George Willis
251 articles · New York Daily News
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Baby-mama drama for Mayweather
Things have gone from bad to potentially worse for Floyd Mayweather. A week after garnering public ridicule for his racist rant against Manny Pacquiao on the website Ustream, Mayweather now is a…
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Jacobs’ story can help ease Pacquiao-Mayweather bitterness
It's the kind of story that can make a casual sports fan form a rooting interest. Brooklyn's Danny Jacobs is fighting for the WBO middleweight title tonight in Las Vegas just a…
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Yankee Stadium will belong to 28-0, future rabbi Foreman
Eleven months ago, Yuri Foreman was at Yankee Stadium to do what boxers do, promote a fight. He posed for pictures while standing between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, two boxers of…
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Foreman will get special escort by New York’s Finest
Boxers can come up with some creative ring entrances, but most are confined from the distance between the locker room and the ring. When Yuri Foreman takes on Miguel Cotto next Saturday…
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Nothing in works for Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown
Don't hold your breath about anything developing soon regarding a bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Despite reports of Pacquiao softening his objection to blood testing, or his trainer Freddie Roach…
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Mayweather back on top of boxing
LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya called Floyd Mayweather Jr. "the king of the world," and though that might be exaggerating things a bit, Mayweather is at least the king of…
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Mayweather should rock rusty Mosley
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will defeat ?Sugar? Shane Mosley tonight in Las Vegas, and I don?t expect the fight to be that close. I see Money Mayweather winning eight of 12 rounds, if…
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Mayweather’s ‘best’ boasts on line vs. Mosley
Part of the appeal of Floyd Mayweather Jr. is that he speaks his mind even if what he says usually is self-serving. He isn't shy about proclaiming himself the best to ever…
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Solid win boosts Pacquiao’s resume
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Less than two hours after earning a one-sided decision over Joshua Clottey, Manny Pacquiao was across the street from Cowboys Stadium starring in a concert at the Ballpark in…
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Tonight’s fight will Pacq punch
RLINGTON, Texas -- Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey stood face-to-face in the center of Cowboys Stadium yesterday, posed in the traditional boxing stare down after weighing in for tonight's WBO welterweight championship…
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Mayweather-Mosley bout can jump-start race to new market
The question came up during the Floyd Mayweather-Shane Mosley press conference earlier this week: Name the last time a non-heavyweight fight this big featured two African-Americans? Toss out bouts involving Mike Tyson…
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Pacquiao says Mayweather didn’t want megafight
Manny Pacquiao says Floyd Mayweather Jr. wasn't ready to face him this spring and their disagreement over blood-testing procedures was just a smokescreen to get out of the proposed welterweight championship mega…
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Upcoming bouts help ease pain of blockbuster cancellation
Though the frustration, skepticism and finger pointing over the failed negotiations for a bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao haven't totally subsided, the dark cloud is starting to lift. At least…
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MSG doubleheader
BOXING is off to a wobbly start in 2010. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao couldn’t agree on terms for their much-anticipated bout, and now the welterweight unification fight scheduled for Jan. 30…
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Blockbuster bout wasn?t even a fight
Moments after Manny Pacquiao earned a 12th-round TKO over Miguel Cotto in November, boxing was at the forefront of general sports conversation again. Ross Greenburg, the president of HBO Sports, practically was…
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Floyd-Manny debacle giving boost to MMA
There’s just one winner if Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao continue on this course to spoil all the positive energy boxing created in 2009: mixed martial arts. For a moment it…
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Cancellation of blockbuster
Shame on boxing if it can’t get Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to agree to fight each other March 13. That means shame on Mayweather, shame on Pacquiao, shame on their promoters…
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Megafight in peril over drug tests; Manny mulls Paulie
Bob Arum told The Post yesterday that, as far as he's concerned, the proposed megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao "is not going to happen" because of an impasse over…
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Win over Cotto would give Manny titles in 7th different class
LAS VEGAS — The fact Manny Pacquiao is favored to defeat Miguel Cotto tonight when the two meet for Cotto’s WBO welterweight championship is amazing in itself when you consider Pacquiao began…
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Cotto insisting he’s not damaged goods
LAS VEGAS -- The last time Miguel Cotto fought in Las Vegas, he left the MGM Grand Garden Arena in an ambulance headed for a Las Vegas hospital. He had endured a…