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Can Mayweather-Pacquiao Join Ranks Of Greatest Boxing Matches Ever? (Photos)
NESN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
Floyd Mayweather?s bout against Manny Pacquiao is shaping up to be one for the ages.
The two welterweight fighters will duke it out May 2 at Las Vegas? MGM Grand Garden Arena in one of the most highly anticipated boxing matches in recent memory. Demand to see the fight is through the roof, as tic Read Full Story >>>Sapochetti: Another reason to KO this year?s fight of century
By John Sapochetti, Boston Herald, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
Buyer beware for anyone thinking of paying $99.99 to watch Saturday night?s so-called Fight of the Century. Remember 1988?s Fight of the Century?
I spent $50 that year on Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks and 91 seconds later I was left channel-surfing. Tyson knocked Spinks out after weeks of overblo Read Full Story >>> Five keys for Floyd Mayweather
By Bernardo Pilatti , ESPN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
One of the most anticipated fights in history will finally take place Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Floyd Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs) puts his unblemished record on the line against his most dangerous opponent to date: Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs).
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
Will the Read Full Story >>> Tim Brown Expresses Hate For ?Boring? Mayweather
CBS Sports, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) ? Millions of people across the world will be watching this weekend as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao finally face-off in Las Vegas. Tim Brown isn?t one of them.
The newly elected NFL Hall of Fame member expressed his disdain for Mayweather with Shan & RJ on 105.3 Read Full Story >>> Mayweather: I did not watch any video of Pacquiao?s fights
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS?Floyd Mayweather Jr. said he did not watch any video of Manny Pacquiao?s fights. Either he?s lying, or he?s not taking Pacquiao seriously.
Mayweather made the revelation on Monday afternoon during his grand arrival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where he will fight Pacquiao on Saturday Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mayweather bonanza for Las Vegas
By Agence France Press, Bangkok Post, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas, the neon dream town that rises from the desert like a mirage, is in the grip of Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fever.
Rapper Doug E. Fresh interviews WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 28, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada
"Si Read Full Story >>> Ellerbe still Floyd's right-hand man
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS -- After Floyd Mayweather once again outpointed Marcos Maidana in their welterweight championship rematch in September, Mayweather was not a happy camper about how various aspects of the promotion were run.
It appeared as though he was going to cut ties with longtime adviser and close f Read Full Story >>> Champagne, cars and bars of gold: How would you spend $180,000,000?
By Tom Page, CNN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
(CNN)?Floyd Mayweather is a rich man. In 2014 he netted $105m according to Forbes, making him the highest paid sportsman in the world that year -- an achievement all the more remarkable as he refuses to sign lucrative sponsorship deals.
This Saturday "Money" Mayweather is set to raise the bar on Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao pokes fun at 'The Money Team'
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao was jovial, smiling and as loose as he could be when he met the media for about a half hour following his hastily arranged fan rally at his host hotel, Mandalay Bay, on Tuesday, four days before he squares off with Floyd Mayweather to unify welterweight titles in the figh Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs. Merchant: The night my uncle KO?d the champ in a war of words
By Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
Floyd Mayweather is favored to beat Manny Pacquiao in Saturday?s much-hyped welterweight title fight in Las Vegas. Mayweather?s record is 47 wins, no losses. But that doesn?t take into account the match he lost against my uncle.
Maybe you?ve heard of some of the history-making numbers in this fig Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather made early impression on local referee: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2015
By Branson Wright, Cleveland.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Longtime Cleveland referee Doug Patterson noticed something special about a slick featherweight named Floyd Mayweather during the 1996 National Golden Gloves Tournament at the Public Auditorium.
"He was so damn fast," Patterson said. "I was the referee in his semifinal bout. He Read Full Story >>> Inside the Las Vegas hotel penthouse charging $50,000 for ONE NIGHT during the Mayweather v Pacquaio fight
Daily Mail (UK), Wed, 29 Apr 2015
As the build-up continues for Saturday night's mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao, rooms at one Las Vegas hotel are going for their own 'knock-out' price of $50,000 (?30,000) a night.
The Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace is undoubtedly a place of luxury, and the Nobu Villa Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO NOT OVER-CONFIDENT
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Not even a Manny Pacquiao can beat Manny Pacquiao.
Thus said Pacquiao's chief trainer Freddie Roach by way of allaying fears that his prized pupil of 14 years might turn overconfident in Read Full Story >>> Ex-WBC exec says it?ll go 12 rounds
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
TV Azteca boxing commentator Eduardo Lamazon, who served as WBC secretary-general for over 20 years, said the other day the WBC/WBA/WBO welterweight unification fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will go the Read Full Story >>> In boxing or political arena, Manny Pacquiao wields a lot of clout
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
The congressman from the Sarangani district of the Philippines was in a relaxed mood Tuesday. He wore a T-shirt and a big smile. If confidence can ooze, it did from him.
Manny Pacquiao had just conducted a pep rally in a huge hall at Mandalay Bay, in a place so big it hosts car shows. Even the se Read Full Story >>> Preparing for a career-defining fight
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
Every generation has its superfight. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, however their showdown turns out Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, are -- at long last -- giving their generation its big one.
It's a fight fans have waited more than five years for through numerous ups and down Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao: Confusion among Vegas bright lights
By Ben Dirs, BBC Sport, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
There is a scene in Apocalypse Now, where Martin Sheen descends into a trench to be greeted by confusion and mayhem among the ranks. "Who's in charge here, soldier?" says Sheen. "Ain't you?!" shoots back a bewildered GI.
It's a little bit like that here in Las Vegas before Saturday's big fight Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao: Possible Fix Forces Money May Bluff
By Matthew R. Fellows, Liberty Voice, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
The headline is glaring and ominous indeed; Mayweather-Pacquiao possible fix forces Money May bluff. Surely one jests, or worse. Say what one will about the self-styled best-ever, he is very bright and one step ahead of the curve. With four days until fight time there is an unseemly rumor gaining gr Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao: How trainers and former foes would approach fight
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS ? When he was preparing the 1996 U.S. Olympic team to compete in Atlanta, Al Mitchell knew he wouldn't have many issues with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather was only 19 when the Games began, but to Mitchell, he seemed as if he'd been boxing for 19 years. He instinctively knew how to mov Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather uncharacteristically muted amid pomp at grand arrival
By Bryan Armen Graham, The Guardian, Wed, 29 Apr 2015
They say if you spend enough time in a place you become that place. So it is for Floyd Mayweather and Las Vegas, the desert town of six hundred thousand souls he?s called home for nearly all of his adult life, a place whose excess and chaos and seductive mythology he?s come to embody.
That truth Read Full Story >>>
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