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Mayweather pays the price for extra weight
CNN.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr will have to pay Juan Manuel Marquez a reported $600,000 after weighing in two pounds too heavy ahead of Saturday night's welterweight showdown in Las Vegas.
Read Full Story >>>Thoughts from the Home Office: Superfights, Sugar Shane and the Saturday Night Shuffle
By Lee Groves, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Even though it’s been a while since my last trip, my mind is never far from the world of boxing. Much of the past couple of weeks has been spent inside the Home Office, transferring old VHS tapes to DVD and thinking about my favorite sport’s past and present. For better or worse (that Read Full Story >>> Cotto in final push
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Miguel Cotto is now in Tampa, Florida, for the final and most crucial stretch of his training for the November 14 battle with Manny Pacquiao.
Cotto told the Puerto Rican press just before heading to Tampa that the series of pre-conditioning workouts that took place the last four weeks gave him a Read Full Story >>> 60 Minutes in Ana's Corner
By Lori Steinhorst, WBAN, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
A week ago Ana Julaton won a hard fought victory over the tough and experienced veteran Kelsey Jeffries. I wondered what she was thinking and feeling now that she had won a world title. When I had the Read Full Story >>> Marquez walks into Mayweather's Hell wearing gasoline suit
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
When you make a deal with the devil, you can’t say you are surprised when you get pricked by his pitchfork.
In a Faustian deal, you’ve got to expect searing heat and piercing pitchforks. It comes with the territory in Hades. No ice water is provided.
."I just have the feeling that Read Full Story >>> Does Manny Pacquiao use Steroids, Cocaine or Marijuana? Test Results Now Public
By Kyle Lucas, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
The magnificently talented Manny Pacquiao is NOT injecting Anrold Schwarzenegger-Juice in his veins and he is NOT a coke-head or pot-head. According to a report out by the NSAC, not only is Manny Pacquiao not using illegal steroids, but he also isn't using cocaine or marijuana.
The Nevada State Read Full Story >>> Congratulations Floyd, you are officially the most 'hated' person in fight sports
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
And by Congratulations, I do mean it in whole sincerity because honestly, isn't this what Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants?
Unless he thinks the whole world is consisted of strippers for him to be throwing dollar bills (fake and sometimes real) then I guess it's safe to say that Floyd relishes the pers Read Full Story >>> A Final Thought On Mayweather-Marquez
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Finally, after much ballyhoo and one postponement Floyd Mayweather Jr. 39-0 (25) and Juan Manuel Marquez 50-4-1 (37) will meet tonight in a 144 pound catch-weight/welterweight elimination bout. The winner will most likely fight the winner of the Pacquiao-Cotto 145 pound catch-weight bout scheduled f Read Full Story >>> Note to Mayweather & Boxing: The Battle is Over, and You Lost
By Jason Probst, Sherdog.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
As the first boxing writer I know of to warn the sport about everything mixed martial arts was doing right, all I can say is, “I told you so.”
Five years ago, while readily employed as a contributor to Maxboxing.com/ESPN, I had an up-close look at the stark difference in the directio Read Full Story >>> Win or Lose, Debts Will Force 'Money' to Fight On
By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
The stakes have never been higher for Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“Money” will make his return to a Las Vegas ring Saturday night for the first time in nearly two years. Staring back at him from the opposite corner will be Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez – a formidable foe if ever there Read Full Story >>> The Mayweather Maelstrom
By Patrick Kehoe, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Iconic portraits of Roger Federer, Tom Brady, Michael Jordan and Arnold Palmer stare out from major sports and men’s magazines this last month, with autumnal athletic engagements tugging at our sense of anticipation and nostalgia jointly. Boxing will produce its B-list celebrity micro-giant i Read Full Story >>> The Science Behind a Punch
By Reylan Loberternos, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
This article shows proof that Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is also a genius in physics. How some important factors in the sport of boxing such as speed, fist-mass, technique, and even the gloves used affect the eff Read Full Story >>> HOW CAN FLOYD JR CLAIM HE IS THE BEST P4P WHEN HE CAN”T EVEN MAKE WEIGHT?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Shame on Floyd Mayweathe,r Jr., for not even making the contract weight of 144 lbs.
And shame on Mayweather Senior and his brother Roger for not making sure that their fighter make weight!
And, they still continue Read Full Story >>> Marquez: I will hand Mayweather first loss
By Santos A. Perez, MiamiHerald.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Mainstream boxing fans likely identify Juan Manuel Marquez with two fights in which his arm was not raised in victory.
Nonetheless, Marquez's two close bouts against Manny Pacquiao over a four-year span failed to remove him from the top 10 of most best ``pound-for-pound'' lists.
And although h Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER A RISK TAKER OUT OF THE RING, BUT NOT IN IT
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
According to Floyd Mayweather Jr., the sport of boxing has sorely missed him. "When I left the sport, it was like the sport was hurting without Floyd Mayweather. What was lacking in the sport of boxing when I was gone? Charisma! Flair! Flashiness! You don't see fighters in ostrich and snake skin and Read Full Story >>> Don't sleep on Marquez against Mayweather
By Bob Hanna, SouthCoastToday.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
The cocky one looks too big, too strong and too fast for the quiet one, but there have been bigger upsets than what a victory by Juan Manuel Marquez over Floyd Mayweather would be.
No less an authority than Oscar De La Hoya likes Marquez' chances tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After notin Read Full Story >>> No sellout for Marquez-Mayweather at MGM Grand
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
I had to laugh when some joker told me they opened up a closed circuit $50 ticket showing at the MGM Grand Hotel Casino for Saturday night's Juan Manuel Marquez-Floyd Mayweather fight.
"I guess the arena finally sold out," the joker said.
Not hardly, brother, as this look at Ticketmaster, Read Full Story >>> Mayweather makes weight, pays penalty
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
LAS VEGAS – Floyd Mayweather Jr. made the contracted weight of 147 pounds for his HBO Pay-Per-View fight on Saturday with Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
But when Mayweather weighed 146 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in, he was forced to pay a six-figure penalty to Marque Read Full Story >>> Crash Course: Mayweather-Marquez
By Bryan Armen Graham, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
Former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired as boxing's mythical pound-for-pound titlist in 2007, is fighting current lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez at a catchweight of 144 pounds on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, HBO PPV).
Since the 32-year-old Ma Read Full Story >>> Visa troubles keep Edwin Valero from Vegas fight
By Associated Press, Google News, Sat, 19 Sep 2009
NEW YORK — Outspoken lightweight champion Edwin Valero accused the U.S. government of discrimination Friday, and said he'll be unable to defend his title in November because his visa was not renewed in time.
Valero had never officially been added to the undercard of Manny Pacquiao's highly Read Full Story >>>
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