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Like A Buzzless Fly: Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Marcos Maidana II Preview
By Jimmy Tobin , The Cruelest Sport, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Despite featuring the best known fighter in the world, the rematch between Floyd Mayweather, Jr., and Marcos Maidana, which takes place on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, has generated all the buzz of a one-winged housefly. It has also garnered unfavorable comparisons to a Read Full Story >>>Peter Quillan puts family first, backs out of fight with Matt Korobov
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
NEW YORK ? Former middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin?s decision to pass on a mandatory title defense against No. 1 contender Matt Korobov ? a decision that forced him to vacate his belt and leave a $1.4 million purse on the table ? has stirred plenty of discussion in the boxing community. Why wo Read Full Story >>> Garcia Confirms 8 Ounce Gloves For Mayweather-Maidana
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Marcos Maidana's trainer Robert Garcia confirmed to Boxingscene.com that 8 ounce gloves will indeed be used on Saturday night when Maidana faces Floyd Mayweather in a rematch of their May bout.
There was some confusion because the contract that the Nevada State Athletic Co Read Full Story >>> The Closers: Part One
By Ted Sares, The Boxing Tribune, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Donnie LaLonde was doing a number on Sugar Ray Leonard at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Novemebr7, 1988, and I was shocked. BAM! He put Leonard down in the first with an overhand semi-cuffing right and, stealing a page out of Leonard?s book, lifted his hands to salute the stunned crowd. Sugar Ray w Read Full Story >>> Mike Tyson Gets Heated with a Canadian News Anchor
By Julio Garcia, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Mike Tyson was recently being interviewed on a news program in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to talk about his Broadway show ?The Undisputed Truth? which has been a hit. While in Toronto, Tyson visited Toronto?s mayor Rob Ford. The news anchor Nathan Downer told Tyson that critics would say it was not a Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather offers apology for earlier comments on Ray Rice
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
LAS VEGAS -- It's rare anyone lays a glove on Floyd Mayweather, but the world's best pound-for-pound boxer took a beating on Wednesday. This time, though, it wasn't from a fellow boxer in the ring, but from boxing media criticizing him for comments he'd made earlier about former Baltimore Ravens run Read Full Story >>> FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND MARCOS MAIDANA FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES AND PHOTOS
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 10, 2014) ? Fight week for ?MAYHEM: Mayweather vs. Maidana 2? continued Wednesday as the main event fighters, Floyd ?Money? Mayweather and Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana, hosted their final press con Read Full Story >>> PARRENAS TO DEFEND OPBF SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE ON OCTOBER 4
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
World Boxing Organization Oriental super flyweight champion Warlito Parrenas is set to defend his title at the Taal, Batangas Sports Complex in a big fight card staged by United Boxing International Promotions on October Read Full Story >>> FULL NON-TELEVISED UNDERCARD FOR "MAYHEM: MAYWEATHER VS. MAIDANA 2" ANNOUNCED
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
SIX INTRIGUING MATCH-UPS COMPLETE CARD FOR BOXING'S BIGGEST NIGHT TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 AT THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA IN LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 10, 2014) - In only the second rematch of his storied career, 11-time five-division world champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather will squar Read Full Story >>> LUIS ORTIZ, LATEEF KAYODE, JESUS CUELLAR AND JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ HOLD MEDIA ROUNDTABLE
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
TO DISCUSS THEIR RESPECTIVE TITLE BOUTS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 AT THE JOINT AT HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO LIVE ON FOX SPORTS 1 AND FOX DEPORTES
LAS VEGAS (Sept. 10, 2014) - With a stacked card coming to The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this Thursday, Luis "The Real King Kong" Ortiz, Lateef Read Full Story >>> Andrade - Korobov ordered to fight for WBO Middleweight title
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Philadelphia (September 10, 2014)-- The World Boxing Organization ordered a bout between Jr. Middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14 KO's) and Matt Korobov (24-0, 14 KO's) to fight for the vacant Middleweight championship.
"We are very happy and delighted that the WBO has given Demetriu Read Full Story >>> With few days off, N.E. champ Gingras eyes another title Friday night at Twin River
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Sept. 10th, 2014) -- Between trading punches with opponents in the ring and showing off the results of his hard work in the gym on stage, it's been a while since Rich Gingras has taken a well-deserved break from his routine.
Twenty-two days after beating Jaime Velazquez in June Read Full Story >>> Super middleweight Schiller Hyppolite Cracks world rankings, No. 15 in IBF
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
MONTREAL (September 10, 2014) - All of his hard work, determination and perseverance is paying off for super middleweight contender Schiller Hyppolite (13-1, 9 KOs), who has cracked the world rankings for the first time at No. 15 in the latest International Boxing Federation (IBF) ratings.
In his Read Full Story >>> Heavyweight Joey Dawejko discusses Yohan Banks fight on September 19 at Harrahs Philadelphia
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Plus Miguel Cartagena, David Gonzales, undefeated Anthony Burgin; Nathaniel Rivas; Johnson Jajoute , Anthony Abbruzzese and Roberto Irizarry
CHESTER, PA (September 10, 2014)--On Friday, September 19, Heavyweight Joey Dawejko take on Yohan Banks in the featured 8-round bout at Harrahs Philadelphi Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather vows to put on a show in Las Vegas and says Marcos Maidana fully deserves his second shot at the American
By Nik Simon , Mail Online (UK), Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Floyd Mayweather has promised to put on a boxing masterclass in Las Vegas on Saturday night and said his opponent Marcos Maidana fully deserves a rematch against the American superstar.
The pair originally fought back in May, when Mayweather controversially won by split-decision to extend his unb Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather rubbishes reports of secret talks with Manny Pacquaio
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Floyd Mayweather has claimed that secret talks for a contest with Manny Pacquiao next year are "totally false" - although he would not rule out the bout as he plans two more fights before retiring.
Mayweather, who has a rematch here in Sin City with Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Garden Hotel Read Full Story >>> Why Maidana got the rematch
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Only once before has Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a rematch, and that was way back in 2002 in a sequel with Jose Luis Castillo for the lightweight championship eight months after Mayweather won the title by close unanimous decision in a fight many thought should have gone Castillo?s way.
Read Full Story >>> MALIGNAGGI: "I See Mayweather-Maidana 2 Being Another Close Fight"
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
There are a lot of folks thinking that this Mayeather-Maidana rematch doesn't play out as exciting, that Mayweather wins by a more comfortable margin than he did back in May, when one judge saw a draw, and the others had Floyd up by four, and six points.
Count me among them. The rounds in which F Read Full Story >>> Don?t Forget, You Can Also Boycott Floyd Mayweather
By Sean Gregory, TIME.com, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
Convicted abuser set to make over $30 million from boxing match this weekend says NFL got it wrong on Ray Rice
Sadly, it took the Ray Rice video to expose another very troubling sports character to a larger audience. Over the years you might not have given much thought to Floyd Mayweather Jr., of Read Full Story >>> Double standard: We condemn Ray Rice; but what about Mayweather?
By Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 11 Sep 2014
LAS VEGAS ? Here are two star athletes embroiled in the same issue: domestic violence.
One plays football. Or played football, anyway. A video released this week shows him striking his then-fianc?e, now-wife, in an elevator, knocking her unconscious. It?s impossible to watch the footage and not f Read Full Story >>>
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