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Floyd Mayweather understands celebrity pitfalls, values relationships 'with the right people' By David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 LAS VEGAS -- The enormous banner behind the dais speaks to the cross-section drawing power Floyd Mayweather enjoys from corporate America. AT&T, for which he did a humorous commercial, remains on board. So do Tecate beer, the ticket brokerage StubHub, and DeWalt tools, all anxious to market themselv Read Full Story >>>Floyd Mayweather Jr has dollar signs in his eyes, but might be seeing stars come May 1st By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 As the fight grows closer, there have been two constants along the way. The first is the unprecedented coverage and analysis of USADA drug testing. The second is Mayweather?s obsession with money.
Floyd?s focus has been almost completely on the money side of this fight. But, Im here to tell you Read Full Story >>> SIGNORELLA PREVIEWS MAYWEATHER VS. MOSLEY! By John Signorella, RingTalk.com, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 ?SUPER FIGHT? BOXING RETURNS!
Millions around the world will be in anticipation of a memorable battle when pugilist genius legends and future hall of fame inductees Floyd ?Money? Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KOs) and ?Sugar? Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) wage war for top ?Pound for Pound? supremacy in Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley endures extra long training camp in preparation for Floyd Mayweather By David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 LAS VEGAS -- Shane Mosley hasn?t fought in more than 15 months. But when he steps into the ring Saturday night against Floyd Mayweather at MGM Grand Garden Arena, he effectively will do so after the longest training camp of his career.
Mosley was scheduled to fight Andre Berto in January when tal Read Full Story >>> Comparing Mayweather to the all time greats: He's not even close By Lorne Scoggins, Examiner.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 Floyd Mayweather has already proclaimed himself the greatest boxer of all time, based on his undefeated record. There are some serious flaws in his ideology.
He's naming himself as the greatest ever, but he has yet to even prove that he's the greatest of his own era.
That doesn't add up.
"B Read Full Story >>> Image gallery: Loyalty, family, and God at final Mayweather-Mosley press conference By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010
Earlier today at the MGM Grand casino and resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, the final press conference for this Saturday?s Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley bout took place. The heavily anticipated contest is just three day Read Full Story >>> BANGOYAN FACES TOUGH TASK IN WBC TITLE FIGHT VS NISHIOKA By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010
The Philippines undefeated WBC International super bantamweight champion Balweg Bangoyan faces a tough task when he battles Japan?s reigning WBC champion Toshiaki Nishioka in Tokyo on Friday.
Ranked No. 10 by the WBC, Read Full Story >>> Playful Bangoyan stuns Japan fans By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 TOKYO ? Balweg Bangoyan displayed a form of bravado that is rarely seen among Filipinos gunning for a world title shot on Thursday afternoon, something his handlers saw as a very good sign heading into the challenger?s crack at Toshiaki Nishioka?s World Boxing Council (WBC) super-bantamweight crown Read Full Story >>> SULAIMAN ASSAILS WBO ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE ITSELF IN HASEGAWA-MONTIEL TITLE FIGHT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman has assailed the announcement that the WBO had assigned its Asia Pacific chairman Leon Panoncillo as supervisor for the April 30 showdown between WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Read Full Story >>> Mayweather: The Best in The Department of Self?hyping By Unofre Pili, Bukisa.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 All he wants is to poison people?s mind with hatred because it seems to be the only way he could sale his fights most effectively.
As far as the sweet science of boxing is concerned, Floyd Mayweather Jr. certainly deserves a room among the most gifted technical fighters down the stretch of box Read Full Story >>> Analyzing of the ongoing drug talk from Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 The back and forth taunting between Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather has turned to drug use several times during the build up to Saturdays showdown.
Mosley was famously caught up in the BALCO scandal back in 2003 and admitted his use of the banned drug EPO shortly afterward.
That fact has not Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Sr.: 'I don?t even want to talk about no Pacquiao.' By Geoffrey Ciani, The Mushroom Mag, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 This week?s edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather Senior whose son (currently being trained by Roger Mayweather) is preparing for a May 1 bout with Sugar Shane Mosley. Here are some excerpts from that interview:
Regarding his so Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather On Being An 'Icon,' And, 'The Face Of Boxing' By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 29 Apr 2010
LAS VEGAS -- For Floyd Mayweather, "it's about taking this sport to another level, and being an icon in the sport of boxing."
No longer is boxing about his eighth-round knockou Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley's Early, But Party Starts With Floyd Mayweather By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 LAS VEGAS -- Shane Mosley, trainer Naazim Richardson, attorney Judd Burstein and their camp members were on the dais for about 10 minutes before Floyd Mayweather entered the Hollywood Theatre nearly half an hour after Wednesday's press conference had been scheduled to begin.
The man who is nickna Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Jr: "Pacquiao Better Step His PPV Game Up" By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 Floyd Mayweather Jr. has told WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to step his pay-per-view game up if he wants to come to the negotiating table. The hard line by Floyd is setting the stage for what many have expected - a battle over who receives the most money in the fight. The dispute over the Read Full Story >>> Robert Guerrero: 'Manny Pacquiao just throws a lot of punches' By Geoffrey Ciani, The Mushroom Mag, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 exclusive interview with former IBF featherweight and super featherweight champion Robert ?The Ghost? Guerrero who is currently set to square off against Roberto David Arrieta on April 30. Here are some excerpts from that interview:
On preparations for his fight with Arrieta:
?The preparations Read Full Story >>> Insider Notebook: Mayweather-Ali, Mosley, Chavez-Roach By Robert Morales, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 Floyd Mayweather Jr. said during one HBO 24/7 episode promoting his fight Saturday with "Sugar" Shane Mosley that he is the best ever. Better than Muhammad Ali. Better than Sugar Ray Robinson. Better than everybody. He said it again during a conference call last week.
On Monday, we spoke with Ha Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Vs. Shane Mosley: Keys To The Fight, Part II By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 So continues our marathon coverage of Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley on May 1, one of the biggest fights of 2010. Previously: the meaning of Mayweather-Mosley; Mosley's pivotal weapon; keys to the fight, part I. Next: final preview and prediction.
Mind. Matter. How do Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mo Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley predicts upset against unbeaten Mayweather By Bob Velin, USA Today, Thu, 29 Apr 2010
LAS VEGAS ? Roger Mayweather offered perspective at Wednesday's final news conference in trying to describe the magnitude of the welterweight showdown Saturday night between the fighter he trains, his nephew Floyd Maywe Read Full Story >>> It?s all sugar from Mayweather in a news-conference upset By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Thu, 29 Apr 2010 LAS VEGAS ? Only news conferences are supposed to be predictable. But one Wednesday for Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley wasn?t. It was tame, almost as peaceful as a church picnic.
Mayweather?s appearance at a press luncheon is almost always a screaming succession of four letters from eruptin Read Full Story >>>
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