Jeff Powell
252 articles · Mail Online (UK)
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Floyd Mayweather keeps splashing the cash and Andre Ward snub pushes Carl Froch towards retirement
By Jeff Powell
Mister Money is now putting his money where his mouth is. Floyd Mayweather has commissioned a mouthguard not only imbedded with his usual diamond and gold bling but stuffed with $100 bills.…
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Manny Pacquiao odds shorten ahead of Floyd Mayweather bout as Carl Froch eyes battle against Gennady Golovkin
By Jeff Powell
The money keeps growing but the odds are shortening as the richest fight of all time looks set to break the half-billion-dollar barrier. Both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are impressing video-watchers…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao HAD to be held in Las Vegas, says Bob Arum
By Jeff Powell
It is inevitable that myths will swirl around an event as monumental as the richest fight of all time. One by one the more extravagant of those fantasies are being debunked. No,…
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Floyd Mayweather created a $350m monster by holding millions of fight fans to ransom as they waited for Manny Pacquiao fight
By Jeff Powell
The insignia on Floyd Mayweather's baseball cap reads TBE but whether or not he can enhance his claim to be The Best Ever boxer by beating Manny Pacquiao, he already holds the…
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Manny Pacquiao: My children wanted Floyd Mayweather fight to happen… it will be one of the most important fights in my career
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao is not only one of the two greatest pound-for-pound boxers in the world but a master of understatement. Such is the modesty of the multi-tasking Filipino ? he is also…
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Floyd Mayweather: I’m giving fans ?160m Manny Pacquiao fight they want
By Jeff Powell
Two of the most powerful forces in the world, money and public opinion, have conspired to bring about the richest and most anticipated fight in boxing history. The cash takes the form…
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Floyd Mayweather set to finally announce that Manny Pacquiao fight WILL happen
By Jeff Powell
Floyd Mayweather will announce at his teasing convenience that the richest fight in boxing history will take place in Las Vegas on May 2. All that remains of the long wait for…
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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao may not have set a date yet but their potential fight is already raking in money for some
By Jeff Powell
No, the richest fight of all time has not been set in paper, let alone stone. Not yet. Yes, the lines on the contract still wait to be dotted, let alone signed…
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Britain’s boxing heroes face further waiting game for much anticipated title challenges
By Jeff Powell
It is not only in the NHS that waiting times are getting longer and longer. This starry cluster of British boxing gentlemen are in danger of being jostled back down the line…
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Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao will not fight at Wembley this summer as both men wait for Floyd Mayweather’s decision
By Jeff Powell
The only certainty, at least so far as 10 minutes ago, is that if Amir Khan fights Manny Pacquiao this summer it will not take place at Wembley Stadium. The HBO pay-TV…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao is the fight we all want to see in 2015 (and it looks like the rival ring tycoons will do business to finally make it happen)
By Jeff Powell
Anno Domini 2015 has dawned glittering with the prospect of more brilliant fights than for many a New Year. A seismic shift in boxing politics, one stretching from this side of the…
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Floyd Mayweather is still the world No 1 despite Manny Pacquiao’s return to form… and Carl Froch is 2014’s best of British (but Amir Khan is punching his weight again)
By Jeff Powell
Rankings of the finest practitioners in sport always carry the heaviest weight at the year?s end. And so, after much deliberation over the turkey and Chrismtas pudding, we come to this column?s…
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Amir Khan: Hate mob forced me to move my training base to the United States
By Jeff Powell
Floyd Mayweather and his Money Team happened to bounce into the very Las Vegas night spot in which Amir Khan and his Army were celebrating the dazzling victory which has drastically revised…
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Amir Khan may never fight Floyd Mayweather as Manny Pacquiao and Ramadan threaten to block his path
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan, having done everything humanly possible to prove he is worthy of that mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather, may be denied the chance forever by the public demand for the Money man…
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Amir Khan: I am the future of boxing… after I beat Devon Alexander, I’ll deserve to take on Floyd Mayweather
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan celebrated his 28th birthday on Monday by declaring himself so much a better fighter than he was a year ago that he is now the future of boxing. If he…
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Floyd Mayweather?s silence speaks volumes? his fight with Manny Pacquiao is a long way from reality
By Jeff Powell
In the week since Manny Pacquiao dominated and dismantled Chris Algieri over 12 lop-sided rounds in Macau, the clamour for him to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr has reached unprecedented levels. Pacquiao stoked…
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Floyd Mayweather Jnr. breaks from tradition to celebrate Thanksgiving… with a bathtub massage from his lady friend
By Jeff Powell
While most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving by gorging on turkeys in the company of their relatives, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jnr has a different take on tradition. The five-division world champion posted one of…
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Floyd Mayweather demanding rematch clause in Manny Pacquiao fight contract should American lose proposed bout
By Jeff Powell
The mega-fight for which the world has been waiting what seems like an eternity may finally happen not just once, but twice. Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather is tantalisingly close to becoming…
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‘Chris, I?m letting you out of the cage’ What Algieri’s trainer said after the 10th round (and SIX knock downs) during defeat by Manny Pacquiao
By Jeff Powell
Chris Algieri was comprehensively beaten by Manny Pacquiao in Macau. So one sided was the fight that one of the judges had the Filipino star winning all 12 rounds and winning the…
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Manny Pacquiao produces dominant display to beat Chris Algieri on points in Macau and stay on course for showdown with Floyd Mayweather
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao achieved a points victory of extraordinary dimensions in Macau but not the first knock out in six years which he so mightily desired. The six knock-downs he inflicted on a…