Kevin Iole
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Still on top 16 years later: It’s the anniversary of Floyd Mayweather’s first world title
By Kevin Iole
It didn't take a boxing expert to realize very quickly at the start of his professional boxing career that Floyd Mayweather Jr. was destined to be special. For those skeptics who remained…
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Boxing promoter Dan Goossen passes away at 64 after battle with liver cancer
By Kevin Iole
Dan Goossen, a colorful, gregarious man who turned boxing promoting into a family business, died early Monday at 64 following a battle with liver cancer. Goossen promoted many of boxing's top stars…
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James Kirkland declined bout because of dispute with 50 Cent over his purse
By Kevin Iole
Michael Miller has worked for nine years as super welterweight James Kirkland's attorney, adviser, friend and manager, and he's come to expect the unexpected from Kirkland. Kirkland declined a lucrative bout with…
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Canelo Alvarez jumps ship, leaves Showtime for HBO
By Kevin Iole
Canelo Alvarez has bolted Showtime and signed a long-term deal with HBO on Tuesday. It's intriguing because Alvarez is one of the biggest television attractions in the game and one of the…
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The truth about Floyd Mayweather?s Showtime reality series
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather escaped his appearance in front of the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday with no damage. Such, however, wasn't the case for the reputation of Showtime's reality series,…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs to own hypocrisy, treat his fighters like he treats himself
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? The five members of the Nevada Athletic Commission would be well advised to do a search of the Internet and read Floyd Mayweather's own words from May 1, 2012,…
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Source: Mayweather-Maidana II does 925,000 pay-per-view buys
By Kevin Iole
Despite allowing himself to be mired into the domestic violence controversy involving ex-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, it doesn't appear it hurt Floyd Mayweather at the box office. A source who…
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Why boxing stars like Floyd Mayweather want to avoid Gennady Golovkin
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Gennady Golovkin peered out of a window on the south side of a penthouse lounge in the Mandalay Bay Resort, staring at a lush golf course that the high-rolling…
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Oscar De La Hoya seems prepared to guide Golden Boy through difficult waters
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Friday, for the first time in the more than 10 years since he founded Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya seemed engaged, aware and in charge of what…
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How Mayweather-Maidana II should unfold Saturday night
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? The question was innocent, harmless, but Floyd Mayweather Sr. reacted as if his manhood had been challenged. "C'mon, man," he said in that slow, high-pitched tone he uses when…
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Why trainer Robert Garcia has such a unique perspective of Floyd Mayweather
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? As 1999 dawned, 21-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. sat atop the Ring Magazine ratings in the super featherweight division. Mayweather won his first world championship in stunning fashion on Oct.…
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Floyd Mayweather offers apology for earlier comments on Ray Rice
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS -- It's rare anyone lays a glove on Floyd Mayweather, but the world's best pound-for-pound boxer took a beating on Wednesday. This time, though, it wasn't from a fellow boxer…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. misses mark with comments on Ray Rice situation
By Kevin Iole
LAS VEGAS ? Kelly Swanson, Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s estimable, longtime publicist, was seated, quite literally, on the edge of her seat as Mayweather spoke with a small group of media Tuesday at…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. plagued by claims of troubling behavior toward women
By Kevin Iole
Covering Floyd Mayweather since his amateur days in 1995 has meant being conversant in boxing at the highest levels. It's also meant become well-versed in court proceedings. Mayweather has been flawless in…
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Manny Pacquiao, Chris Algieri have the tour of a lifetime
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri will arrive in New York on Thursday, the final leg in a 27,000-mile tour to promote their Nov. 22 WBO welterweight title fight in Macau, China. The…
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Bob Arum says talks for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight are ongoing
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao visited a media outlet that doesn't regularly cover boxing on Thursday, and it led to the inevitable story about a potential fight with Floyd Mayweather. This time, Pacquiao, promoter Bob…
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Manny Pacquiao considering drop in weight class following Chris Algieri fight
By Kevin Iole
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. share one trait: both boxers are sick of answering questions about the other. Whenever one has a fight, he's peppered with questions about the other. Pacquiao,…
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Marcos Maidana drops a few hints about new plan for Floyd Mayweather
By Kevin Iole
For as long as preview shows have been made to hype pay-per-view bouts, there has bee one constant: The boxers who starred in them wouldn't let the cameras film sparring. That, of…
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Nonito Donaire lands co-feature slot on HBO beneath Gennady Golovkin
By Kevin Iole
When promoter Tom Loeffler announced last week that middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin would make his debut on the West Coast by fighting Marco Antonio Rubio at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.,…
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It’s cash, cars and, of course, Floyd Mayweather, as ‘All Access’ returns Aug. 30
By Kevin Iole
One of the perks Floyd Mayweather Jr. received in the six-fight contract he signed last year with Showtime was the ability to serve as executive producer of the preview shows about his…