David Mayo
248 articles · The Grand Rapids Press
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Floyd Mayweather’s Sept. 13 fight could be in New York as promotional company nears license
By David Mayo
Floyd Mayweather's promotional company is in the final stages of receiving a license from the New York State Athletic Commission, even as the fighter told an interviewer over the weekend that he…
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Floyd Mayweather will self-promote Sept. 13 fight after Richard Schaefer leaves Golden Boy
By David Mayo
Floyd Mayweather will self-promote his Sept. 13 fight, his first time doing so and the first time since 2006 that he officially will fight under any banner other than Golden Boy Promotions,…
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Floyd Mayweather’s next opponent? Danny Garcia, Peter Quillin early top possibilities
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Handicapping the 10 fighters most likely to fight Floyd Mayweather next, ranked by probability, and assuming a Sept. 13 fight date: 1. Danny Garcia: Mayweather might decide to go…
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Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana rematch talk premature after pound-for-pound king survives
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? A word rarely used after a Floyd Mayweather bout, rematch, was bandied about freely following his victory Saturday night over Marcos Maidana, and why wouldn't it be, even though…
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Column: Floyd Mayweather fills his pockets, but leaves boxing empty of enough quality fights
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Six months ago, on an idle night in California, I went to see Andre Ward fight live for the first time, the consensus No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer in the…
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Amir Khan: Ramadan makes September fight vs. Floyd Mayweather impossible
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Amir Khan said today that Ramadan will prohibit him from fighting Floyd Mayweather in September. Ramadan is based on the Islamic lunar calendar but most estimates have it ending…
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Floyd Mayweather, Richard Schaefer stand by MGM Grand, in stark contrast to Bob Arum
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? The final formal press conference before the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana turned into an anti-Bob Arum referendum, though Manny Pacquiao's promoter never was mentioned by name. Three weeks after Arum…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana: A few facts to set the stage for fight week
By David Mayo
"THE MOMENT" Who: Floyd Mayweather (45-0, 26 KOs), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, vs. Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs), Margarita, Santa Fe, Argentina, 12 rounds, to unify Mayweather's World Boxing Council and Maidana's…
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Floyd Mayweather’s fame and fortune now a given; boxing’s ultimate cash cow driven by perfection
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? For all the complaints emanating from here about how MGM Grand treats its favored fighter, the largesse extended by the casino and subscription network Showtime to Floyd Mayweather in…
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Floyd Mayweather’s focus on Marcos Maidana, not Manny Pacquiao or possible Golden Boy feud
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? There's a big fight this week here that doesn't involve Floyd Mayweather, who has his mind on his own fight May 3. He would suggest Manny Pacquiao do the…
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Column: Floyd Mayweather’s path grows clearer with Amir Khan on deck, hope for Manny Pacquiao in 2015
By David Mayo
Sometime in the next few days, early in what may be final year people must muse forlornly about the Manny Pacquiao fight gone askance, Floyd Mayweather will take his 140-character Twitter limit…
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Amir Khan? Manny Pacquiao? Examining what’s next for Floyd Mayweather after latest win
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? It's Stephen Espinoza's job to present attractive fights for his viewing public, and after working twice with Floyd Mayweather, no one seemed certain which direction that would lead next.…
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Viable opponents for Floyd Mayweather not aplenty after he wipes out Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS ? Floyd Mayweather is running out of peaks to climb. He is too good for his own good, and always has been, but after beating Saul "Canelo" Alvarez on Saturday…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez: Tale of the tape and other key fight facts
By David Mayo
"THE ONE" What: Floyd Mayweather (44-0, 26 KOs), Grand Rapids, vs. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KOs), Juanacatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, 12 rounds, for Alvarez's World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super…
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Ask David!: Was Floyd Mayweather knocked down in sparring session during Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez prep?
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather fights Saul "Canelo" Alvarez Saturday night and readers are curious whether experience or youth prevails. For all those who mailed in questions this week, we have answers:…
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For Floyd Mayweather, the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez fight reduces to negative Miguel Cotto comparisons
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- For Floyd Mayweather, the task of protecting the zero on his record and removing that of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez falls largely to reconfiguring a template set 16 months ago,…
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Zab Judah: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s inexperience in big fights a hurdle vs. Floyd Mayweather
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Seven years ago, Zab Judah won three of the first four rounds against Floyd Mayweather and showed some of the quick-starting skills that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez might need in…
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. has a mole in Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s camp, who says weight is an issue
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Saul "Canelo" Alvarez may need an exterminator, because Floyd Mayweather Sr. insists there's a mole in his camp. Mayweather Sr., whose famous son fights Alvarez in a megafight blockbuster…
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Floyd Mayweather, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez find source of their 152-pound limit a weighty issue
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- Saul "Canelo" Alvarez bristled Tuesday at comments from the Floyd Mayweather camp that the 152-pound limit for their fight was his team's idea. Later, the CEO of Mayweather's promotional…
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From bullied to bully: Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez insists he’ll ‘change history’ and beat Floyd Mayweather
By David Mayo
LAS VEGAS -- It started with the teasing. For years, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez took it all, meekly, until one day a bigger kid called him out for his obviously unique physical traits…