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Entries tagged with "Floyd+Mayweather+Jr.":

• Impeccable Timing – April 30th, 2011

  
  
  

• Roger on Floyd's Return – May 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• More Mayweather Trouble – May 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• Pacquiao Crushes Mosley – May 7th, 2011

  If Mayweather stops unraveling and resolves his legal issues, maybe a fight between him and Manny will materialize in the future...
  
  

• Floyd Just Says No – May 12th, 2011

  
  
  

• Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – May 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Love Me or Leave Me – May 30th, 2011

  
  
  

• Pacman Settles DLH Lawsuit – June 2nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Floyd Turns Down $65 Mil – June 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• What Does That Tell You? – June 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Ortiz Then Pacquiao? – June 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Ten-Count for Genaro Hernandez – June 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather Thinks We’re Stupid – June 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Floyd Wants Mr. Natural – June 15th, 2011

  
  
  

• Hagler Tells Floyd to Fight – June 15th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather Plays With Fire – June 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather’s Hit Parade – June 28th, 2011

  
  
  

• Star Power Hits New York City – June 29th, 2011

  One doesn’t attend press conferences for the food, slide shows and music. It’s all about the fighters…
  
  

• The Oncoming Train Wreck in Combat Sports – July 5th, 2011

  If Evander Holyfield can still continue to fight, you can be assured that Jermain Taylor will get a license to fight in Arkansas...
  
  

• Ricky Hatton Hangs ‘Em Up – July 7th, 2011

  After an illustrious career, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton has formally announced that his fighting days are over. The former junior welterweight and welterweight champion was as tough an hombre that ever walked the face of the earth. If his heart sometimes trumped his skills, Hatton’s heart was always up for the challenge. The 33-year-old Hatton had his first fight in Nov. 1997, a first round KO over Colin McAuley, and compiled a 42-2, 32 KOs record. Hatton beat Jon Thaxton to become the British light-welterweight champion in 2000, and topped out in 2005 when he upset champion Kostya Tszyu to win the IBF junior welterweight title. He collected the WBA belt with a victory over Carlos Maussa in Nov. 2005. He defeated Luis Collazo to win the WBA welterweight title in Boston in May 2006. Hatton followed up that a UD12 over Juan Urango in Jan. 2007 to win the IBF welterweight strap. Hatton stopped Jose Luis Castillo six months later. Later that year, on Dec. 8, 2007, Hatton challenged WBC welterweight king Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight was Hatton’s Samson vs. Mayweather’s Goliath. But because the Marquis of Queensberry Rules forbids slingshots, Hatton was stopped in round 10 and suffered his first loss. Hatton picked up where he left off with a win over Juan Lazcano in Manchester, England, in May 2008, and TKO’d Paulie Malignaggi six months later. All those wins put Hatton in line to fight Manny Pacquiao on May 2, 2009. If the fight with Mayweather was Samson vs. Goliath, the fight with Pacquiao was Samson vs. Thor. Pacman knocked Hatton out cold in the second round, and Ricky hasn’t fought since. "I am very upset,” Hatton said today. “It's a very sad day for me. I know it is the right decision though. I've known it was the right thing to do for 18 months to be honest. "It's a bit of a relief to finally do it. It's been hovering over my head for such a long time.” Go out on top. That’s the classy way to do it. Hatton may have lost to all-time greats—who hasn’t?—but he fought the best, and he always fought his best. Never gave less than 100%. Never quit. Never said die. Hatton was the kind of fighter you’d figure you’d have to drag from the ring kicking and screaming and clinging to the ropes. But not Hatton. He’s as full of surprises as he’s full of piss and vinegar. "These last two years have been really frustrating,” Hatton said. “I hit rock bottom and it almost drove me insane.” When Hatton says he hit “rock bottom,” you’d better believe it was rock bottom. When he say “it almost drove me insane,” trust me, it almost drove him insane. You could say Hatton was this or that, whatnot, or the other thing. But he had balls of steel and a heart of gold. Who could ask for anything more? "There's nothing more I love than training for a fight, but I have no dreams left now." A man without dreams is man who has woken up. Congratulations to Ricky Hatton, a man who has woken up.
  
  

• Money to Burn – July 13th, 2011

  
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao: Innocent Suspicion – July 13th, 2011

  Not a single shred of hard evidence exists that proves Manny Pacquiao is involved in illegal performance enhancing…
  
  

• Khan-Judah: Who’s Your Daddy? – July 17th, 2011

  As far as Khan is concerned, Judah is all bark and no bite, talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk, and he’ll roll over when the going gets tough…
  
  

• Amir Khan Artist – July 18th, 2011

  When he uses his great length, pumping that jab more actively, as Maestro Freddie has taught him, then, yes, artist...
  
  

• Khan/Judah: A tale of Science & Faith – July 20th, 2011

  I have bought into the hype behind Khan—and fully expect him to win decisively and head to 147 to make serious noise...
  
  

• Khan vs. Judah: Something to Prove – July 21st, 2011

  When they meet in the ring, Khan will be viewing Judah as another obstacle in his climb up the ladder, another obstruction on the road to Mayweather...
  
  

• Floyd to Manny: “You’re Next” – July 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Dana White on Manny Pacquiao – July 23rd, 2011

  
  
  

• Khan Turns New Judah Old – July 23rd, 2011

  Judah’s actions explain Judah. He hypes himself up. He talks a great game. But against elite opposition, he falls short every time...
  
  

• Lions of Winter No. 2: Carlos “Kid Varelita” Varela – July 27th, 2011

  "You have to show me your balls." It is one of his favorite expressions. Try and be tough is not tough enough. Try and be tougher...
  
  

• All Eyes on Amir Khan – July 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather Lawsuit Dropped – July 29th, 2011

  
  
  

• Roger, Over and Out – July 30th, 2011

  
  
  

• Kelly Pavlik Comes Clean – August 4th, 2011

  Backroom shenanigans are part and parcel of the fight game. One doesn’t need to be an expert to know this goes on, and has gone on forever…
  
  

• Pacquiao Tired of Waiting – August 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Floyd/50 Cent Strip Hop Brawl – August 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• Pacquiao Eyeing Retirement – August 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Floyd Mayweather Sr. Has His Say – August 7th, 2011

  Floyd "Money" Mayweather is a great fighter, but beating a dead horse doesn’t do much for his legacy…
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Ortiz: The Unspeakable – August 8th, 2011

  Fighters grow old overnight. Nobody mentions this because nobody believes it can happen, but it happens…
  
  

• Sergio to Manny: Take the Test – August 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Manny Says Fight Will Happen – August 12th, 2011

  
  
  

• The Art of Boxing and Sergio Martinez – August 15th, 2011

  “I was starving,” Martinez said. “I needed to work. I needed to eat. I needed to train. And I was in a new country. I was an immigrant…”
  
  

• Mayweather Sued in Las Vegas Shooting – August 17th, 2011

  Quincy Williams told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that "[Mayweather] feels like he's entitled to do whatever he wants and get away with it…"
  
  

• Morales and Matthysse Meet the Press – August 18th, 2011

  “The reason the Matthysse fight was decided was because he’s very strong, very formidable, in many eyes an undefeated fighter…”
  
  

• Warning Signs Flashing for Floyd – August 19th, 2011

  
  
  

• And the Oscar Goes to… – August 19th, 2011

  De La Hoya’s a former boxer, a former champion, so he has a special perspective, and Golden Boy Promotions needs his undivided attention—now more than ever…
  
  

• Mayweather Mentally Strong – August 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• A Method to His Madness? – August 25th, 2011

  
  
  

• De La Hoya Picks Victor Ortiz – August 25th, 2011

  
  
  

• Manny: No Mayweather, No Sweat – August 27th, 2011