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Boxing's strange and unresolved morality play
By Tim Keown, ESPN.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
There was a great disconnect on display in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the MGM Grand Garden Arena, while Floyd Mayweather was surgically deconstructing the last vestiges of Manny Pacquiao's boxing career, desperate pleas of "Mann-y, Mann-y," accompanied his every effort. But afterward, on the st Read Full Story >>>Floyd Mayweather Is Boxing's Undisputed King And Most Underrated Mogul
By Julian Mitchell, Forbes.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
Saturday?s record-breaking bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao reached a pinnacle of publicity the sports world has never seen.
Five years in the making, boxing? most impressive and outspoken superstar stepped into the ring for a face-off with a man millions believed would be the f Read Full Story >>> Editorial: Fight is over, time to move on
By Editorial, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 04 May 2015
FANS of Manny Pacquiao, including many of us Filipinos, have understandably cried foul over how the judges in his fight against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada favored the boxer who refused to engage, or in layman?s term, ran all night. But there are at least thre Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao: Corporate Greed
By Adam Berlin, Boxing.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
Before Saturday night, a deal was made. With that final bell on Saturday night, the deal was completed. If this was the fight of our century, I?m cashing out?
What happened last Saturday night was predictable. Floyd Mayweather, the superior athlete with the superior skills and the superior ring-k Read Full Story >>> Mayweather?s win signals death of boxing
By Czar Nicholas Elcano, The Manila Times, Mon, 04 May 2015
Though his defensive scoring style allowed Floyd Mayweather Jr. to beat Manny Pacquiao on Sunday via unanimous decision, many boxing aficionados believe that the unbeaten American?s hit-and-run tactics could spell the death of boxing.
Boxing fans that?ve paid thousands of dollars for tickets were Read Full Story >>> Why the Mayweather Victory Doesn't Matter
By Jio F. Deslate, The Huffington Post, Mon, 04 May 2015
It really wasn't about the fight's result in the end. I'm not sour-graping. Neither am I disregarding the decisions of the judges. Floyd Mayweather did win. He outboxed Manny and -- save for a few headlocks and an overuse of clinches -- he did this fair and square. He will go down in history as an u Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr. could bank $200M for win over Manny Pacquiao
By Associated Press, Chicago Sun Times, Mon, 04 May 2015
LAS VEGAS ? The check was for $100 million, a payday so mind boggling that Floyd Mayweather Jr. couldn?t help but show it to a few reporters when the night was done.
?No pictures, though,? Mayweather said, sliding the check out of an envelope. ?Don?t want any pictures of it.?
The check will so Read Full Story >>> Pic: Manny Pacquiao is really following through with this whole shoulder injury
By Gareth Makim, SportsJoe.ie, Mon, 04 May 2015
Manny wants us all to know how sore his shoulder is
Manny Pacquiao's shoulder injury was one of the main talking points after his defeat to Floyd Mayweather jr in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
The Filipino's camp reported the fighter suffered the injury a few weeks previously in training and sa Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather's American Dream
By Michael Weinreb, Rolling Stone, Mon, 04 May 2015
"I'm just an American dream," Floyd Mayweather said at some point deep into Saturday night, standing at a microphone with a pair of smiling ring girls in Tecate halter tops strategically posed behind him. He had just dismantled Manny Pacquiao in a fight that was disappointingly dull and utterly unsu Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: How casual and mainstream fans perceive Floyd vs. Manny (video game)
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Mon, 04 May 2015
With the highly anticipated ?Fight of the Century? between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao well in the boxing world?s rear view, did the projected most lucrative prizefight in history enhance or diminish the mainstream sports fan?s perception of the fringe American pastime?
Most observers be Read Full Story >>> Conspiracy theorists think they can prove the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was fixed
By Luke Kerr-Dineen , USA Today, Mon, 04 May 2015
The theory goes like this: Shortly after Floyd Mayweather?s decisive unanimous decision victory over Manny Pacquiao, the judges? official scorecard began surfacing on social media.
NSAC Official scorecard: Glenn Feldman 116-112; Burt Clements 116-112; Dave Moretti 118-110 #OneForPacman pic.twitte Read Full Story >>> Ludacris -- MASSIVE Brawl Erupts at Vegas Pool Party
TMZ.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
The REAL fight in Vegas went down the day after Mayweather-Pacquiao -- a huge melee at the Rehab pool party hosted by Ludacris.
The video is absolute INSANITY -- showing multiple brawls around the pool on Sunday at the Hard Rock Hotel -- fists, chairs, bottles, ice buckets and more were hurled. E Read Full Story >>> Floyd: Ex-Manny man Alex Ariza huge factor in victory
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 04 May 2015
LAS VEGAS?Floyd Mayweather Jr. said it himself. Conditioning coach Alex Ariza was a major factor in his victory over Manny Pacquiao Saturday night.
Yes, the same Ariza who worked in Pacquiao?s corner from 2008 to 2013.
?I?ve got Alex Ariza because I know he was a strong asset to Manny Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> We and Manny should be bigger than his loss
By Yero Moody, The Manila Times, Mon, 04 May 2015
For Manny Pacquiao and for our nation, it?s important to remember that this time of disappointment over his defeat in ?the fight of the century? is a test of character and good sense.
Defeat, when faced sensibly and harnessed properly, can be turned into something positive. It can serve as a plat Read Full Story >>> Boxing?s Las Vegas Power Base Challenged by Swiss Not-For-Profit
By Alex Duff, Bloomberg.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
Floyd Mayweather?s win in the richest fight in history is leaving boxing authorities feeling shortchanged.
Not enough money is flowing back into the sport, even after last weekend?s fight against Manny Pacquiao generated what promoters estimated to be a record $300 million in revenue, said Karim Read Full Story >>> Cabaero: GDP claim in boxing
By Nini Cabaero, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 04 May 2015
IT WAS pegged to be the biggest payout in boxing history so the expectation was that the ring action would match the money.
The money was there, indeed. Huge as the revenue estimate is at US $400 million, said to be more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of 29 countries. Imagine how revenue f Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao told: Go back to work
By Llanesca T. Panti, The Manila Times, Mon, 04 May 2015
Boxer-turned-congressman Manny Pacquiao should head home and get back to work, his colleague in Congress said on Monday, a day after his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Pacquiao, who represents the lone district of Sarangani in the House of Representatives, is expected to be elevated as chairman of Read Full Story >>> With Pacquiao injury, boxing had a shot to do right thing; it ducked
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 04 May 2015
The morning after the fight here became yuck-it-up time. The legendary P.T. Barnum line seemed a perfect fit: There is a sucker born every minute.
Included in those suckers were the 16,507 who filled the MGM Grand Garden Arena, generating a paid gate of $74 million, all to watch Floyd Mayweather Read Full Story >>> Commentary: Floyd Mayweather Jr., ?the Bad Guy,? wins again
By Andreas Hale, RingTV.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
After the final bell sounded and Floyd Mayweather Jr. pumped his right fist into the air as he went back to his corner, the boos filled up the MGM Grand Garden Arena from a crowd ? a fiscally affluent crowd, might I add ? displeased by what took place in the squared circle for 36 minutes. Social med Read Full Story >>> Boxing Essay: On Manny Pacquiao
By Mark F. Villanueva, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
The marching tune of the Philippine National Anthem filled the boxing arena, re-broadcast worldwide, in hotels, restaurants, pubs, and shanties, such as the ones I passed by on my way to a resort where poor children played al Read Full Story >>>
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