Dan Wetzel
19 articles · Yahoo! Sports
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Manny Pacquiao won’t watch Mayweather-McGregor, says ‘it could be very boring’
By Dan Wetzel
The all-time pay-per-view record was set in 2015, when 4.6 million customers purchased a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. If the upcoming Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight is going to…
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Floyd Mayweather’s fight-week prep? Hanging at his strip club until the wee hours
By Dan Wetzel
LAS VEGAS ? It?s 2:47 a.m. Thursday morning, maybe 66 hours from the richest fight of his career, and Floyd Mayweather is bouncing around the Girl Collection gentlemen?s club here. All around…
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Floyd Mayweather not taking Conor McGregor’s bait ahead of superfight
By Dan Wetzel
LAS VEGAS ? The Ka Theatre inside the MGM Grand Hotel on Wednesday afternoon was overloaded with media and microphones. The much-anticipated Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor press conference for their Saturday fight was…
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Manny Pacquiao won’t watch Mayweather-McGregor, says ‘it could be very boring’
By Dan Wetzel
The all-time pay-per-view record was set in 2015, when 4.6 million customers purchased a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. If the upcoming Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight is going to…
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Floyd Mayweather’s pride is now the only thing standing in the way of a Conor McGregor fight
By Dan Wetzel
It would be one of the more ludicrous events in combat sports history, but it may also be one of the most lucrative. A Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor boxing match has been bandied…
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Boring? Floyd Mayweather’s clinical win over Manny Pacquiao shows brilliance
By Dan Wetzel
LAS VEGAS ? Across nearly two decades, 46 different men have stepped into the ring with Floyd Mayweather, a couple of them twice. No one ever really hit him. No one ever…
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Credential issue casts Mayweather, promotion in poor light, but that?s boxing
By Dan Wetzel
LAS VEGAS ? Whether Floyd Mayweather or his promotion company is/was/isn't/wasn't banning journalists from covering Saturday's fight against Manny Pacquiao remains to be sorted out. CNN's Rachel Nichols and ESPN's Michelle Beadle…
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Manny Pacquiao, millionaires scramble for tickets as market reaches absurd heights
By Dan Wetzel
LAS VEGAS ? For the low, low price of $797 you can purchase via StubHub.com a pretty good seat ? Section 13, Row W in the MGM Grand Garden Arena ? to…
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Long overdue Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will not save boxing
By Dan Wetzel
For years now, when blessed with a free moment, Freddie Roach would pull up video of Floyd Mayweather fights and look for weaknesses. He was devising a strategy just in case his…
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants potential Mayweather-Pacquiao fight at AT&T Stadium
By Dan Wetzel
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. ? Jerry Jones has no inside information. He says he isn?t privy to any discussions, however serious they may or may not be, between the camps of Manny Pacquiao…
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Mayweather?s villain act is a tonic for boxing
By Dan Wetzel
Go ahead and hate Floyd Mayweather Jr. He?s getting richer on the act. The chaotic conclusion to his knockout of Victor Ortiz on Saturday night was the latest example of this marketing…
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Brilliant Pacquiao?s prime is being squandered
By Dan Wetzel
The fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas poured boos down on the ring, expressing a sentiment shared by many pay-per-view customers. Sugar Shane Mosley was running from Manny…
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Bradley ready for Pacquiao, Mayweather
By Dan Wetzel
PONTIAC, Mich. ? Tim Bradley?s unanimous 10th-round technical decision over Devon Alexander Saturday had been dubbed the ?Super Fight.? It wasn?t. It was more like an elimination bout en route to the…
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Mayweather should keep dodging Pacquiao
By Dan Wetzel
ARLINGTON, Texas ? Antonio Margarito entered the ring standing five inches taller and weighing 17 pounds more than Manny Pacquiao. By the ninth round, Margarito?s right eye had been nearly closed. His…
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Politician Pacquiao sending out muddy message
By Dan Wetzel
While campaigning for political office in the Philippines this week, Manny Pacquiao took a moment to send a message back across the Pacific. ?Yes, I want [Floyd] Mayweather,? Pacquiao is quoted in…
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No sense in ducking Pacquiao-Mayweather
By Dan Wetzel
ARLINGTON, Texas – The three ringside judges handed 34 of a possible 36 rounds Saturday to Manny Pacquiao, a unanimous, near shutout defense of his welterweight title over Joshua Clottey. The lopsided…
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Cowboys owner goes big with bout
By Dan Wetzel
Jerry Jones was one of the nearly 70,000 people who packed the New Orleans Superdome to watch the 1978 heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks. The energy of the…
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Pacquiao can’t afford to pass on megafight
By Dan Wetzel
The request by Floyd Mayweather for both he and Manny Pacquiao to potentially be blood tested as close as 48 hours from their possible March superfight is both unprecedented and unnecessary. Pacquiao’s…
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Building a better sports world
By Dan Wetzel
One could argue that boxer Manny Pacquiao is the greatest athlete of the 2000s. He won 23 fights and claimed championships in five of his record seven different weight classes. His ability…