David Mayo
248 articles · The Grand Rapids Press
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. has ‘suspicions’ about Shane Mosley, calls out Manny Pacquiao again
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Sr. believes the fighter he once trained, Oscar De La Hoya, was a clear victim of steroid use when he lost a disputed rematch to Shane Mosley…
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Roger Mayweather doesn’t think Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Floyd Mayweather
LAS VEGAS -- While his nephew Floyd Mayweather and brother Floyd Mayweather Sr. were raising suspicions Monday that Shane Mosley might have used performance-enhancing drugs much more recently than 2003, Roger Mayweather…
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Trainers’ take: Age a deciding factor in Floyd Mayweather’s fight against Shane Mosley
LAS VEGAS -- Two boxing statesmen, both former world champions turned trainers, with a keen eye for the irreversible templates of the punch-for-pay game and the toll it takes, watch Floyd Mayweather…
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Floyd Mayweather Sr. back as son’s trainer? Court date looms for Roger Mayweather
LAS VEGAS -- Eleven years ago, in a training camp in the California desert where Floyd Mayweather prepared for his third championship fight, his father said he easily could walk away from…
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Floyd Mayweather questions Hall of Fame credentials of Shane Mosley, Manny Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS -- From a school where his daughter received a scholastic award Thursday, Floyd Mayweather took time to give reporters some instruction of his own, on precisely what constitutes a Hall…
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Shane Mosley doing something other Floyd Mayweather foes haven’t: Ignoring his rants
The biggest issue with Floyd Mayweather's inevitable tongue-wagging at Shane Mosley has taken the form of the older, more experienced fighter accepting it exactly how he should. If Mosley keeps it up…
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Roger Mayweather: Shane Mosley is ‘dangerous’ and could test Floyd Mayweather
In 19 days, Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley will share the same boxing ring, and the important subjects at hand will be substance rather than substances, skills rather than shills, the fight…
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Floyd Mayweather’s renegade demand for Olympic-style drug testing just might become boxing’s norm
Regardless what anyone thinks about Floyd Mayweather's emphasis on mandatory blood testing in boxing, the pressure it has brought to bear is forcing his sport into self-examination. Melvina Lathan, chairwoman of the…
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Manny Pacquiao beating Joshua Clottey step one to Mayweather-Pacquiao becoming reality
Manny Pacquiao took care of business inside the ring, against the kind of defense they’d like to see more often in Cowboys Stadium, although business outside the ring clearly will remain an…
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Older, wiser Floyd Mayweather says he’s still on top of game ahead of Shane Mosley fight
Older may constitute wiser, though not necessarily more enthusiastic. Floyd Mayweather turned 33 Wednesday, with a fight against Shane Mosley approaching May 1, for which time has grown short in several applications.…
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Floyd Mayweather: Shane Mosley’s ‘desperate … wants that last big payday’
With training camp two weeks away, Floyd Mayweather gradually has turned his focus from verbally cracking on Manny Pacquiao to physically cracking on Shane Mosley. The difference between himself and Mosley, he…
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Golden Boy CEO: Mayweather-Mosley ‘one of the most anticipated fights of this generation’
For weeks, Richard Schaefer honored a self-imposed gag order and refused to talk in depth about the failed Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations. In a matter of days, the boxing promoter struck a…
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Floyd Mayweather will fight Shane Mosley on May 1 in Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather has signed to fight Shane Mosley in a blockbuster May 1 fight, Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer announced Wednesday, although a couple days of open consternation about the…
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Floyd Mayweather’s adviser: Announcement of Shane Mosley fight ‘definitely’ by next week
Floyd Mayweather’s adviser said he saw no remaining hang-ups in negotiations for a Shane Mosley fight and said an announcement “definitely” would come next week. “We’re very close,” Leonard Ellerbe said. “There…
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Floyd Mayweather’s drug testing demands a welcome sight to USADA’s Travis Tygart
Travis Tygart, dragged unwittingly into the failed Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations, nevertheless did not mind. And now that Mayweather again is demanding comprehensive, random, Olympic-style blood and urine testing for a fight…
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Leonard Ellerbe: Floyd Mayweather will demand random blood and urine testing in all future fights
Floyd Mayweather’s adviser today said that a familiar demand -- random blood and urine drug testing -- will be implemented in any future fight involving the boxing star. Leonard Ellerbe said the…
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Floyd Mayweather’s Plan B? Shane Mosley; fight expected to be announced this week
Last time Floyd Mayweather agreed to something like the fight he is about to announce against Shane Mosley, it didn't work out exactly as planned. Then again, neither did the Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao…
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Floyd Mayweather’s adviser: Bob Arum’s misleading of public over negotiations ‘childish’
Floyd Mayweather’s adviser railed against Manny Pacquiao’s promoter for what he called a misinformation campaign after the proposed March 13 Mayweather-Pacquiao fight fell apart. Leonard Ellerbe said Bob Arum intentionally has tried…
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Shame on Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao for allowing drug testing dispute to kill fight
Shame on them both. Floyd Mayweather, it turns out, issued a reasonable compromise to an issue of his own creation. Manny Pacquiao stuck by the rules in a sport which is half…
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Arbiter needs to resolve four key issues to save Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao bout
The one remaining issue in the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations has bloomed into several, although an arbiter will attempt to resolve them Tuesday in a last-gasp effort to save the proposed March…
