Why De La Hoya Will Defeat Mayweather
May 6th, 2008 Tags: Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Aaron Klein: In watching Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) completely take apart his opponent Steve Forbes last Saturday night, I saw the blueprint that Oscar had crafted, with the help of Floyd Mayweather Sr – his trainer – to use to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their upcoming September 20th bout in […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Is He Getting Diminishing Returns?
April 26th, 2008 Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Chet Mills: At one time in his career, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) took on the best in each division he competed in. As a super featherweight, he defeated champion Genaro Hernandez. As a lightweight he defeated Jose Luis Castillo twice, and as a welterweight he defeated Zab Judah. It’s only recently, […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr: Does He Rank As An All Time Great?
April 23rd, 2008 Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Eric Thomas: Based on how his career has evolved, winning championship belts in the super featherweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight divisions, should Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) be considered as an all time great in boxing? Although his career is far from finished at this point, and he still has […]
Should Mayweather Be Getting More Credit?
April 3rd, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Eric Thomas: Last week, Pound for Pound boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. took part in a Wrestlemania match, walkng away with a cool twenty million dollars for little more than 10 minutes of work in a staged match. Mayweather, 30, has seemingly stepped away from boxing as far as taking on the elite in […]
Mayweather KOs Big Show In Hilarious Bout
March 31st, 2008 Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Chris Stein: In one of the silliest wrestling matches I’ve ever seen, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated professional wrestler “Big Show” last night at the Citrus bowl in the WrestleMania XXIV match. Mayweather, not a particularly good actor, looked especially fake in going up against the 7-foot 441 lb Big Show, though he did […]
Hatton-Mayweather II: Would People Be Interested In A Rematch?
March 21st, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Erik Thomas: The first fight was an ugly one-sided affair, with the undersized Ricky Hatton being foiled at his attempted wrestling & fighting on the inside, eventually leading up to a 10th round stoppage by Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs). The only reason I ask is because Mayweather, 30, recently said to Sky […]
Mayweather To Participate in ‘WrestleMania XXIV
February 26th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest gossip, undefeated WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) will be taking part in WWE’s “WrestleMania XXIV” at Citrus Bowl, which takes place on March 20th. For his role in the affair, Mayweather, 30, will be reportedly receiving a payment of twenty million dollars, an almost […]
Cotto Wants Mayweather To “Stop Making Excuses”
February 22nd, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto
By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto (31-0, 25 KOs) has called out WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (39-0, 25 KOs), saying to “stop making excuses” for not fighting him. As of now, Mayweather, 30, has a scheduled rematch with Oscar De La Hoya to take place […]
Has Hatton Been Ruined By His Loss To Mayweather?
February 1st, 2008 Tags: Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Manuel Perez: Ever since previously unbeaten junior welterweight Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) was embarrassed in a 10th round TKO loss to pound-for-pound boxing king Floyd Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs), last December 8th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the 29 year-old Hatton has shown little indication that he’s getting over the […]
Is Mayweather Following In Roy Jones Jr’s Footsteps?
January 31st, 2008 Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Roy Jones Jr.
By Eric Schmidt: In the early 90s, Roy Jones Jr. (52-4, 28 KOs) was considered to be arguably the pound-for-pound best boxer in all of boxing. His boxing skills, along with his incredible hand speed, were nothing short of extraordinary. There was one problem, however. Jones wasn’t taking on the harder fights, seeming to avoid […]
Is Roy Jones Jr. Faster Than Floyd Mayweather Jr?
January 17th, 2008 Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Roy Jones Jr.
In an interview at fightnews.com, Roy Jones Jrs. (51-4, 38 KOs) had this to say about Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) in reference to their handspeed, “Only Floyd Mayweather comes close to me and he’s still 10 miles an hour slower.” At first I thought Jones was just being himself, bragging in his […]
De La Hoya vs. Mayweather II On May 3rd
January 14th, 2008 Tags: Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr
In the latest boxing news, it looks as if Oscar De La Hoya (38-5, 30 KOs) is going to be facing undefeated World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (38-0, 30 KOs) in a rematch on May 3rd of this year, with the location still to be announced. I can’t say that I’m surprised […]
Is Mayweather Afraid Of Paul Williams?
January 9th, 2008 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Paul Williams
Now that World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) has gotten by the business of beating to consecutive easy gimme fights, I think it’s high time that he start facing real challenges in his career rather than the same easy set up fights that we’ve been used to seeing from him […]
“He’s (Mayweather) Afraid To Lose” - Bob Arum
December 25th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto
In the latest boxing news, World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has recently stated that he plans on competing in the MMA, and will perhaps be signing on with his billionaire friend, Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and HFNet Fights, a MMA promotional company.
Mayweather To Fight In MMA?
December 23rd, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr
Perhaps in a sign of overreach on Floyd Mayweather Jr’s part, he is considering moving to compete in MMA fights, according to the latest boxing news from ESPN. Apparently, Mayweather, now 30, is in discussions with billionaire Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, among other things. Mayweather met up with Cuban while on […]
Hatton Mayweather Generates 850,000 PPV Buys
December 19th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By now it must be obvious that the Ricky Hatton - Floyd Mayweather bout was an incredibly popular bout with the boxing public, but even more shocking are the final PPV numbers, which came out to over 850,000 buys in the United States, including $47 million in TV revenue, according to ESPN. Not bad for […]
Mayweather Not Interested In Cotto
December 19th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto
In the latest boxing news, World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) said to Franklin McNeil of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, “He (Miguel Cotto) knows he can’t beat me. He knows. Cotto’s remedy to beat me is pressure, pressure, pressure. That’s not the remedy to beat me.” Apparently, Mayweather, 30, is […]
“I Don’t Think he (Hatton) Should Fight Again” - Floyd Mayweather Jr.
December 15th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Fashun 3K Battery
According to a report from Dan Rafael of ESPN, undefeated World Boxing Council welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) recommends that Ricky Hatton not fight again, stating “I hope Ricky Hatton is able get to through this one. This is tough on him and his family. I know he’s been through a […]
Floyd Mayweather Jr: Who Should He Fight Next?
December 13th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr
Moments after Floyd Mayweather’s 10-round destruction of Ricky Hatton last Saturday night, Mayweather commented that he wouldn’t allow boxing to retire him, that he would retire from boxing. However, knowing that Mayweather is often making threats of retiring from boxing but never actually carrying them out, I thought it would be interesting to discuss who […]
Mayweather Destroys Hatton
December 9th, 2007 Tags: Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr
Just as most fans thought it would be, boxing’s pound-4-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) toyed with Ricky Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) en route to eventually stopping him in the 10th round last night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the early rounds, Hatton, 29, fouled constantly with numerous rabbit […]
