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FLOYD: I KO?D RICKY CAREER
Daily Star (UK), Sat, 23 May 2009
Jnr has launched a blistering ?attack on British ring idol Ricky Hatton and told him: You were finished the day I flattened you.
Five-weight world champion ?Mayweather is seething that his ?father Floyd Snr ? who trained the Hitman for his brutal second round KO by Manny Pacquiao almost three wee Read Full Story >>>Rodel Mayol's Last Chance!
By Benjie Varella, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
THREE years ago, Filipino fight fans were hopeful that another Manny Pacquiao would emerge from the man known in the Philippines as the ?Magnum Force?.
With all the media hypes given to the minimum weight contender Rodel Mayol, the fans were shattered and disappointed when he lost to Japan-based Read Full Story >>> The Ring Championship: Are They Winning?
By Andrew Harrison, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
In 2002 and in a bid to restore credibility back to the sport, Ring magazine launched its current championship policy. Hoping to cut a swathe through the veritable quagmire created by the various alphabet organisations and give credence back to idea of what it means to be a world champion, Ring titl Read Full Story >>> Sanctioning Body Blows ? How to Make Sense of the Alphabet Organizations
By Scott Kraus, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
Imagine you are a movie director and, for some reason, you cast a group of boxing writers and hardcore boxing fans in your movie. You are about to film a scene in which you need this group to communicate impassioned rage, the kind of venomous vitriol usually reserved for mass murderers and banking e Read Full Story >>> I'm your huckleberry so I'm cleaning up Manny Pacquiao Land
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
I am like Doc Holliday was in Tombstone.
To the lawless varmints, to the Johnny Ringos, the wild shoot ?em up characters who abound in Pacland and environs, I say this now an Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Jr: 'I laid the blueprint for Pacquiao to beat Hatton'
By Edwin Ladaga, Digital Journal, Fri, 22 May 2009
In the London leg of the Marquez-Mayweather promotional tour, Floyd Junior shares his thoughts on the Pacquiao-Hatton fight and his views on the Marquez-Pacquiao encounters.
Skysports mentioned Pacquiao's one sided demolition of Hatton to Floyd Jr during his recent visit in the UK. Mayweather humbl Read Full Story >>> Floyd: My desire never faded
By Gavin Glicksman, The Sun, Fri, 22 May 2009
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JNR admits it took him just a WEEK to miss boxing.
Mayweather retired as the best pound-for-pound fighter after knocking out Ricky Hatton in December 2007.
But in an exclusive interview with The Sun, he revealed his desire for the sport never faded.
The 32-year-old said: " Read Full Story >>> Floyd's better than Pacquiao
The Sun, Fri, 22 May 2009
ROGER MAYWEATHER claims Manny Pacquiao would not provide Floyd Mayweather Jnr with the stiffest test of his career.
Mayweather, 32, is widely expected to face Pacquiao if he wins his comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18.
But uncle Roger, who trains the unbeaten American, insis Read Full Story >>> No One Plays the Bad Guy Like Mayweather
By Chris Littmann, SportingNews.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
If you'd watched ESPN or ESPNEWS for the last 24-36 hours, you've probably seen some snippet of Brian Kenny and Floyd Mayweather going at it. There's a lot of wild gesturing by Mayweather and, well, I'm just going to say it's probably the most entertaining 13 minutes of sports you'll see today now t Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr reaches out to a global theatre
By Ron Lewis, Times Online, Fri, 22 May 2009
?So there was Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel M?rquez stood on the back of a No 18 bus outside Marylebone Station.? Perhaps not the most believable anecdote told by commuters arriving home late last night ? not least because the bus said it was headed to Las Vegas instead of Willesden Junction, Read Full Story >>> Fans give boxing legend Ricky Hatton a rapturous welcome to Southport Floral Hall
Southport Visiter, Fri, 22 May 2009
WITH a pint of Guinness in one hand and a cheeky smile, boxing legend Ricky Hatton tells me that ?it?s not just what you do inside the ring? that counts.
He is speaking before a triumphant Homecoming Dinner at Southport Floral Hall in aid of cerebral palsy charity, Stick ?N? Step.
?Its what yo Read Full Story >>> Floyd Sr still in favour
By Ed Damerell, SkySports.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
If Ricky Hatton does make a return to the ring it could still be under the guidance of trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr.
There was plenty of criticism levelled at the colourful head trainer following the Hitman's two-round defeat at the hands of Manny Pacquiao.
Hatton's father Ray has said the camp Read Full Story >>> Money: Hatton should quit
SkySports.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
Floyd Mayweather Jnr has urged Ricky Hatton to quit boxing - even saying that he should have walked away from the ring after losing to the American in 2007.
Hatton is still considering his future three weeks after being knocked cold by Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, but Mayweather - in Britain to p Read Full Story >>> 'WAR IN OZAMIS' WEIGH-IN RESULTS
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
OZAMIS CITY--The official weigh-in took place a couple of hours ago at the Public Mall here, with all fighters seeing action in tomorrow's "War in Ozamis" easily making weight.
Supervised by WBO Asia Pacific Chairman Leon Panoncillo, the weigh-in was also attended by North Cotabato Vice Governor Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM THE ?HAVOC AT THE HARD ROCK SAN DIEGO
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
They held the official weight-in yesterday at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego, California for the inaugural fight card promoted by Derek Pierce of the Rogue Boxing Promotions.
Mercito Gesta of Mandaue, Cebu who will be headlining the fight card, came in at 135.5 lbs while his opponent from Tiju Read Full Story >>> Filipino Gesta Looking To Enter Prospect Status
By Ralph Gonzalez, The Sweet Science, Fri, 22 May 2009
?It was difficult at first,? remembers 21 year-old Mercito Gesta when he first arrived in San Diego from Cebu City, Philippines. ?I didn?t want to leave my home-town but those are the sacrifices boxers sometimes Read Full Story >>> Unbeaten Gesta heads fight card at Hard Rock
By Ivan Orozco, SignOnSanDiego.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
CHULA VISTA ? After a training or sparring session, Mercito Gesta didn't waste time getting to a computer.
# He had to log into an Internet chat room. It was the only way to keep him close to his family.
He was a boxer alone in a new country, having left his loved ones in the Philippines to com Read Full Story >>> TRIPLE WBO CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE CEBU COLISEUM
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
It will be an exciting THURSDAY at the Cebu Coliseum as three current WBO Intercontinental/Oriental/Aspac Champions will defend their titles against formidable Thai opponents and a Filipino challenger on May 28, 2009 ? THURSDAY at the Cebu Coliseum which will start at 5:00 p.m.
WBO Intercontinent Read Full Story >>> Floyd's ego bloody but love will put him in ring with Pacquiao
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
Ever I Saw Your Face.?
You can say that he prefers to duck and dodge opponents when he climbs into the ring, that?s true because his darting, shifting style is one of jabs and jukes. He moves his hands with the speed and deception of a Three Card Monte dealer.
But never, ever say that this u Read Full Story >>> Cotto's Next Fight Has Manny Implications
By Ricardo Jimínez, Examiner.com, Fri, 22 May 2009
It seems as if Puerto Rican boxing star Miguel Cotto needs to refocus himself before returning to the ring on June 13 to face Joshua Clottey at New York's Madison Square Garden. Read Full Story >>>
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