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WBN Preview: Mayweather and Matthysse to star at the MGM
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 15 Sep 2013
Floyd Mayweather on points is where the smart money will be going with the bookies as the American fighting legend prepares to take on his greatest challenger since Oscar De La Hoya came close to ending his unbeaten run in May 2007.
The 36 year-old has a wealth of experience against some of the b Read Full Story >>>Mendoza: Mayweather in another escape act?
By Al S. Mendoza, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 15 Sep 2013
SUNDAY shocker? Sunday Sleeper? Sunday Steal?
It could be all of the above.
I mean, once Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez beats Floyd Mayweather Jr. Sunday, surely, that will shock us all.
If the fight should be a bore, blame it on the hit-and-run Mayweather.
And if Alvarez steals the fight with a Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Alvarez: old guard versus the new wave
By John Davidson , The Roar, Sun, 15 Sep 2013
It?s the biggest fight in world boxing in 2013, perhaps the biggest the sport has had in the past five years or so. Still, it will most probably be fairly one-sided.
Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez is a big underdog against Floyd ?Money? Mayweather Jr ? boxing?s pound-for-pound megastar, sport?s highest-pa Read Full Story >>> Silverman: Boxing May Have Lost Its Stature, But Mayweather-Alvarez Will Be Special
By Steve Silverman, CBS New York, Sun, 15 Sep 2013
A generation or two ago, the sporting world would have come to a complete standstill for a fight as big as Floyd Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez.
It?s no secret that boxing is no longer one of the premier sports. Sixty years or more ago, New York sports fans cared about baseball, boxing and horse racin Read Full Story >>> A big fight for Mayweather and some big numbers
By Associated Press, Boston Herald, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS ? If Richard Schaefer looked a bit nervous standing near his fighters on a massive stage this week at the MGM Grand, he had good reason.
In a city of high rollers, on one of the biggest betting days of the year, the head of Golden Boy Promotions is taking the biggest gamble of all. He's Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, Alvarez camps point fingers
By Associated Press, Japan Times, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS ? Listen to Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s people and Canelo Alvarez wanted to fight their man so badly he offered to drop a few pounds to get him to sign on the dotted line.
Listen to the Alvarez camp and Mayweather wanted the fight at an even lower weight that Alvarez would have to starve him Read Full Story >>> Ariza Now Helping BamBam
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Controversial conditioning coach Alex Ariza has joined the team of Brandon "BamBam" Rios as the popular hard-hitting Mexican-American prepares for his November 24 fight against Ariza's former boss Manny Pacquiao.
'Trainer o Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez Is Talented But...A BIG But...
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS ? The tub thumpers and the suits have been insisting for weeks now that tonight?s showdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Saul ?Canelo?? Alvarez is the biggest event in boxing in years. For accounting purposes it would appear they may be right, but based on what?
According to Richard Read Full Story >>> Mayweather has made rooting for Canelo easy
By Mac Engel, Star Telegram, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
As an iconic member of sports journalism with the responsibility to report on sport with honor, integrity and correct punctuation, with no rooting interest in any outcome, I write:
I hope Canelo Alvarez whips Floyd Mayweather on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Few pro athletes have manipulated the med Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Mayweather and Alvarez prove money and lust rule the ring
By Anand Datla, sportskeeda, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
They call him Money. Yes, the name of this proliferating religion is also now the name of a man. Floyd Mayweather, the boxer with the 44-0 (26 KO) record has an array of even more impressive records with the cash register. No man has ever made it ring harder and he is all set to get it ringing again Read Full Story >>> Hopkins: Floyd Mayweather is Not Taking Canelo Lightly
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins says Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) is taking WBC/WBA junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs) very seriously. The fight, which is contracted for a catch-weight of 152-pounds, happens later tonight at the MGM Grand in Las V Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez: Tale of the tape and other key fight facts
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
"THE ONE"
What: Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs), Grand Rapids, vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs), Juanacatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, 12 rounds, for Alvarez's World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super welterweight titles, and Mayweather's WBA Super title.
When: Saturday
Where Read Full Story >>> 'The Dragon' Steve Claggett, New Canadian Welterweight Champion
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Canadian hard-hitting rising-star Steve "The Dragon" Claggett (17-2-1, 12 KOs) of Calgary, Alberta, became the new Canadian Welterweight Champion by knocking out tough Francesco Cotroni of Mascouche, Quebec, last night (Sep Read Full Story >>> COLOSSA EMERGES VICTORIOUS IN MAIN EVENT AT ONE FC: CHAMPIONS & WARRIORS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
UYISILE COLOSSA EMERGES VICTORIOUS IN MAIN EVENT AT ONE FC: CHAMPIONS & WARRIORS
ALSO: DUTCH-INDONESIAN VINCENT LATOEL SUBMITS WILLY NI IN CO-MAIN EVENT
PLUS: HOMETOWN FAVORITES MAX METINO AND VINCENT MAJID COME OUT ON TOP WITH IMPRESSIVE SUBMISSION VICTORIES
13 September 2013 ? Indonesia: Read Full Story >>> Now That the ?Weight? Is over, How Will Mayweather-Alvarez Play Out Tomorrow Night?
By Joe Habeeb, Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
For the last two weeks leading up to the mega event that will take place tomorrow night when Floyd ?Money? Mayweather and Saul ?Canelo?Alvarez meet in the ring, the hot topic that everyone has been talking about is the 152 lb catch-weight.
By now everyone has seen the Showtime All Access episodes Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao bill pushes PHL boxing commission
GMA News Online, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Filipino boxers may finally get a number of benefits if a bill filed by their idol and fellow boxer Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao is passed into law.
Pacquiao lodged House Bill 59 seeking to provide a comprehensive health care benefits, alternative livelihood program, a system of life insurance, Read Full Story >>> When Is the Timing Right?
By Robbi Paterson, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez meet tonight at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, in a fight billed as ?The One.?
Rewind to a clash billed as ?Forces of Destruction.?
December 2, 2000, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Felix Trinidad and Fernando Vargas squared o Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Unbeaten records on the line as Mayweather and Alvarez weigh in
By Agence France Press, Strait Times, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Floyd Mayweather, who is fighting twice in the same calendar year for the first time since 2007, weighed in lighter than his Mexican rival Saul Alvarez on Friday.
The boisterous crowd of about 12,000 that squeezed into the MGM arena in Las Vegas cheered loudly when Alvarez tip Read Full Story >>> Frank Warren on Mayweather-Canelo, Jabs Burns Call
By Frank Warren, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
The cynics who constantly gripe that the sport of boxing is 'dying' might care to yet again scan the numbers being generated by the fabulous light-middleweight showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez that takes place in Las Vegas this evening.
Forget Gareth Bales transfer fee Read Full Story >>> At 23-years old who is the better fighter, Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez or Oscar De La Hoya?
By Kirk Jackson, Boxing Insider, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
?If you were to put us together side by side at 23-years old I think he?s a lot better,? said Golden Boy Promoter Oscar De La Hoya in a recent interview with reporter Elie Seckbach.
?I think he?s far more advanced than any fighter out there that I?ve talked to or seen including Mayweather.?
Ca Read Full Story >>>
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