belt
* He compares himself to Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X Mayweather Jr compares himself and his ‘Drug Crusade’ to Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X
* He says that he only lives for himself and not the fans Floyd Mayweather Jr ‘I live for Floyd Mayweather, I don’t live for the fans’



Casey Drayton Sacramento CA “Did Floyd really say that foreigners are liars?”

Go to the beginning of my article and tell me what you think. In fact, watch the video below. I’ve already had more people share their disgust with me over their initial hearing of his comments than I have in the last few weeks.

Conclusion

Just because American athletes have lied to the public doesn’t mean foreign athletes are liars. Hey Floyd, I can imagine what Manny would say to the public. He would say that he gives everything to God and that he wants to honor his country. In fact read the following article for what Manny has said to the public: Manny Pacquiao lives to honor his country, the fans, and God. Mayweather only lives for himself

How do comments like these translate into Manny being a liar? Simply, they don’t. Mayweather has once again gone too far with his “gum bumping”.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: Examiner.com

Pacquiao is Mayweather Natural Predator

On Wednesday, Floyd Kill Joy Mayweather Jr. attained the supposedly mature age of 33.


You Biblical scholars who read beyond The Ring magazine may note that was how old Jesus Christ was when he was taken to the gallows under Pontius Pilate's direction.


No, don't go there. I'm not advocating that Mayweather be crucified and I'm not being blashpemous because, like all of us (even my wretched self), Mayweather is a Child of God.

Jesus spoke in homilies, in parables and allegories. Mayweather, even on his natal day, continues to spew venomous poison about the Lord's Humble Servant, Manny Pacquiao.

(Right about now, I expect a lightning bolt to come through the computer screen.)

(Not to digress but, in another mental twist while speaking to allhiphop.com, Mayweather in one breath labels Shane Mosley "a C Lister" and then refers to him as a Hall Of Fame quality boxer. Can this guy do contortions or what, he's like the Rubber Man.)

I'm late with Money May's birthday gift but I am think that the Hip Hop Kid might appreciate a funky Wagnalls meaning a proper dictionary.

I'd adivse Floyd to look up "ordinary" because he keeps misusing the word when discussing Pacman.


“Manny Pacquiao was just an ordinary fighter and once he got over 25, 26, he became extraordinary. That doesn’t happen in the sport of boxing so it has to be something. I started off good in my career and all the way through my career I’ve been dominating. I started off good and became great but you don't start off ordinary and become extraordinary. If Manny Pacquiao has nothing to hide, I never saw a man who didn't want to take a $25 million dollar drug test.”

Floyd's doubters are many as thius magazine cover line shows (Primer Round)

For his second big word, I'd love for L'il Floyd to look up "adversity" because, at the end of the day, that is what we remember most about our boxing icons.

(See Mr. Lois on why Manny and Floyd should emulate Oscar insofar as taking on ALL comers.)

(See Mr. Heritage on whether Clottey has proper strategy to upset Megamanny.)

When we think of Muhammad Ali, don't we first think of his huge upset of Feb. 25, 1964 (incredibly, 46 years ago today) in Miami Beach when he "shook up the world" by beating thuggish Charles "Sonny" Liston. And don't we always harken back to another big upset, when he roped a big dope named George Foreman in Zaire?

Will Mayweather ever overcome adversity in a fight the way Cassius Clay did against "Ursa Major" Charles "Sonny" Liston?

What shall we harken back to about Mayweather if he fails to fight natural archrival Pacman?

How he ducked and dodged various fighters who probably could not carry his gym bag?

It's a tribute to his natural ring gifts that Mayweather hasn't faced much adversity but it diminishes his ultimate place in history as well.

Where's the magic moment like when something on Liston's gloves temporarily blinded Cassius Clay and Angelo Dundee literally shoved him out of the corner and told him to run from the menacing Liston until his sight began to clear up?

There's been no such adversarial test for Mayweather.

So far, he's been strictly a frontunner.

Pacquiao can give him this examination if he turns a boxing match into a fight.

Pacquiao is capable of doing that and even Mayweather, in his heart of hearts, knows this.

Finally, an "ordinary" fighter does not rebound from KO losses early on his career to achieve one stunning success after another even as he goes up in weight.

An "ordinary" fighter does not become the face of boxing after dragging himself off the canvas.

Yet Pacquiao has done all this. A lesser man would've been mentally wiped out by these defeats.

An era of truly random testing is clearly coming to boxing and it could be done sans any jabbing needles as the urine testing protocols improve.

But that time may arrive after both Pacman and Mayweather are truly retired.

If Mayweather wants to be recalled as the guy who always had it his way, if he settles for that, then he will get his just desserrts.

His career, his legal will be filed under "PG" which stands for Pretty Boy was pretty good.

All Time Good or All Time Great?

Pacquiao's reach may exceed his grasp. Mayweather reach is questionable.

When he's sitting on the rocking chair, talking to his grandchildren, it will be a shame if "woulda, coulda, shoulda" is all that Floyd can say in relation to matching his skills against his obvious and most dangerous predator.

The guy who reaches for the moon, even if he fails, will be remembered more fondly.

Come May 2, I guess we'll start seeing the picture more clearly.

Will Mayweather dare to be great or will he be content with what he's done?

Sure, he and Shane will fill up the MGM Grand on May 1 with 16,000 in the arena. They deserve no less.

But Pacman is fighting before a possible 40,000 in Dallas on March 13.

He's become an international icon and people eat up his story like popcorn.

Will Mayweather dare to be great or is he smug and satisfied?

He can't crow too much about whipping "a C Lister," can he?

The jury is out.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live

Source: Examiner.com

Floyd Mayweather Feel That His Abilities Slipping

Floyd Mayweather is feeling his age catch up with him slowly but surely. At some point every fighter realizes that they are slowing down, and that they can't do some of the same things they used to be able to.

Fortunately for Mayweather even at less than his best he's still a lot better than most, and will look to prove that once again when he takes on the comparatively ancient Shane Mosley on May 1st.

Speaking to his friend and longtime go to man in the media, Floyd sat down with David Mayo of the Grand Rapids Press today, and touched on all the usual subjects. How he doesn't get the recognition he deserves, how he is more intelligent than all of his opponents and so on ad nauseam.

(Incidentally, if the only way to stand a chance against Floyd is to be more intelligent than him, then perhaps he should take on one of the Klitschko brothers, who each hold a Ph.D. and can speak four languages)


More interestingly than the usual spiel though, Mayweather and his team acknowledge seeing signs that he is slowing down as he gets older. Could this have been why he took on Marquez in his first fight back, measuring just what he had left for another run?

Ron Burgess, Pittsburgh PA: "Do you think Floyd knowing he's slowing down is why he didn't want to fight Pacquiao?"

It could well have been one of the reasons, as well as wanting to be more in control of the terms of the fight. It could still happen after his fight with Mosley though, and Floyd will only be older and slower then, so we'll have to wait and see. If the fight does happen then obviously he isn't slowing quickly enough to affect his performance. If the fight doesn't go ahead for a fresh set of problems, then this seems a lot more likely.

Jesse Elliot, Pittsburgh PA: "Do you think Mayweather has declined and if so why is he still winning?"

Well if Floyd himself is admitting it, then it's probably true. He isn't a lot noticeably slower than he ever was, but once the decline starts it keeps going. Mayweather's style of moving and pot-shotting needs him to be fast, and his speed will be the first thing to go. That being said he has never taken a lot of punishment in his career, so as long as he increases his work rate, he might still be able to win at a high level even if he gets hit more often.

Pol Canonce Barugo, Leyte Philippines: "Mayweather was placed in a very compromising situation where he was really dent on this random blood tests by going to the commission level prodding the boxing community that he really want to clean the sport but his prime motive was really on going for the edge with Manny coz he knows that the guy could stained his zero loss record. He was put in the most difficult position when the Haiti Earthquake caused the Mosley-Berto fight cancelled. He was very hesitant in the post fight interview about fighting Mosley but was forced nevertheless to fight Mosley coz he will be really 100% exposed as cherrypicking opponents.Now you can run all you want inside the ring once you face Mosley come May 1 hehehe. You will be shaken by Mosley's strong and power punch combos!"

There is a good chance this will happen so long as Mosley has the right game plan and doesn't think he can just turn up and win without careful planning. I've been reading interviews where Mosley says he intends to out-box Floyd which he frankly isn't capable of. He needs to cut down the ring and use all the same tricks Oscar De La Hoya used in his close fight with Floyd. If he can do that, then Shane's power and strength will come into play and Mayweather will find himself outgunned against someone he can't shake off.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: Examiner.com

Pacquiao Worldwide Army Troops Must Let Mayweather Hear It

Consider this a military directive, meaning an order, soldiers in the Pacquiao Worlwide Army (PWA).

I may only be a buck private who is tight with a buck but I've been authorized to alert all men, women and children to turn out of the public cordially invited Floyd Mayweather-Sugar Shane Mosley media tour.

Me, I plan to hit the Los Angeles leg of the publicity tour and, no, I am not bringing any rotten tomatoes.
I do think it would be great if all you Pacmaniacs turn up in New York, in Washington and in SoCal for these events.

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of egomaniacal Mayweather's ranting and raving?

Did it sicken you that he has thrown a blank of illegal drug use suspicion over "Ordinary Manny Pacquiao" with zero proof?

hen let Mayweather hear your vocal displeasure.

Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of the Pacquiao Party.

Man your battle stations and get out there to let these two boxers know you DEMAND to see the winner fights the Pinoy Idol, that you will accept nothing less.

Now there will be Mayweather Mafia types in attendance along with the docile Mosleyites.

Let's keep it clean keep it safe.

But don't hold your tongue

Let Mayweather and his band of brigands know you deeply resent how they've thrown mud over the Pacman.

Give Oscar "Reputation" De Stroya the big Bronx cheer he richly deserves. Tell Richie Rich Schaefer he's been yodeling in the wrong canyon.

One final note and this comes from General Hermie Rivera himself: Deserters will be shot on sight.
With paintballs only but shot nonetheless.

MAYWEATHER MOSLEY MEDIA TOUR


TUESDAY, MARCH 2 - NEW YORK CITY PRESS CONFERENCE

Where: NOKIA Theatre Times Square
1515 Broadway (Corner of 44th & Broadway)
Times: Doors Open - 11:00 a.m. ET
Start - 12:00 p.m. ET
Details: Tickets are necessary, but free of charge. Go to www.ticketmaster.com and search for Mayweather and/or Mosley.


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 - WASHINGTON, DC PRESS CONFERENCE
Where: Lincoln Theatre
1215 U Street NW
Times: Doors Open - 11:00 a.m. ET
Start - 12:00 p.m. ET
Details: No tickets necessary. First-come, first-served.


THURSDAY, MARCH 4 - LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE
Where: NOKIA Plaza at L.A. Live (Outdoor Event)
800 West Olympic Blvd.
Times: Arrival - 12:00 p.m. PT
Start - 1:00 p.m. PT
Details: No tickets necessary. First-come, first-served.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: Examiner.com

Hurting Power Of Pacquiao Puts Mayweather Feared In KO.

Joshua Clottey trainer Lenny "The Locksmith" DeJesus does not buy the notion that Floyd Mayweather put the kibosh on fighting Manny Pacquiao because of a disagreement over random blood testing.

DeJesus, 64, a veteran of 75 world championship bouts dating back to the 15 rounds or less era, told me Wednesday he is convinced Mayweather dodged fighting Pacman out of simple fear.

"It's two things with Mayweather," DeJesus said from the Clottey training camp in Fort Lauderdale. "One thing is his precious undefeated record. Floyd doesn't want to lose that. Let me be blunt, I think he rejected a Manny fight because he wants to make sure he stays undefeated and because he's worried that he could get knocked out.

"If not for those worries then, why wouldn't Floyd take the fight and, whatever happens in the fight, he goes to the bank laughing with $40 million?"

DeJesus thinks Mayweather should not worry so much about protecting his unbeaten status.

"Fans don't care about all that. Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Wilfredo Gomez, who I worked with, they all lost but they came back to win. I just think Mayweather had an eerie feeling that Manny Pacquiao could take him out. Like Joe Louis said, you can run but you can't hide and he could run against Manny all night.

"Floyd could be jumping around like a jackal but somewhere in the fight he would feel Manny's power and that's what boxing is all about, hurting power. That's the game of boxing."

DeJesus injected a little humor into the situation.

"I thank three people for Joshua getting this (March 13) bout against Manny," DeJesus said.

"First, I thank Freddie Roach for taking the fight. Second, I thank Manny for taking the fight. Third, I've got to thank Mayweather for not taking the fight."

Veteran trainer, former six bout Pacquiao cutman Lenny DeJesus preps Clottey for March 13 (Top Rank/Chris Farina Photo)

DeJesus worked six different bouts in Megamanny's corner as a cutman when promoter Murad Muhammad was handling the fighter but then got cut adrift when Shelly Finkel and Gary Shaw moved in on Manny and Murad walked the promotional plank.

"I feel good, I feel confident about this fight," DeJesus said. "I like Freddie Roach, we go back to when he was the bucket boy for Eddie Futch. Freddie hit the jackpot with Manny in a way I never did with one fighter.

"But we'll see in Dallas, at the end of the day, who's done the better job of preparing his fighter, me or Freddie. Joshua didn't have that extra oomph he needed to beat (Miguel) Cotto but I was in a different role then.

"The (training camp) environment wasn't right for that fight but that was then and now is now."

And Fight Night at Cowboys Stadium is inching closer.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: Examiner.com

Mayweather Jr. Throw Away 50 Million Dollars

I’m sure you’ve heard it plenty of times before. It started from Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s camp down to Teddy Atlas and now the die-hard Mayweather fans and brownnosers. And the question goes, “Why would Manny Pacquiao throw away 50 million dollars over some blood tests?”

Usually that question is followed by a statement pointing out that if any person would be offered a huge amount of money to do his job and turn it down over some blood tests that there is something wrong with that person. And the prestige goes, “So why won’t Pacquiao just take the tests?”

Order in the court of truth! Judge dSource is now presiding over this case that has been blown out of proportion in the court of public opinion and press manipulation.

Let’s lay down facts shall we.

It’s been several months since Floyd Mayweather Sr., the convicted drug smuggler, former trainer of Money Mayweather, first made his steroids accusations public and yet Team Mayweather has failed to proved any form of tangible proof that would implicate Pacquiao other thank Roger Mayweather’s Philippine history lecture on how bullets used to bounce off Filipino soldiers 500 years ago because they were on a drug called A-Side Meth. And I quote in the exclusive I first published at the Examiner, Roger said “they (the Filipinos soldiers) weren’t even dying.”

Pacquiao has no ties with the people Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were connected with. No history of any failed tests that were administered by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The same tests and commission that caught fighters like Fernando Vargas riding dirty. I repeat, there’s been no evidence of Pacquiao’s doping, no connections with shady people and nothing except a Roger Mayweather fictional tale. I say fictional because America didn’t even exist 500 years ago so how in the world will they try to invade the Philippines on top of drugs causing bullets to bounce and people not dying? Must be watching too much of that Twilight crap Roger.

But there’s much evidence on the fact that Pacquiao has had a history with blood tests and felt weak afterwards. I have written at length in the past on that topic, you can click this link if you want to read it.

And so the real deal is, Floyd Mayweather Jr. turned his back on 50 million dollars because of an urban legend from Uncle Roger? Okay, let’s incorporate all their other baseless assertions like Pacquiao’s getting bigger and him not getting knocked out by Cotto and saying he is knocking out people since he climbed upwards of 130. Fact is, Pacquiao was knocking people out before he turned 130 and that his overall weight gain in the past 5 years is about 4 pounds. Again you want to read facts about that,

So who turns his back on 50 million dollars based on baseless hunches and made up rules and demands not being given in to? If you were to be paid a lot of money to work at a place where there are baseless rumors about, would you walk away from it? And the prestige: “Why won’s Floyd just fight Pacquiao like he did everybody else?” Again, I got 3 letters for you.. K.. F.. C.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: philboxing.com

It Would Be Best If Pacquiao and Mayweather Both Loss

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are the two best fighters active at the present time. And it's true that a fight between them to determine who is the P4P number one guy would be a compelling matchup. We'd all watch it. Okay, we know that.

But does anyone really want to have to spend another six months with their arguments, postponements, mutual backing away from the negotiating table, accusations, and threats to take other fights? I don't.

The problem is that, if Manny Pacquiao beats Joshua Clottey and Floyd Mayweather beats Shane Mosley, there's a good chance that they'll pick up at the bargaining table exactly where they left off this past January. Does anyone doubt that? A fight between them may even become harder to make if they both win their upcoming bouts.

Mayweather, deciding that because a win over Mosley has more credibility than one over Clottey, will assume he's in the superior bargaining position and probably make Pacquiao subject himself to an autopsy. He'll again demand random drug tests (and depending on how Pacquiao looks in the Clottey fight, he may ask for even more stringent testing), and Manny will decline. And we'll be subjected to the same melodrama all over again. It will be six more months of childish name calling, and pushing the rest of the business of boxing to the back burner. Do boxing fans really want to let this nonsense upstage the attention that Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez IV should get? That's what it will do.

It's astonishing that a guy who has never been anything but a credit to the sport, someone about whom there's never been a hint of any misdeed, will now forever fight under a cloud of suspicion instigated by someone whose motives couldn't be more transparent. And the idea that Pacquiao should have to prove that he's innocent only appeases those who think this is a perfect world. I'm really surprised by how many people who should know better are subscribing to the "if he has nothing to hide, why isn't he taking the test" position. Manny Pacquiao, like Floyd Mayweather doesn't owe anyone a thing.

I don't think either Pacquiao or Mayweather is a lock to win their respective next fights. Both are favored, but Manny's fighting a bigger guy who's hard to hurt, and Mayweather is fighting a guy who's better than he is (although admittedly he's fighting him at the right time.) And although there's no question that a Mosley-Clottey fight wouldn't be nearly as interesting or as lucrative as Pacquiao-Mayweather, maybe it'd give everybody else in the business a chance to step back into the limelight. And it would demystify Pacquiao and Mayweather. Would that be such a bad thing?

It's great when there's a lot of debate centered around a fight. And one of the greatest things about boxing is the enthusiasm that attaches to an important fight. But we've had nearly a half year obsession with a fight that hasn't taken place and that isn't scheduled. Mayweather's camp, in my opinion, has clearly gone so far as to plant shills to write and post things all over the Internet. You can spot them a mile away.

Let's put things in perspective. In the amount of time that Pacquiao and Mayweather have talked about fighting each other, Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta would have been in the ring together a half dozen times. I know that times are different, and that a lot of money is on the line now and that it takes a little while to set megafights up. But this fight no longer needs setting up. And the money is there for it; both guys will make a ton of it. And let's face it, Manny and Floyd are less than riveting public speakers. Nobody -- and I mean nobody -- wants to hear them anymore.

They can monopolize boxing all they want when they're talking about their actual fight in an actual ring, not a hypothetical fight in an imaginary ring.

We know that Joshua Clottey and Shane Mosley will fight anyone, anytime, anywhere. And they won't attach a lot of conditions to doing so. Yeah, Clottey's not as interesting a fighter as some of the other guys, but at least he's not hijacking the division. And Shane is never in a bad fight. And hasn't he, through his deeds rather than his words, done enough to earn our loyalty? Like Clottey, he won't hold up the division for ransom either.

Pacquiao, Mayweather, Mosley, and even Clottey are all moving toward the ends of their careers. I've got no problem with talking about their fights when they're actually fighting each other. Hearing endless and pointless talk about who would win if Pacquiao and Mayweather fought, why they haven't fought, or if they're ever going to fight is getting redundant. I no longer care whose fault it was that they didn't fight earlier. It's idiotic that they didn't, regardless of the reason. At some level, I wouldn't mind if one or both of them were upended in their next fight.

It would do boxing a lot of good if we started focusing on Chad Dawson, Timothy Bradley, Paul Williams, Juan Manuel Lopez, Yuriorkis Gamboa, John Murray, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, and Roman Gonzalez, all guys who are fighting regularly and making names for themselves. Once we're done crowding the net with speculation about the Manny and Floyd Show, there may finally be some space available for other worthy fighters.

Mayweather vs Mosley Live.

Source: thesweetscience.com