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Roy Jones Jr: ?They?re smart that they don?t give Maidana no chance at all. Good offence against a good defense, what usually prevails? By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Sat, 03 May 2014 When it comes to knowledge of the game and position, few know boxing like Roy Jones Jr. Roy has not only won titles in 4 divisions, but he has also reigned as the best p4p fighter in the world for a number of years near his prime. In the third and final part of my interview with Roy Jones Jr, I get Read Full Story >>>Column: Floyd Mayweather fills his pockets, but leaves boxing empty of enough quality fights By David Mayo, mlive.com, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS ? Six months ago, on an idle night in California, I went to see Andre Ward fight live for the first time, the consensus No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer in the world today, behind Floyd Mayweather.
Ward dominated Edwin Rodriguez in a minor-league hockey arena filled to one-third capacity for Read Full Story >>> The Moment Boxing Preview: Floyd Mayweather vs. Maidana + Weigh Ins By William Holmes, Boxing Insider, Sat, 03 May 2014 Official Weights:
J Leon Love 168 vs. Marco Antonio Periban 168
Adrien Broner 140 vs. Carlos Molina 138.5
Amir Khan 147 Luis Collazo 147
Floyd Mayweather 146 Marcos Maidana 146.5
Three of the world?s most famous boxers will be competing this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Read Full Story >>> What Can Marcos Maidana do to Make Floyd Mayweather Earn his $32 Million? By Matt Gerovac, Boxing Insider, Sat, 03 May 2014 Tomorrow night, Floyd Mayweather will make $32 Million and Marcos Maidana will make $1.5 Million. So, first I must ask, who is Maidana?s agent and how in the world did they get him to agree to this blatant shafting? I understand the business of boxing. As the big ticket box office draw, Mayweather i Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs. Maidana, "BullXXXX Walks" Vol. I By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
And it stinks too.
I caught wind of a palpable sense of foulness while perusing through the MGM Grand for Pacquiao vs. Bradley II a few weeks back. Floyd Mayweather and his bag if tricksters managed to get his grill all over the premises to shamelessly promote his fight against the Pacquiao b Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Maidana Predictions Boxing.com, Sat, 03 May 2014
There?s no bigger fight this year than ?The Moment,? Saturday?s superfight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana?
Hoopla surrounds the big fights and there?s no bigger fight this year than ?The Moment,? Saturday?s superfight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas be Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan fired up to prove doubters wrong as he banks on a victory over Luis Collazo to tempt Floyd Mayweather By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 03 May 2014 Amir Khan faces the greatest scrutiny of his nine-year career on Saturday night opposite tough southpaw Luis Collazo in a contest which will determine whether he reaches the sport's pinnacle with his dream follow-on fight against Floyd Mayweather jnr. Or whether the greatest stage is simply beyond h Read Full Story >>> Forget The Humble Brag, Alas: On Adrien Broner-Carlos Molina By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Sat, 03 May 2014 Even Andy Warhol might have been surprised at how quickly Broner seems to have gone from crass fame to being a reclamation project. ?The Problem? returns to the ring tonight on the undercard of the Mayweather-Maidana pay-per-view when he faces 20-1-all-the-way-to-50-1 underdog Carlos Molina in a jun Read Full Story >>> Graham: Mayweather Will Be Mean, Take Maidana Apart By Terry Doodley, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 03 May 2014 Floyd Mayweather, 37, has vowed to make a statement against Agentina?s Rene Marcos Maidana, 30, at the MGM Grand on Saturday night in their WBA and WBC welterweight world title fight, which is being shown love on BoxNation here in the U.K. Maidana earned his crack by out-pointing Adrien Broner, May Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Maidana: Camps arguing over gloves 24 hours out from fight By Brent Brookhouse, SB NATION, Sat, 03 May 2014 loyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana are set to fight tomorrow night on Showtime pay-per-view. At this point, one would think that all the details have been ironed out. Ring size, entrance order and gloves should all be things that everyone has already agreed on.
But boxing is hilarious, so we're 2 Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum on Oscar De La Hoya: ?Our relationship is totally repaired? By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS ? Bob Arum said that a two-and-a half-hour meeting on Thursday with his stepson, Top Rank President Todd duBoef, and Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has "totally repaired" the Top Rank CEO's acrimonious relationship with De La Hoya, a long-time promotional rival.
Alth Read Full Story >>> Mayweather looking to extend legacy By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS -- As Floyd Mayweather Jr. looks over the landscape of the sport of which he is king, he sometimes wonders what else is there to accomplish.
Even though Mayweather is 37, he remains at the top of his game, beating opponents fight in and fight out with ease, without the slightest sign of Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he may need 'A game' against Marcos Maidana By Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS ? He's got the hands to crack concrete, but what Marcos Maidana really needs to do is crack the code.
Specifically, the May-Vinci Code.
That's the whimsical nickname Floyd Mayweather Jr. has given the conundrum he's presented for 18 years while baffling the boxing world. Mayweather, Read Full Story >>> Can Floyd Mayweather fight off the distractions? By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 03 May 2014 One minute, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is talking retirement, finding the right woman, settling down and having kids. The next, he?s pining to open the new MGM arena in 2016.
There?s Mayweather?s recent revelation that he split with his longtime girlfriend, Shantel Jackson, after she had an abortion, s Read Full Story >>> Mayweather doing whatever he can to generate buzz for Maidana fight By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS ? For so long, Floyd Mayweather has lived by one ethos: Love me or hate me, just keep paying to see me. It?s what has given him license to behave boorishly, to devolve promotions into deeper and deeper depths of ugliness. From his days swiping Oscar De La Hoya?s luggage to his belittling o Read Full Story >>> Underdog Marcos Maidana set to prove doubters wrong By Bob Velin, USA Today, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS ? The combatants in Saturday's main event of "The Moment," Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana, are as opposite as two men could be.
Mayweather is outgoing, brash, flaunts his piles of cash and lives the lifestyle of the rich and famous. His nickname, fittingly, is "Money."
Maidana i Read Full Story >>> Marcos Maidana believes, but that?s not nearly enough, says Mayweather By Tim Smith, RingTV.com, Sat, 03 May 2014 LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. went through a litany of the scenarios he faced before the major matches in his 18-year career, and you got the idea that it will be ?been there, done that" when he steps into the ring against Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.
?Ever Read Full Story >>> 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 >>>
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