Floyd Mayweather Jr Boxing News

By Babatis Banda: If you have doubts about WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. being in a class of his own, then you are either a fan of a fighter that has already been obliterated by Mayweather or of cause, an ardent fan of the Manny Pacquiao or indeed you have issues that have nothing [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): When World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) enters the ring on May 5 against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas boxing fans from around the world will be focused on what kind of [...]

By Allan Fox: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) defends his title on May 5th against Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) in a fight where most boxing fans figure that Mayweather should come out on top in a rather decisive manner. However, a win for Cotto will not only be big [...]

By Babatis Banda: A lot of people will tune in just to, hopefully see Floyd lose to Cotto. While this is an unpredictable game with possibilities happening, it is only remotely possible that Cotto will beat Floyd. There is so much that has happened in this sport, just as much as that which has not [...]

By Chris Williams: There are certain fighters that theoretically would give Floyd Mayweather Jr. a lot of trouble, and Miguel Cotto is one of them. And as much as the boxing public is high on Manny Pacquiao right now, I don’t think he would give Mayweather even slight problems compared to Cotto.

By Lavon Shepard: After learning who Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao were facing next I figured it was worth the time to sit down and analyze both matches. Lets look first at Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto set for early May.

By Chris Williams: I don’t know what it is about Floyd Mayweather Jr. but he seems to get the advantage over Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum every time he fights.

By Babatis Banda: After Manny walked away yet again from his biggest pay cheque, Floyd had to settle for Cotto as his nemesis on May 5. For now, there is no single justification for us to discuss why the Floyd versus Manny bout failed again. All we can say is that, let it happen when [...]

By Dallan o’ Donnell: As the Mayweather- Pacquaio debacle carried on into another year of back and forth, turning blame on one another, one fighter went about his business silently knowing that if the mega fight collapsed once more he would be the fighter who reaped the benefits being number one on both Pacquaio and [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It has been made increasingly clear over recent months that when World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-6, 26 KO’s) takes to his Twitter account it is done with drama in mind.

By Dan Ambrose: More than a few boxing fans seem to have been taken in by the soft matchmaking that Bob Arum has done for Miguel Cotto since his loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2009. Arum put Cotto in with three consecutive banged up or old fighters in the past three years – Yuri Foreman, [...]

By Reni M. Valenzuela: When do you see a fight that has reached a conclusion but has never happened at all? Whether Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. would still fight in the future or not, who cares now? The bout is well over. And the world has come to an end for the “Fight [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum says he hopes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be ready to iron out a deal for a November fight against Manny Pacquiao in the near future, but that Mayweather is going to have to agree to the 50-50 deal that was originally agreed to by both fighters in the past.

By Chris Williams: As it turns out it may have been a stroke of luck that Miguel Cotto’s contract with Top Rank expired as of December 31st last year, as if he was still with the company his scheduled May 5th big money fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. would likely be little more than a [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The selection of World Boxing Association (WBA) light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) to be the next opponent for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) makes perfect economic sense. Cotto is extremely popular in the Latino community and fits in very well for May 5th [...]

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has really done himself a huge favor by outmaneuvering Top Rank CEO Bob Arum and his number #1 fighter Manny Pacquiao by signing on WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto for a fight against Mayweather on May 5th.

By Robert Elmore: The announcement of welterweight WBC champion Floyd Mayweather taking on World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto was of no shock to me. These two have a history together. And it’s a fight that should have taken place years ago.

By Joss Goosman: The Prime Division- The heavyweight division is the arena where past kings of the ring were ordained. Where the strongest and the biggest of men were pitted against each other, much like the gladiators of the past.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. was willing to give WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao a piece of the action by letting him get a big $40 million payday against him for a fight on May 5th, but Pacquiao got greedy and didn’t want to accept the huge $40 million offer that Mayweather offered him.

By Chris Williams: I got to say that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is a breath of fresh air for Floyd Mayweather Jr. compared to his recent frustrated dealings with Manny Pacquiao. Cotto didn’t cry for a new outdoor arena to be built before he’d agree to fight, didn’t insist on a 50-50 purse [...]

By Chris Williams: Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellberbe explained why Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to fight WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto at the full 154 lbs instead of a catchweight that Manny Pacquiao previously used to beat Cotto with, saying o Mlive.com “He [Mayweather] didn’t want to fight him [Cotto] at a catchweight, he [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): It goes with out saying that the back and forth bickering between the camps of undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) and Filipino icon WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38 KO’s) has become nauseating and in effect has accomplished nothing.

By Jason Kim: I’m not precisely sure what WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto received for his fight against Manny Pacquiao three years ago, but I seriously doubt it’s as much as Cotto stands to make in his May 5th fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

By Dan Ambrose: Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., doesn’t see WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto as any kind of threat to Mayweather Jr. in their upcoming May 5th fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to news from the examiner.com.

By Sam Kerwood: Miguel Cotto (37-2 (30 KO’s) will be facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is probably around 85% of what he was before his beatings against Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao in 2008 and 2009.

By Chris Williams: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao turned down a huge $40 million offer from Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a May 5th that would give the Filipino star by far the biggest payday of his career.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) has duped his legions of fans once again with the announcement that he will face WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s).

By Eric Thomas: With sadness, boxingnews24.com regrets to tell you that Angelo Dundee, 90, died today in Tampa, Florida. Dundee previously trained boxing greats Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio, and worked recently as a consultant to Oscar De La Hoya. The boxing world will miss Dundee.

By Jason Kim: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to have to make sure he doesn’t get hit too much on May 5th by WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto because the Puerto Rican star hits too hard and can give Mayweather a real beating if he’s allowed to land his heavy shots all night long.