Charles Jay
146 articles · The Sweet Science
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Is Amir Khan Being a Cry Baby Again, or Does He Have a Point?
By Charles Jay
Golden Boy Promotions is asking the District of Columbia Boxing and Wrestling Commission to actually take away the title Lamont Peterson won from Amir Khan back in December, and give it back…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto ? The Final Analysis
By Charles Jay
Some people I?ve talked to don?t think the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto fight is going to do all that well. I would tend to disagree with that. Putting together two of the top…
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley ? The Final Analysis
By Charles Jay
This fight, I suppose, is a rite of passage for Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, who has fought some people who were known, but no one as well-known or accomplished as Shane Mosley, or…
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Floyd Mayweather is Getting $32 Million On Saturday ? What To Do With It?
By Charles Jay
And so it has been announced that Floyd Mayweather?s guaranteed purse for Saturday?s bout against Miguel Cotto is $32 million, which is to date the largest in the history of boxing. Of…
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Floyd Mayweather?s The Richest Athlete ? In The U.S., That Is
By Charles Jay
According to recently-released information supplied by ESPN The Magazine?s Money Issue ?Salary Survey Project,? Floyd Mayweather was the highest-earning athlete in the United States in 2011, grossing an estimated $40 million, which…
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Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto: A Question of Loyalty
By Charles Jay
There was a lot of talk about ?loyalty? in the second episode of ?Mayweather-Cotto 24/7″ on HBO, as Cotto stressed loyalty in his camp, and Mayweather countered with the remark that Cotto…
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Floyd?s ?Take It Or Leave It?: He?ll Have To Live With It
By Charles Jay
Manny Pacquiao has a ?take it or leave it? proposition in his hands from Floyd Mayweather. Or at least that?s the way Mayweather would like it to sound. In the made-for-TV interview…
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People For The Ethical Treatment of Floyd
By Charles Jay
Okay, we have come to the conclusion, through much consideration, that Floyd Mayweather will not likely do an interview with HBO?s Larry Merchant, either before or after his May 5 fight against…
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Manny Pacquiao Party Change ? More Enemies Upcoming?
By Charles Jay
Manny Pacquiao is changing political parties. Again. The world champ plans to take the oath as a new member of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban, which will heretofore be known as PDP-Laban, which happens…
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Don?t Ride Manny Pacquiao Too Hard on Foundation ?Scandal?
By Charles Jay
The Manny Pacquiao Foundation is the latest part of the world champion?s life to take a hit. When are ?relief goods? for flood victims NOT relief goods? I guess when they are…
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Feeling Kind Of Bad For Hector Camacho
By Charles Jay
I was somewhat saddened to hear about the charges of child abuse charges that were filed this past week against Hector Camacho, and certainly the hope here is that it doesn?t turn…
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Is There a Political Vendetta Against Manny Pacquiao?
By Charles Jay
Manny Pacquiao may have formulated a pretty good (in his mind) reason why he has been asked to provide information about his income to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in the…
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Manny Pacquiao Might Be #1 Pound-for-Pound, But He?s 113th in Tax-Paying
By Charles Jay
Business of Boxing PacMoney ? Marketing, Millions and Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao could lay claim to being the #1 fighter in the world, on a pound-for-pound basis. Certainly the dispute between him…
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Manny Pacquiao is Now Completely Out of Hand
By Charles Jay
I don?t know enough about Manny Pacquiao?s tax situation or his earnings to tell you whether or not he is ?cheating? the Philippine government out of their money; or rather, HIS money…
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Yuriorkis Gamboa Could Be The One Suffering ?Untold Damage?
By Charles Jay
The next time you hear a sob story about how a fighter wound up down and out because he was ?exploited? by greedy promoters and managers, consider the case of one Yuriorkis…
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Oh God, Manny Pacquiao May Fight Marquez Again
By Charles Jay
Manny Pacquiao may have had another dream last night. In this one, the multiple-division champion and #1 fighter in the world (or #1A, as it were) has apparently been given the go-ahead…
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Spin of ?Saint Manny ? Pacquiao Carries a Wallop
By Charles Jay
Yes, it?s working already. Arturo Bastes, a bishop in Sorsogon, may be the first to utter it. ?Many saints were called crazy,? said the bishop, in an interview with reporters, ?We can…
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Will Tax Problems Derail Manny Pacquiao?s Presidential Plan?
By Charles Jay
Talk about bad timing. A Wall Street Journal article that was released on Wednesday discussed the notion that Manny Pacquiao might actually be a prime candidate to someday run for president (http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/03/07/pacquiao-for-president-in-the-philippines/?mod=rss_asia_whats_news).…
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Mike Tyson Inspires Ballplayers; Can He Inspire Box Office Again?
By Charles Jay
Mike Tyson is in the news, and this is not necessarily a bad thing. The former heavyweight champion recently dropped in on a practice session for the UNLV basketball team and gave…
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Tackling the ?Old School vs. New School? Debate
By Charles Jay
There has been a fair amount of discussion on this website about ?Old School vs. New School? when it comes to the sport of boxing, and it probably deserves to be discussed,…