Charles Jay
146 articles · The Sweet Science
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Dana White ? Shocked That Money Talks in Mayweather Case?
By Charles Jay
Whether it?s boxing or mixed martial arts, there are a lot of agendas at work?.at all times. So of course you knew, since they occupy the same town (and it?s barely big…
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Miguel Cotto Can Make a Fight of it Against Mayweather
By Charles Jay
One of our colleagues here supports a boycott of the upcoming fight between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto, which is scheduled for May 5. Certainly one can understand the rationale behind that,…
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Is Floyd Mayweather Right About Jeremy Lin?
By Charles Jay
Floyd Mayweather isn?t all that impressed with the Lin-Sanity. In that sense, he?s probably in the minority, and there?s no pun intended. Mayweather states that the excitement over Lin is simply because…
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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao ? ?Reporters? Need to Get the Players Straight
By Charles Jay
In this space stories that other people have written aren?t ordinarily dissected and/or sliced and diced, but the subject matter of one story in particular brought a chortle and deserved to be…
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Was Julio Cesar Chavez Junior Juiced Up? And Who?s To Blame?
By Charles Jay
As folks were watching Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. against Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday, they were probably very impressed with the way he was performing, considering three factors, at the very least:…
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Mayweather-Pacquiao May Retain Freshness For a While
By Charles Jay
Ken Hershman, formerly of Showtime, has just taken the desk as head of HBO Sports, which means that he will be the point man for any and all arrangements having to do…
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Floyd Mayweather May Use Cotto Fight to Make Point vs. Pacquiao
By Charles Jay
Floyd Mayweather, who had been linked to a few different possibilities for the May 5 date he has booked for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, wound up with someone not a…
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More Excuses and Demands No Surprise for Floyd Mayweather
By Charles Jay
It should not have been too shocking that Mayweather would have refused to accept a 50-50 split with Pacquiao for a fight. In fact, he has never really wavered from that; he…
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Business of Boxing: Golden Boy?s Withdraws Appeal: Is Mayweather-Khan the End Game?
By Charles Jay
Today was the day when the IBF was supposed to hear the appeal from those associated with Amir Khan regarding their protests over the way the December 10 Lamont Peterson fight was…
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Business of Boxing: May Date for Mayweather-Pacquiao Just Isn?t Practical
By Charles Jay
Most people would agree that you could probably announce a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather on a Monday and pitch a ring up somewhere on Saturday, and you would still…
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Business of Boxing: Marquez?s Demands Aren?t Unreasonable
By Charles Jay
Indications are that Juan Manuel Marquez would be happy to fight Manny Pacquiao a fourth time. Of course, the money would have to be right, but that?s nothing different than any fight.…
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Why Floyd Mayweather Wants to Fight Canelo Alvarez on May 5
By Charles Jay
Most of the signs point to a ?go? for Floyd Mayweather taking on Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez in his next fight, which would take place May 5, and there are many reasons for…
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Khan-Peterson Controversy: Does ?Mystery Man? Wear Any Hat At All With the IBF?
By Charles Jay
At a teleconference shortly after he forwarded fees to the IBF and WBA to file a formal protest on behalf of Amir Khan, the loser in a December 10 fight against Lamont…
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Freddie Roach Needs To Talk Sense Into Amir Khan
By Charles Jay
In a Washington Post article before his loss to Lamont Peterson, in which Amir Khan insisted it was NO problem whatsoever fighting a touch challenger in his hometown, trainer Freddie Roach was…
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Floyd Mayweather Gets To Be The ?Undisputed?
By Charles Jay
There will not be additional jail time for Floyd Mayweather for that incident a year ago when he had an altercation with a couple of rent-a-cops in his ritzy Las Vegas neighborhood.…
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Is Pacquiao vs Marquez IV a ?Guarantee??
By Charles Jay
You know, if I was talking to a guy who was willing to ?guarantee? something, I?d kind of want to know how that was possible. I guess that comes as a result…
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Business of Boxing: There?s Plenty of Room for Neutrality in Officiating
By Charles Jay
As I have said before, and I?ll say again, I think that referee Joseph Cooper was probably inept enough to benefit both sides in the Amir Khan-Lamont Peterson fight. At the same…
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Amir Khan Camp Suggests IBF May Have Manipulated Scorecard
By Charles Jay
On a teleconference this afternoon, Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, made enough allegations to fill about ten episodes of ?Law & Order.? Schaefer, taking the side of the fighter…
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Super Six: Should Tournaments Become a Regular Staple in Boxing?
By Charles Jay
Tonight?s fight between Carl Froch and Andrew Ward in Atlantic City marks the conclusion of the Super Six tournament for super middleweights. It was a programming creation on the part of Showtime,…
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Business of Boxing: Pacquiao-Mayweather ? Introducing?The Easiest Way to Kill a Fight
By Charles Jay
Elsewhere on this site, Floyd Mayweather has been taken to task for insinuating that it is actually Bob Arum who is dragging his feet on negotiations for a fight with Manny Pacquiao.…