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Selling the 'Super Bowl'
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 04 May 2007
LAS VEGAS ? Richard Schaefer said interest in the super welterweight title fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is so high that promoters could simply have opened the door to the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday and guaranteed a profit.
De La Hoya sold nearly 1 million pay per vie Read Full Story >>>Like old times: Horses, boxers back in spotlight
By John McGrath, The News Tribune, Fri, 04 May 2007
May is the spaghetti junction of the sports calendar.
Baseball is in full swing. The playoffs that someday will determine an NBA and NHL champion are meandering toward a field of survivors numbering in the single digits. (By June, we might even have an idea who advances to the semifinals.)
The Read Full Story >>> PENALOSA CAMPAIGNING FOR PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
Former WBC super flyweight champion Gerry Penalosa is campaigning hard for Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao who is contesting the congressional seat of South Cotabato of incumbent congresswoman Darlene Antonino Custodio.
In a long distance telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA STEPS UP TO THE PLATE FOR MAYWEATHER SR, NOW THE WORLD AWAITS TO SEE IF HE'S READY TO DO THE SAME AGAINST MAYWEATHER JR
By George Kimball, BoxingTalk.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya says he ?doesn?t really dislike? Floyd Mayweather Jr.?I just don?t care for him,? said the Golden Boy, who appeared to be choosing his words carefully lest they turn up on the final installment of ?24/7?, which would be broadcast a few hours later.
Read Full Story >>> Team RSR Fight Picks: Oscar De La Hoya Vs Floyd Mayweather JR
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
The fight of the decade is finally upon us. This Saturday, May 5th, Oscar De La Hoya will face Floyd Mayweather, JR., in a super fight of epic proportions. Mayweather is widely regarded as the best boxer in the world regardless of weight. He will face the toughest and highest profile test of his car Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya rates Aussie Kid
By Dave Lewis, Fox Sports, Fri, 04 May 2007
IT'S been tagged the Pretty Boy against the Golden Boy, but there's also a Wonder Boy on the bill of boxing's self-proclaimed $140 million "Fight Of The Century".
With ring revenue records set to tumble in Sunday's Floyd Mayweather Jr versus Oscar De La Hoya fist-fest, fast-rising Australian Bill Read Full Story >>> Ellerbe: Mayweather's Mr. Everything
By David Mayo, mlive.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- A variety of camp members have joined Floyd Mayweather in trash-talking opponents over the years, though adviser Leonard Ellerbe usually is the exception.
That changed on the eve of Saturday's Oscar De La Hoya-Mayweather fight.
"This fight is Floyd Mayweather vs. Arturo Gatti al Read Full Story >>> Watchdog on Oscar De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather Jr, Roy Jones Jr, Larry Merchant and much more
By Doghouse Boxing, DogHouseBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
This week Watchdog tackles Mayweather vs De La Hoya, PPV, Roy Jones Jr, Larry Merchant and much more!
So you?re not going to watch the fight? I mean you have to admit that it is the most intriguing boxing match-up so far this year. Yeah it is a garbage PPV, but what can you do? ? Anonymous
THE Read Full Story >>> Pretty Boy sweet as Sugar - Steward
ITV Boxing, Fri, 04 May 2007
Emanuel Steward has likened Floyd Mayweather Jr to Sugar Ray Leonard ahead of his superfight with Oscar De La Hoya here on Saturday night.
Steward was the trainer and mastermind who helped Lennox Lewis dominate the heavyweight division.
And he was also in the corner when legendary Thomas 'Hi Read Full Story >>> Pre-Fight Analysis: Rusty Golden Boy vs. Bloody Pretty Boy
By Zhenyu Li, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
photos by Naoki Fukuda: If you log onto any boxing news website, you?ll be overwhelmed with numerous toutings and hypes about the upcoming showdown between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr.. Leaving the rhetoric and drama behind, what I am trying to do here, as an unprejudiced Chinese writer Read Full Story >>> Pretty Boy a Golden vision!
ITV Boxing, Fri, 04 May 2007
"For the loser, Las Vegas is the meanest town on earth".
So said US journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson and come late Saturday night, either Oscar De La Hoya or Floyd Mayweather will know exactly what he means.
These two ring warriors are set to battle it out at the MGM Grand in the ric Read Full Story >>> Worldwide Media Picks Mayweather Over De La Hoya
EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
The World Awaits the showdown Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena as the Pretty Boy?Floyd Mayweather Jr.?squares off against the Golden Boy?Oscar De La Hoya. The boxing writers have spoken and of the 31 writers polled, 21 feel that Mayweather will be the victor in the mega fight. Only eight Read Full Story >>> More support for Mayweather Jr knockout win
SecondsOut.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
UK based William Hill, one of the world?s leading betting companies, have cut their odds about Floyd Mayweather knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in their superfight this weekend from 8/1 to 6/1 after a run of support from boxing fans. Hills make Mayweather 2/5 favourite to win the fight, with De La Hoy Read Full Story >>> Who will win the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight?
Sports Illustrated, Fri, 04 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya, a 10-time world champion, is the most acclaimed boxer of his era but seeks one more victory to gild his Hall of Fame career.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., a five-time world champion, is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport yet craves the world's recognition. Saturday night in Read Full Story >>> PRETTY BOY BUILT FOR SPEED
By Graham Shaw, Sportinglife.com (UK), Fri, 04 May 2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr will be built for speed when he takes on Oscar De La Hoya in boxing's fight of the decade in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Mayweather came in 4lbs under the light-middleweight limit for the WBC title showdown with the 'Golden Boy' here in the MGM Grand.
The 'Pretty Boy', a Read Full Story >>> VEGAS DIARY - PART FOUR
By Graham Shaw, Sportinglife.com (UK), Fri, 04 May 2007
I felt a bit like an intruder at a Chippendales show on Friday afternoon. After all, when was the last time you stood in the middle of a frenzied 7,000 crowd screaming at a couple of blokes in their pants? Welcome to the weigh-in for De La Hoya v Mayweather.
I suppose for an event as hyped as thi Read Full Story >>> Awaiting Sunday
By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 04 May 2007
It is no secret that boxing has suffered a dip in popularity the last few years. With growing interest in mixed martial arts and no real dominant champion in the heavyweight classes in the mold of a Muhammad Ali or a Mike Tyson, the "sweet science" has been in the doldrums for quite some time now.
Read Full Story >>> HOW DID DE LA HOYA GET TO A MAYWEATHER FIGHT?
By Jason Aniel, RingTalk.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
TRUTH ABOUT OSCAR WILL RILE SOME
Las Vegas, NV- Oscar De La Hoya stands as the last big mainstream boxing name that draws millions of dollars and millions of spectators. While he never matched the PPV numbers of Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson, he trumps any non-heavyweight fighter since his arr Read Full Story >>> The World Awaits No More: Oscar De La Hoya Vs Floyd Mayweather JR
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 04 May 2007
Saturday, the biggest fight in recent memory goes down as Pound for Pound King, Floyd Mayweather, JR., 37-0, 24 KO?s, faces his biggest challenge in the people?s champion and WBC Light Middleweight Champion, Oscar De La Hoya, 38-4, 30 KO?s, in a 12 round battle that the world is literally talking ab Read Full Story >>> Stinko De Mayo, Stinko De Mayweather...Let's Get Ready To Fumigate!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 04 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Ricardo Lois, whose stupid appearance belies the intelligence that lies buried deep within, had it right about two things lately. One, he is 1000 percent correct that ?The World Awaits? is perhaps the dumbest big fight nickname ever.
And, two, his creation, "Cinco De Mayweather Read Full Story >>>
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