Mark Vester
344 articles · BoxingScene.com
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Mayweather Jr: “Pacquiao Better Step His PPV Game Up”
By Mark Vester
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has told WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao to step his pay-per-view game up if he wants to come to the negotiating table. The hard line by Floyd is setting…
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Emanuel Steward: Mayweather-Mosley, a Dead-Even Fight
By Mark Vester
Hall of fame trainer Emanuel Steward is giving WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley a very good shot to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At…
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Conte Responds To Mosley’s Lawyer Over Pacquiao Jab
By Mark Vester
BALCO Lab founder Victor Conte has issued a response to a recent BoxingScene.com news brief, where Shane Mosley's attorney Judd Burstein was very critical of Manny Pacquiao's defamation suit. Last December Pacquiao…
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Miguel Cotto’s Bad Habits are Being Broken By Steward
By Mark Vester
Trainer Emanuel Steward is not looking to change the style of former two division champion Miguel Cotto. He just wants to break the Puerto Rican fighter's "bad habits" in the ring. Steward…
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Shane Mosley: “Mayweather, is He Gay or Something?”
By Mark Vester
The heat is on. WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley has fired back at Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s recent verbal attacks. During a recent appearance on ESPN Radio, Mosley took aim at Mayweather's constant…
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Photos: Edwin Valero’s Funeral: Hundreds Say Goodbye
By Mark Vester
On Wednesday in El Vigian, Venezuela, hundreds of fans, friends and relatives attended the funeral of Edwin Valero, who killed himself on Monday in a jail cell. Valero was arrested on Sunday…
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Beltran: Pacquiao-Margarito Possible For 9/18 in Vegas
By Mark Vester
Promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions in Mexico, thinks a fight between WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito is possible for the tentative date of September 18 in a Las…
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Pacquiao vs Cotto Rematch is Very Possible, Says Steward
By Mark Vester
Trainer Emanuel Steward thinks a rematch between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao is very possible, if Cotto manages to beat WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman on June 5 at Yankee Stadium…
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Will Pavlik Try To Snatch Margarito From Pacquiao?
By Mark Vester
Could an in-house struggle take place for Antonio Margarito? The Mexican fighter returns on May 8 in Mexico against Roberto Garcia. Margarito is a frontrunner possibility for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao…
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Mayweather Calls Mosley a B*tch, Trashes ‘Sugar’ on 24/7
By Mark Vester
Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his big return to HBO's reality series, 24/7. This time the series follows Mayweather and his May 1 opponent, WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley, as the two fighters…
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Antonio Margarito: Manny Pacquiao Has My Title, I Want It
By Mark Vester
Former champion Antonio Margarito could be facing the pound for pound king of boxing if everything falls into place. He returns on May 8 against Roberto Garcia at La Feria de San…
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Saul Alvarez-Jose Miguel Cotto on Mayweather-Mosley
By Mark Vester
Undefeated welterweight prospect Saul Alvarez (31-0, 23KOs) of Mexico is going to fight Jose Miguel Cotto (31-1-1, 23KOs), the older brother of two-division champion Miguel Cotto, on the pay-per-view undercard of Floyd…
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Edwin Valero Arrested on Alleged Assault Charges
By Mark Vester
According to multiple reports in Venezuela, undefeated Edwin Valero was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife. Valero's wife was taken to a hospital in Los Andes. The doctor's report listed several injuries,…
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Mayweather-Mosley Trade Words Face To Face on HBO
By Mark Vester
To further hype their welterweight mega-fight on May 1 in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and WBA champion Shane Mosley sat down with HBO's Max Kellerman to tape a face to face…
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De La Hoya: ‘Saul Alvarez Can Be Like Chavez is Mexico’
By Mark Vester
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya sees no reason to rush the career of undefeated welterweight prospect Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez of Mexico. Alvarez, 19-years-old, makes his debut as a Golden…
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Foreman vs. Clottey Being a Possible Fight For 2010?
By Mark Vester
According to Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, if WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman is able to get past Miguel Cotto on June 5 in Yankee Stadium, then Joshua Clottey might be…
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Jose Luis Castillo Retires: “I Don’t Have it Any More”
By Mark Vester
Jose Luis Castillo (60-10-1), a one time lightweight king and once considered as one of the best pound for pound fighters in boxing, announced his retirement after the loss to Alfonso Gomez…
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Margarito: “I’ll Even Fight Manny Pacquiao in Manila”
By Mark Vester
Antonio Margarito, a three-time former welterweight champion, wants to reclaim his WBO welterweight title. Margarito is scouting the current champion, Manny Pacquiao, at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. He wants the fight bad.…
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Antonio Margarito Ringside To Scout Manny Pacquiao
By Mark Vester
This coming Saturday, Antonio Margarito will be sitting ringside at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The former welterweight champion will be scouting the welterweight bout between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey. Top…
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De La Hoya: Mosley Can’t Get Mad at Mayweather
By Mark Vester
Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya made a mistake that Shane Mosley has to stay away from. He got mad at Floyd Mayweather Jr. prior to their 2007 fight and…