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The weigh-in: "An event within an event?
By Mark Weber, Fight Saga, Sat, 03 May 2014
They don?t call Floyd Mayweather bouts the 'Super Bowls of boxing' for nothing.
Today, thousands of fans lined up hours before the doors opened of MGM Garden Arena for the official weigh-in?s for ?The 'Moment.?
This shouldn?t be a surprise considering Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer expected Read Full Story >>>WEIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS: MAYWEATHER - 146 LBS., MAIDANA - 146.5 LBS. (PHOTOS)
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA, LAS VEGAS -- Amidst a fairly large crowd typical of what happens when Mayweather fights in this city, Golden Boy Promotions and its partners, Corona Extra, O?Reilley Auto Parts, ATandT, MGM Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER VS. MAIDANA IN JEOPARDY OVER GLOVE CONTROVERSY
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
"No fight," stated Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe, who moments ago just left a meeting with members of Team Maidana and representatives from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Evidently, a controversy over the gloves that WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana is wanting to use has Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya meets Bob Arum to try and end feud between Golden Boy and Top Rank
By Mitch Abramson, New York Daily News, Sat, 03 May 2014
Oscar De La Hoya, founder of Golden Boy Promotions, meets with Bob Arum to bury the hatchet with hopes of featuring more high-profile boxing matches.
The Cold War between two of boxing's biggest promotional firms - Golden Boy and Top Rank - may finally be headed for a thaw.
Oscar De La Hoya, Read Full Story >>> THE SILENT MAJORITY, JERKS, BOYCOTT AND MAYWEATHER
By Reni M. Valenzuela, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
Floyd?s dumping of his fianc?e ahead of the ?Mayweather vs. Maidana? must not be in any way connected to his intent to ?magnify? the said show for promotional purposes by creating a stir or controversy about himse Read Full Story >>> It pays for Mayweather to be prepared as he faces Maidana
By George Willis, New York Post, Sat, 03 May 2014
LAS VEGAS ? For better or worse, Floyd Mayweather has stayed in the national headlines during a week when a large pay-per-view buy would ensure him making well more than the $32 million he is guaranteed to earn fighting Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Pe Read Full Story >>> The Final Days of Floyd Mayweather?
By Mike Gallagher , Inside Fights, Sat, 03 May 2014
In an extended interview with members of the boxing media on Tuesday, pound for pound King and Welterweight and Junior Middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (45-0) discussed a number of topics ranging from his interest in purchasing the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA to the possible future of Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins: ?Mayweather is the baddest man on the planet, he?s either gonna get a TKO or a knockout this Saturday!? ? OTR #214
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Sat, 03 May 2014
?On The Ropes? Boxing Radio returns this week to preview the SHOWTIME PPV event, ?The Moment.? This Saturday May 3rd, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, boxing fans will be treated to one of the biggest PPV events in recent history, as Floyd ?Money? Mayweather looks to get his 46th victory when Read Full Story >>> The Moment is Here, Expect The Mayweather Usual
By Norm Clarke, Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 03 May 2014
On Saturday, May 3rd, Floyd Mayweather returns to his usual stomping grounds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as Golden Boy Promotions/Mayweather Promotions, and Showtime will be live on PPV. The #1 pound for pound fighter in the world Floyd ?Money? Mayweather will be squaring off against the hard hitt Read Full Story >>> Boxing Money / Mayweather Vs. Thurman
By Michael Schmidt , BoxingMoney.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
It?s twenty-four hours before the big fight, Mayweather vs. Maidana, and many are caught in ?the moment?. This is no moment although it?s billed as ?the moment?.
Maidana, he the loser to Khan and others, is a pre-arranged slow-footed opponent for Floyd Mayweather. These past few weeks there has n Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan promise he won't fall at the MGM Grand like Ricky Hatton
By Barry Cooper, Daily Star (UK), Sat, 03 May 2014
Almost exactly five years ago Ricky Hatton was horrifically flattened inside two rounds by Manny Pacquiao.
But Khan insists the same fate will not befall him and that he will get his career back on track in spectacular style on the world famous Strip.
And he insists the flaws which have follow Read Full Story >>> BIBIANO FERNANDES SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS ONE FC BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
FAN FAVORITE EDUARD FOLAYANG EMERGES VICTORIOUS OVER KOTETSU BOKU
BOXING CHAMPION ANA JULATON VICTORIOUS IN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS DEBUT
2 May 2014 ? Manila: ONE Fighting Championship? (ONE FC), Asia?s largest Mixed Martia Read Full Story >>> Why Floyd May Need To Make The Most Of ?The Moment?
By Sean Crose, Boxing Insider, Sat, 03 May 2014
So the other day I found myself standing before a class full of grade schoolers. They wanted to know what I did besides teach. I mentioned that I write for Boxing Insider?and before I knew it, the name Floyd Mayweather was popping up from among the rows of desks.
Yup, Floyd?s that well known. Thi Read Full Story >>> A New Low: Mayweather and Schaefer Manufacture Controversy
By Patrick Cassidy, 3MoreRounds.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
In the sordid history of boxing promotional ploys, this one takes the cake?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KOs), facing a promotion for his Saturday fight with Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs) that has largely failed to get off the ground in a meaningful way, recently resorted to posting a photo of Read Full Story >>> Marcos Maidana will be latest to try to hand Floyd Mayweather Jr. first defeat
By Robert Morales, Whittier Daily News, Sat, 03 May 2014
A lot has been made about Marcos ?El Chino? Maidana being tailor-made for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The thinking is Maidana hits hard, but he will be just another in a long line of heavy hitters who won?t be able to lay a glove on Mayweather when they square off Saturday night in a welterweight title- Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Maidana roundtable preview
By Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
It?s fight week as Floyd Mayweather will face Marcos Maidana on Saturday night in Las Vegas in a welterweight unification bout.
Mayweather is coming off of a lopsided decision win over Canelo Alvarez, while Maidana is fresh off a career-best performance, having handed Adrien Broner his first pro Read Full Story >>> Khan vs. Collazo?The Best Fight Saturday Night
By Teron Briggs , Boxing.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
Hopefully for the sold-out crowd in Las Vegas and the millions watching around the world, both men will let their fists, not the judges, decide the outcome?
This is obviously not just an undercard fight. Khan and Collazo could headline by itself any main event, any Showtime Championship Boxing, a Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins on Golden Boy rift: ?We don?t need Bob Arum?
By Norm Frauenheim, RingTV.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer's vow to never do business again with Bob Arum is supported by Bernard Hopkins, who took Schaefer?s side Thursday in a key disagreement with Golden Boy founder Oscar De la Hoya.
"We don?t need Bob Arum," said Hopkins, a Golden Boy vice president after Read Full Story >>> Tim Bradley asks Golden Boy, Top Rank, HBO, Showtime to ?get together?
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
LAS VEGAS ? There were many highlights at Thursday night's 89th-annual Boxing Writers Association of America dinner at the MGM Grand, site of Saturday's Showtime Pay-Per-View show whose main event features RING number one-rated pound-for-pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. defending his RING and WBC welterwe Read Full Story >>> Malignaggi: If Recent Khan Shows Up, Collazo Stops Him
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
Paulie Malignaggi is a longtime friend of fellow Brooklyn native Luis Collazo and has fought Amir Khan.
The former two-division champion?s extreme familiarity with the strengths and weaknesses of both boxers is among the reasons the Showtime Championship Boxing analyst is so eager to watch Collaz Read Full Story >>>
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