Mind control: Manny Pacquiao invades Floyd Mayweather's head
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
HOLLYWOOD—Like the proverbial blind squirrel who occasionally finds an acorn, I can get lucky. On Thursday, I had such good fortune in my decision to skip the Shane Mosley-Floyd Mayweather outdoor, public invited (as you can see from this photo only a few hundred people bothered to show up)  Read Full Story >>>

Sound & Fury: Mayweather-Mosley Nastiness, Tavoris Cloud Befuddles Yet Again, Nevada State Athletic Commission Shenanigans, & How Much $$$ Would It Take For You To Let Nonito Donaire Break Your Face?
By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
The Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley mini-media tour has already dipped its toe into boorishness and it is a shame that Mosley, one of the classiest fighters to step into the ring over the last 20 years, has to be stained by its muck. Aside from his BALCO folly, admittedly a big folly, Mosley has never  Read Full Story >>>

First-round KO will make Roach happy
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
HOLLYWOOD— the sooner the better. Sticking to his prediction that Manny Pacquiao is going to knock challenger Joshua Clottey out, Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach said Thursday he’d be glad if it comes early in the fight. “If he (Pacquiao) gets him in the first round, then I  Read Full Story >>>

Ariza: Cotto formula ideal versus Clottey
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
HOLLYWOOD – Strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza said there’s no need to change the formula. He said Manny Pacquiao is at 153 lb with eight days left to the fight but should have no problem at all making the limit of 147 for his defense of the WBO welterweight crown against Josh  Read Full Story >>>

140 Pound Landscape: Champions Devon Alexander and Juan Urango clash this weekend on HBO
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010

On Halloween night of last year the city of Las Vegas was treated to something new as Don King Productions staged the first ever fight card at the Treasure Island Casino located directly on the strip. The   Read Full Story >>>

Bob Arum: Manny Pacquiao is 'Best I've Ever Seen'
By Elie Seckbach, Fanhouse, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
Top Rank Promotions' CEO, Bob Arum, calls seven-division, champion and WBO welterweight (147 pounds) champ, Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) of the Philippines "The best that I've ever seen." Arum promotes several Filipino fighters, with Pacquiao (pictured at right) preparing to defend his WBO be  Read Full Story >>>

'Fight won't go full route'
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
HOLLYWOOD – On the eve of his 50th birthday, Freddie Roach said he’s sticking to what he had said that Joshua Clottey, who’s never been knocked out in his life, is going down in Texas. “It won’t go twelve rounds. That’s my prediction,” said Roach Thursday  Read Full Story >>>

Pac-Man Eating Sparmates
By FJ Parlan, 411mania.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
Line 'em up and Pacquiao will knock 'em all down. With just over a week left before his big fight with Joshua Clottey, Manny Pacquiao continues to plow through his sparmates. As Pacquiao nears 100% form, his training camp buddies are finding it more and more difficult to keep up with him.   Read Full Story >>>

Boxing Perspective: The Welterweight Division
By Nick Chamberlain, SaddoBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
The Welterweight division, at the moment, looks very promising indeed with some very good fighters sitting on or around the weight and already some mouth-watering bouts lined up. Number one pound for pound fighter in the world is Manny Pacquiao, and he currently resides in this division, although  Read Full Story >>>

1 round or 9, Roach will take it
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
LOS ANGELES — Freddie Roach wouldn’t mind seeing Manny Pacquiao take out Joshua Clottey early. “I have said that the fight will be long and that it’ll probably end late, like nine rounds but I would be very happy if Manny wins in one round,” Roach said on Thursday, t  Read Full Story >>>

Schaefer: Give Mayweather respect he deserves for drug-test request
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
Should Floyd Mayweather be admired for insisting he wants to clean up boxing with random blood testing prior to major fights ? Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, certainly thinks so…insisting that Mayweather should be afforded respect for his stance… Schaefer, speaking e  Read Full Story >>>

Can Mosley vs. Mayweather Break the All Time PPV Record?
By Peter Czymbor, Examiner.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
With a three city press tour wrapping up this week, the buzz for Shane Mosley's (46-5, 39 KO's) welterweight title defense against Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 KO's) is just starting to shape up. http://www.examiner.com/x-34564-New-England-Boxing-Examiner~y2010m3d3-Mayweather--Mosley-247-worthy - E  Read Full Story >>>

Selling the Mayweather vs. Mosley fight
By Paula Duffy, The Huffington Post, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
The Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley May 1 fight in Las Vegas is "historic" according to the hype. That was made clear at the fight's press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday when various promoters likened it to Ali vs. Foreman or one of numerous Sugar Ray Leonard classics. And they said it w  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather finally focuses on Mosley and not Pacquiao
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
Finally it seems Floyd Mayweather has begun to realize that his constant mentioning of Manny Pacquiao isn't a good idea. Both fighters have fights to sell, and with Pacquiao's happening in a little over a week, Floyd constantly talking about him is basically just giving him free press. Part of th  Read Full Story >>>

MIKE TYSON-EVANDER HOLYFIELD TO FIGHT THIS YEAR!
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
KING WILL DELIVER BOTH MEN SANS DIFFICULTY San Francisco, CA- Having been putting things together for a look at the 2010 version of Don King, I was starting to think that the wirehaired wonder, now 78 and seemingly finished as a major player in sports en for all intents and purposes as a major fo  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather and Mosley keep cool
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Sat, 06 Mar 2010
"Sugar" Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather Jr. shoved each other and wrestled a bit at Tuesday's news conference in New York City promoting their May 1 welterweight showdown at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. There was none of that at Thursday's news conference at Nokia Plaza at L.A. Live. The two did so  Read Full Story >>>

Philippine media BANNED from interviewing Floyd Mayweather Jr. at LA Press Con
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Mar 2010

According to our highly respected and longtime sportscaster friend Chino Trinidad, who is currently in LA covering Manny Pacquiao's training camp for the GMA network in the Philippines, Phi  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather’s mission, Mosley’s undying belief, and the surrounding characters of May 1st
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Mar 2010
The three city press tour for the May 1st Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas seemed to come and go in a heartbeat. Earlier today, in Los Angeles, the two fighters officially wrapped up the ceremonies at an outdoor event staged at Nokia Plaza at L.A. Live. Both men are h  Read Full Story >>>

Caught on tape: Mayweather punches Pacquiao t-shirt (video)
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Mar 2010

Beatdown alert. The verbal tussle has gone on for a few months now, and has since intensified since December. With Floyd Mayweather, Jr's (40-0) hostile an  Read Full Story >>>

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