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Mayweather in for tough time vs hungry Alvarez
By Carlos Cinco, Rappler, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
SINGAPORE -- There was a time when Floyd ?Money? Mayweather was routinely knocked for cherry-picking opponents, taking only on challengers that posed little to no threat to his still, as of the moment, undefeated record.
Those days are long gone.
This weekend, Mayweather (44-0, 26 knockouts), Read Full Story >>>HOW TO ASSASSINATE PRETTY BOY FLOYD
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
FLOYD Mayweather Jr. is absolutely right. He has remained unbeaten because the blueprint -- all the past plots laid out to assassinate him -- had proved flawed and, therefore, futile.
Well, Mayweather will not a Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER VS. ALVAREZ: Dream fight nears reality
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
There are probably 1,000 differences between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez. But the biggest difference might be this: Alvarez believes he can beat Mayweather, and Mayweather knows he will beat Alvarez tonight at the MGM Grand Garden.
?He?s not beating me,? Mayweather said of thei Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Alvarez: Real History & Report Card
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
When stars collide in boxing, everything feels possible.
There are always big fights. There are not always Superfights. We have a Superfight this weekend. Anytime a weigh-in has more butts in the seats than most main events, one knows they are witnessing a spectacular event.
Floyd Mayweathe Read Full Story >>> Canelo: I?ve figured out Floyd
By Ron Borges, Boston Herald, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS ? For Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, defeat exists only in its absence. It is a word that is the property of others, something he knows little about beyond the fact he has inflicted it upon 42 opponents without tasting its bitter fruit.The same can be said of the man he will face tonight at the MG Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Canelo Pay-Per-View: Breaking Records, and Breaking Even
By Charles Jay, Boxing Insider, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
It almost seems like part of the hype surrounding Saturday?s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez is whether this fight is going to break all records that have been established for pay-per-view telecasts of boxing in the past. Several of the people involved in the promotional end of thi Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez: On the Verge
By Christian Giudice, Boxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
The reality of the sport of boxing is that it often doesn?t make sense. Inside the ring, smaller guys beat bigger, stronger opponents; superior fighters get knocked out cold; and skilled young fighters are pushed to the limit by cagey veterans. Deep down it?s what fans love about the sport?that unpr Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Alvarez: Will Weight Be the Deciding Factor?
By Douglas Cobb , Las Vegas Guardian Express, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
The much-anticipated boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alverez is now less than 24-hours away. It might end up being the richest boxing bout ever. Will meeting the required weight class be the deciding factor that results in Alvarez?s first-ever loss?
Almost every sportswriter Read Full Story >>> Julio Cesar Chavez: A Canelo Victory Over Mayweather Would Be The Biggest Victory In Mexican Boxing History
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Julio Cesar Chavez is probably the consensus greatest Mexican fighter of all time. ?El Gran Campeon?, as he is known, has victories over the likes of Hector Camacho and Meldrick Taylor. While most of the media was out running to the weigh in of Mayweather-Canelo, I saw Chavez just sitting down relax Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Canelo: Las Vegas is Pro Alvarez?
By Sal Arteaga , Fight Saga, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Las Vegas, NV - In what is known as the pound-for-pound king's home, Las Vegas may be anything but this Mexican Independence weekend.
The weigh-in was held at the MGM Grand but one doesn't even have to enter to know who, at least for this weekend, Las Vegas favors.
A drive through the strip Read Full Story >>> Dollar signs dominate Mayweather build-up
By Steve Bunce, Independent.ie, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
All of the Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez tickets sold out in hours, raising nearly $20m. Then 25,000 seats at screenings in Las Vegas sold out. Tickets for 9,000 cinema screens all over America are now sold out and more than one and a half million viewers have so far paid $79.99 to watch the fig Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Is Not The Greatest Of All-Time
By Joseph Santoliquito, CBCNews, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Las Vegas, NV (CBS) ? He?d like you to believe it. He may even induce a few out there into thinking that he?s right, those that have no sense of boxing history. He likes to say it so often it?s as if he?s trying to convince himself, despite the thin, diluted version of boxing today.
You?ll hear F Read Full Story >>> Judah breaks down Garcia-Matthysse
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS -- If there is anyone who should have a solid perspective on Saturday night's clash between RING junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia and No. 1-rated contender Lucas Matthysse, that person would be Zab Judah.
In April, Garcia scored an eighth-round knockdown on the way to a unanim Read Full Story >>> A TASTE OF HIS OWN MEDICINE
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Las Vegas, NV:- A funny thing happened early this afternoon at the weighin for the main event boxers involved in tomorrow?s fight card known as ?The One?.
The fighter alleged to be a master of mind games got a Read Full Story >>> AN UNDERDOG BURDENED TO BEAT NOT JUST MAYWEATHER BUT THE WORLD
By Reni M. Valenzuela, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
?You And Me Against The World? is a classic ballad from the 70s written by Paul Williams and popularized by Helen Reddy. But for Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, the huge but able underdog, it?s a reality more than a song t Read Full Story >>> SEA GAMES: MUAY THAI AIMS FOR BETTER FINISH
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
MANILA (PNA) ? Muay thai Association of the Philippines is expecting to take home three gold medals from a tiny three-athlete contingent it is sending to the coming 27th Southeast Asian Games set this December in Myanmar.
This, MAP vice president Red Dumuk projected yesterday, saying that the per Read Full Story >>> Alvarez takes round one with Mayweather snub
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS -- After weighing in on Friday -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. at 150.5 pounds and Canelo Alvarez at 152, the two boxers stood in front of each other for the face off.
Mayweather was yakking at Alvarez, who stood unblinking like a statue. Mayweather then tried to get Alvarez to hold the specia Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez doesn't bite on Floyd Mayweather's antics at raucous weigh-in
By Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS ? Just as Floyd Mayweather has never tasted defeat in his professional career, he's also never been beaten at mind games.
Yet in front of a remarkable crowd of 12,200 that packed into the MGM Grand Garden Arena ? for nothing more than a weigh-in ? boxing's pound-for-pound king may h Read Full Story >>> Mayweather's 'home' floor: MGM Grand
By Andrew R. Davis , ESPN.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
After Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s victory over Robert Guerrero in May, fans were treated to an updated version of a quote that has become a Mayweather staple: "Forty-four have tried and 44 have failed." Although that number should technically be amended to 43 (Mayweather fought Jose Luis Castillo twice), Read Full Story >>> Canelo not yet among Mexico's elite
By Salvador Rodríguez, ESPN.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Julio C?sar Ch?vez says he believes Saul "Canelo" ?lvarez beating Floyd Mayweather Jr. would rank among the finest triumphs of Mexican boxing, but that would not necessarily mean the 23-year-old Guadalajara native would have a place among the Mexican boxing elite or be closer to being c Read Full Story >>>
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