David Mayo
248 articles · The Grand Rapids Press
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Floyd Mayweather in need of promotional heir apparent, says Andre Ward would beat GGG
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather has a promotional company with a 38-year-old flagship fighter -- himself -- and no heir apparent when he leaves the sport. There is an heir apparent to…
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What if Floyd Mayweather lost to Manny Pacquiao?
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Sr. contemplated the question carefully. It clearly wasn't something he had spent time considering, but he has been on the losing side of fights before and knows…
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Floyd Mayweather: Trash talk was just self-promotion, now unnecessary vs. Manny Pacquiao
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Years ago, Floyd Mayweather regularly repeated his father's original charge that Genaro Hernandez was "a piece of garbage," promised to beat Diego Corrales "on behalf of battered women everywhere,"…
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Manny Pacquiao’s recurring leg cramps could alter Floyd Mayweather’s fight plan, father says
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao is having leg cramps, which his trainer disclosed to a reporter last week. But Floyd Mayweather already knew about it. News that Pacquiao's recurring problems with cramping…
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Leonard Ellerbe, Rafael Garcia retained as Floyd Mayweather avoids shakeup for Pacquiao fight
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather was ready for change and said so, targeting two of his most tenured and trusted employees. Yet, when his May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao was negotiated,…
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Column: Floyd Mayweather craves more than a victory over ‘reckless’ Manny Pacquiao
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- A sign on the entry door declares, "Boxing Gym Closes At 3 p.m.," except it is on the inside, where only those who already have gained admittance can see…
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Floyd Mayweather cracked up Zab Judah in early sparring for Manny Pacquiao, uncle says
By David Mayo
Floyd Mayweather has sparred once with Zab Judah this training camp, and according to one not completely impartial observer, the results were telling. Mayweather beat Judah in three lopsided five-minute rounds last…
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Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao trainers happy to exchange words before fighters trade punches
By David Mayo
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao thus far have played corporate fighters, saying little bad about each other, and why? They are a warring couple resigned to being richer together than apart. What…
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Column: Manny Pacquiao fights for Philippines, undeterred as underdog to Floyd Mayweather
By David Mayo
LOS ANGELES -- Manny Pacquiao moves a nation. The Filipino media mobilize whenever the darling of the country does just about anything, from fighting to running for national office. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob…
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Floyd Mayweather: ‘Timing is right’ for Manny Pacquiao fight, NBA meeting key to making it
By David Mayo
LOS ANGELES -- Floyd Mayweather said he never believed there would be a bigger prize fight than one that happened when he was 10 years old. Now, there not only is such…
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. eager to get son back in gym, stresses body work vs. Manny Pacquiao
By David Mayo
Floyd Mayweather Sr. will spew 10 weeks of verbal bravado about his son's May 2 showdown with Manny Pacquiao, but the trainer knows it is the fight of all their lives. Mayweather-Pacquiao,…
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Column: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao made us wait, but fight still will be historic
By David Mayo
The odyssey in getting here can be worth the trouble. It was on a sultry night in Manila, when Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier pummeled each other until their heads ballooned in…
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Column: Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao happens only if latter leans on Time Warner/HBO
By David Mayo
The Manny Pacquiao side's deadline came and went with little thaw in the talks for a Floyd Mayweather fight, and precisely the feared television impasse, and if the two sides walk away…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao makes more sense in 2016, without Showtime
By David Mayo
In another expertly played production, because that's what Manny Pacquiao's brilliant promoter does, Floyd Mayweather next weekend will see the opposition-imposed deadline pass for a fight proposal that may be in no…
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Column: Floyd Mayweather can’t hide his fatigue, even if it wasn’t present in Marcos Maidana win
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather was tired. His lip was fattened and he drank water gingerly around the cut. His fingers ached, the product of what he claimed ? and television replays…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana II: Tale of the tape and other key fight facts
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Key facts for the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana welterweight title unification: Who: Floyd Mayweather (46-0, 26 KOs), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, vs. Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs), Margarita, Santa Fe,…
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Floyd Mayweather, Marcos Maidana ready with adjustments, but will rematch follow similar path?
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Marcos Maidana has 12 rounds tonight to land a better percentage than his first fight against Floyd Mayweather, prove his near-miss loss four months ago wasn't a fluke, and…
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Floyd Mayweather: No secret Manny Pacquiao talks, Bob Arum just trying to sell tickets
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather called promoter Bob Arum's claim of secret talks for a Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight "totally false" Tuesday, though he didn't slam the door on the possibility of fighting…
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Floyd Mayweather: NFL erred in changing Ray Rice’s suspension after video’s release
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Boxer Floyd Mayweather said Tuesday that he thinks the NFL should have stuck to its original two-game penalty after Ray Rice's conviction in a domestic case. Rice's contract was…
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Marcos Maidana rematch, then retirement in 2015? Floyd Mayweather ‘knocking at that door’
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather the businessman sometimes catches himself talking about his boxing career in the past tense. At those times, it's striking even to him how close the end is.…