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Sa?l ?lvarez: Prepared for Mayweather's "Cheap Shots?"
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Shane Mosley, who dropped a lopsided decision to Mayweather three years ago, warned Alvarez about Floyd's alleged tendency to bully oppoents by skillfully using his elbows and forearms as weapons.
Via BoxingScene, Alvarez stated:
"I'm not saying that he's a dirty fighter."
"I would never say th Read Full Story >>>Roundtable Preview: Mayweather vs. Canelo
By Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
We are on the cusp of the biggest fight of the year as Floyd Mayweather will take on Canelo Alvarez in a unified junior middleweight title showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
With such a huge fight on the horizon, we?ve sat down with the 3MR staff to get their thoughts on the fight and to sha Read Full Story >>> Bob Hanna: Alvarez over Mayweather: Don't believe the hype
By Bob Hanna, SouthCoastToday.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
The drum-beaters at Showtime and its parent company CBS have gone all out in building up Saul "Canelo" Alvarez in what they hope will be the biggest grossing pay-per-view fight in boxing history.
I refer, of course, to Alvarez's quest to end Floyd Mayweather's reign as the No. 1 man in boxing Sat Read Full Story >>> Mayweather the ring king is turning heat on cool Kid in Las Vegas
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Sat, 14 Sep 2013
The last of my breed. That is how the best boxer in the world describes himself.
Arrogant, maybe, but The One, as he is being billed in Las Vegas on the eve of the biggest fight of this century, is by no means alone in that opinion of himself.
?The Last Great American Prizefighter? is how Floy Read Full Story >>> Odds are that Mayweather will keep doing what he always does
By Richard O'Brien, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS -- As a matter of perspective, consider that Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his professional debut less than one week after Bill Clinton was elected to his second term as President. To say that a lot has happened in the 17 years since those two historic victories (Clinton, headlining a heavywei Read Full Story >>> Experts' picks: Mayweather-Alvarez
ESPN.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Dan Rafael's analysis
Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Canelo Alvarez: Sure, it's the biggest fight in boxing in a long time, but that doesn't mean it will be the most competitive. Mayweather is the pound-for-pound king for a reason and, at age 36, has shown few signs of slowing down. He reigns supreme on de Read Full Story >>> Lem's latest: 'No doubt' Mayweather-Alvarez will set record, says Schaefer
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer expressed confidence on Friday that Saturday night's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Canelo Alvarez fight will surpass Mayweather's 2007 victory over Oscar De La Hoya as "the highest-grossing boxing event of all time, no question about it."
The record, $136 mill Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Canelo: Three questions for boxing?s ?Super Bowl?
Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Anyone unfamiliar with the business end of professional boxing would be well-served watching the 1996 satire The Great White Hype. In the film, Samuel L. Jackson plays flamboyant Fred Sultan, a promoter who has run out of credible opponents worthy enough to fight James Roper, his dominant heavyweigh Read Full Story >>> ?The One? Roundtable ? Inside Fights Staff Predict Who?ll Win: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez
By Scott Sawitz, Inside Fights, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
The biggest combat sports event of the year is happening this Saturday. That can?t be argued; no MMA, boxing or kickboxing event will come close to the sheer star power (and $20mm gate) that Mayweather vs. Alvarez is going to have. This is the event of the year and we?ll have full coverage here at I Read Full Story >>> 6 fights that have defined Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Associated Press, auburnpub.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
He's down to what he says will be the last five fights of a remarkable career, which means Floyd Mayweather Jr. still has a few pay-per-views to sell before it's over.
First up will be Saturday night, when Canelo Alvarez is given the best chance of beating Mayweather any fighter has had since Osc Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Floyd Mayweather?s old tricks can bring home the bacon against Saul Alvarez
By Steve Bunce, The Independent, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
All of the Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez tickets sold in hours, raising nearly $20m (?16.8m). 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 t Read Full Story >>> Justin Bieber Money May's Hype Man At Vegas Boxing Match
TMZ.com, Sat, 14 Sep 2013
Justin Bieber has successfully weaseled his way into Floyd Mayweather's inner circle -- AGAIN -- TMZ has learned, the 19-year-old will walk Money May to the ring tomorrow before his next big boxing match in Vegas.
Bieber has been ingratiating himself with Mayweather since last year, when the sing Read Full Story >>> Katarungan para kay Beltran
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
MANILA ? Una sa lahat, binabati ko ang Bandera at ang mga ka-tropa nito sa ika-23 kaarawan ng ating paboritong dyaryo.
Binabati ko rin ang lahat ng mga fans ng boxing at sa mga sumusubaybay sa kolum na ito.
Saan man kayo n Read Full Story >>> PORTER WINS TEN ROUND DECISION IN REMATCH WITH EX CHAMP JULIO DIAZ
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
Welterweight contender Shawn ?Showtime? Porter, a former sparring partner of ?Fighter of the Decade? Manny Pacquiao has scored a unanimous ten round decision in a rematch against former champion Julio Diaz at the Premier Ballr Read Full Story >>> 'MASYADOR' IN DETROIT
By Anthony 'Duljoman' Andales, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
Detroit -- 'The One' is just one sleep away. A supercard, even if Mayweather is not the headline for this fight I will still chip in for the PPV. Mayweather vs Alvarez is a very interesting match-up, but?Matthysse vs Garcia is Read Full Story >>> Is a Mayweather Loss What?s Best for Boxing?
By Eric Raskin, Grantland, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
On June 16, 2012, a week after the Tim Bradley?Manny Pacquiao decision that launched every conspiracy theory short of a fourth judge on the grassy knoll, HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant uttered possibly the most perfect quote I?ve heard in my 16 years covering the sport: ?Nothing will kill boxing, an Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s defensive wizardry the key to his long-term success
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather Jr. was not shown a thing about how to throw a punch the first day he walked into a boxing gym as a young boy in Grand Rapids, Mich.
He didn't learn how to use his legs to add power to his blows. He wasn't taught in those early days how to throw straight shots, or h Read Full Story >>> For Floyd Mayweather, the Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez fight reduces to negative Miguel Cotto comparisons
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
LAS VEGAS -- For Floyd Mayweather, the task of protecting the zero on his record and removing that of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez falls largely to reconfiguring a template set 16 months ago, yet open to tweaking.
That's when Mayweather fought and defeated Miguel Cotto but took enough punishment in the Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez ready to go head to head at MGM in Las Vegas on Saturday
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
Mayweather?s mantra remains his unbeaten record ? currently at 44-0, with 26 knockouts ? and carries vast experience into his 22nd world championship title contest. 'Money' Mayweather, who will earn a minimum of ?26 million for this fight has ten world titles in five weight classes rising from 130lb Read Full Story >>> Sa?l Alvarez seeks to exploit flaw in Floyd Mayweather Jr's playbook
By Kevin Mitchell, The Guardian, Fri, 13 Sep 2013
There ought to be no secrets to the genius of Floyd Mayweather Jr. He has, after all, been such a boxing luminary for 17 years, as loud and bright as an atomic bomb, that only the purblind or the ignorant could have failed to notice the fire in his gloves, the wings on his heels.
Yet, for all tha Read Full Story >>>
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