Archive for September, 2009

By Dave Lahr: You got to fill a little bit sorry for Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) right about now, because just after he beat Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109 last night at the MGM Grand, in Las [...]

By Matthew Tunstall: This past Saturday night in Las Vegas Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr put on a boxing clinic against one of the best boxers on the planet today in Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather totally dominated Marquez throughout the bout, knocking him down in the second round with a blistering left hook, to come away [...]

By Sam Gregory: After a 2 year hiatus from boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr makes his comeback in the welterweight division at a catch weight against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Casino, Las Vegas. Mayweather didn’t make the catch weight limit of 144 pounds that was agreed upon before the fight instead weighing in [...]

By Steven Wain: Anyone who saw last night fight will agree that Floyd “money” Mayweather is not only an extremely talented boxer; he is in fact the king. Many people though 2 years out of the game and Floyd would be slow, rusty, and some people were even writing him off, Last night all those [...]

By Liam Santiago: Floyd Mayweather Jnr proved himself to be absolutely stunning last night, winning every round over Juan Marquez, who hardly landed a decent punch. The man who took Pacquiao to the wire, and even pushed him to a draw, in two fights who many say Marquez won, was made to look very average [...]

By Sam Gregory: On tonight’s final bout for the undercard of the Mayweather-Marquez fight in a highly anticipated rematch, the reigning and defending undefeated featherweight champion Chris John 43-0-2 with 22 KO’s defended his WBA belt against Rocky Juarez 28-5-1 with 20 KO’s in a 12 round bout in the featherweight division.

By Warren Cloud: This Mexican independence day weekend, Millions of Juan Manuel Marquez fans were hoping for an upset that was never meant to be. Marquez’ past fights against boxing greats like Marco Antonio Barrera, Joel Casamayore, and Manny Pacquiao had proven Marquez a warrior composed purely of guts and heart.

By Sam Gregory: The second bout on the undercard of the Mayweather-Marquez fight was a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant WBO lightweight belt between Australian Michael Katsidis 26-2 with 21 KO’s and Woodland, California resident Vicente Escobedo 21-2 with 13 KO’s.

By Sam Gregory: In the first televised bout on the undercard of tonight’s Mayweather-Marquez fight, 30 year old Cornelius Lock of Detroit improved his record to 19-4-1 with 12 KO’s by stopping the previously undefeated Puerto Rican Orlando Cruz 16-1-1 with 7 KO’s in a battle between two southpaws.

By Brian Kenneth Blackwell: Tonight Floyd Mayweather Jr. made one thing very clear. He cannot be beaten at this stage of his career by a smaller man. He simply has too much speed, and that negates the one advantage a smaller fighter brings with him. This goes for any and all smaller challengers relevant to [...]

By Matthew Fogg: Firstly, I am sure there will be many arguments and comments raised on and from several different boxing sources on this subject, but from what I saw at the weigh-in between the fighters Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37KO’s) I feel inclined to comment.

By Alex Miles: At the weigh in for tonight’s fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd Mayweather Jr., there appeared to be a sneaky bit of rigging that has gone unnoticed from the public eye. According to Dan Rafael who was at the weigh in, “Juan Manuel Marquez filed his contract yesterday at 144 pounds… [...]

By Eric Torres: Hello boxing fans, I wake up this morning having pondered the controversial weight in for the Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez upcoming super-fight and as a fight fan I am very disappointed in Mayweather Jr. and his actions. I have many opinions about Floyd Mayweather Jr. some good and some [...]

By Tom Stokes: I recently wrote an article involving the catch weights between the Floyd Mayweather (39-0, 25 KO’s), Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4, 37 KO’s) and Miguel Cotto (34-1, 27 KO’s), Manny Pacquiao (49-3, 37 KO’s) super fights. Now for those of you who saw the weight in for the Mayweather/Marquez super fight, I doubt [...]

By Jason Kim: Floyd Mayweather Jr. probably will have enough left in the tank to beat lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, but I don’t see Mayweather lasting too much longer at the top of the sport. Typically, fighters that retire and make a comeback fail [...]

By Chris Kelly: It’s not easy being Floyd “Money” Mayweather. Although without said money, it would certainly be a lot harder. Mayweather Jr. has maintained a perfect unbeaten mantle throughout his career and retired a five-time world Champion with an impressive record of 39-0 (25) boasting wins over an array of high caliber fighters, including [...]

By Chris Kelly: It’s now a forgone conclusion that Britain’s WBA light-welterweight champion Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KO’s) will be facing Ukrainian born Dimitry Salita (30-0-1, 16 KO’s) in December, in a fight that will probably take place in London, England. This doesn’t make for the most thrilling match-up of Khan’s career granted, but Salita [...]

By Dave Lahr: In a shocking revelation from Floyd Mayweather Jr., he admitted that he has to fight some other fighters to be considered one of the best fighters. “There are a few more guys I have to beat in my era for people to say that Floyd Mayweather was the best. There’s no doubt [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolay Valuev (50-1, 34 KO’s) has a location for his title defense against British heavyweight David Haye (22-1, 21 KO’s) on November 7th. The fight will be taking place in Nuremberg, Germany. Valuev, 36, will be making his 2nd defense of his WBA heavyweight title against the [...]

By Manuel Perez: Freddie Roach is back to his art of predicting fights again, this time Roach is predicting that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will beat Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday. “I like Mayweather to win on a decision, although it might be a boring fight because they are both naturally counter punchers,” Roach said.

By Chris Williams: I’m really hoping Floyd Mayweather Jr. puts in one of his better performances this Saturday night against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas. I have high hopes that Mayweather will feel the pressure to perform because of all the negative feedback that he’s been receiving in the past [...]

By Sean McDaniel: With only a month to go before the first part of the Super Six tournament begins, the build up for the fights between Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward, Carl Froch vs. Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham vs. Jermain Taylor are already starting to heat up. All of these fighters are hoping to [...]

By Jim Dower: I think this fight would have been a great one eight years ago in 2001 when Floyd Mayweather Jr. was fighting as a super featherweight and Juan Manuel Marquez was a featherweight. At that time, Marquez was 28-years-old and in the prime of his boxing career and not all beat up, and [...]

By Dave Lahr: World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (37-2, 36 KO’s) doesn’t truly understand what he’s up against in facing American Chris Arreola (27-0, 24 KO’s) on September 26th. Klitschko, 38, will be facing a perfect knockout machine against the large 250 pound Arreola.

By Eric Thomas: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO’s) is looking forward to getting back in the ring and taking on Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KO’s) on December 5th, at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

By Dave Lahr: Judging by how poorly the ticket sales have gone fore Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout for September 19th, I’m starting to wonder whether Mayweather is in fact a huge pay-per-view attraction. Marquez may not be a big star, but he’s certainly popular enough to create a big PPV gate [...]

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (14-0, 10 KO’s) will now be fighting Fres Oquendo (31-5, 20 KO’s) in a scheduled 10-round bout on October 10th, at Madison Square Garden, in New York. Solis, 29, the 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist for Cuba, was supposed to be fighting heavyweight contender Kevin Johnson.

By Jason Kim: Juan Manuel Marquez has nothing to lose this Saturday night against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and everything to gain. In fact, Marquez, 36, stands to gain quite a lot if he can somehow pull off a miracle win over the previous number #1 pound-for-pound star Mayweather. This would be a huge win [...]

By Erik Schmidt: Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux (2-0, 2 KO’s) will be fighting for the third time in his short pro career on tonight against GIovanni Andrade (60-11, 49 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Fountainbleau Hotel, at Miami Beach, Florida. Rigondeaux, 28, a super bantamweight, has looked decent since turning [...]

By Manuel Perez: Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be in over his head on Saturday night and wishing he had taken a tune-up bout or three before facing a fighter like Juan Manuel Marquez. This is going to be the proving ground for Marquez, who is moving up two divisions to take the fight with Mayweather. [...]