Floyd Mayweather Jr Boxing News

By Ramonito O. Legaspi: Floyd Mayweather snatched the WBA junior middleweight belt from Miguel Cotto after 12 rounds via unanimous decision last Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. But it was not an easy win for Mayweather. Cotto was relentless in his attack.

By Dan Ambrose: If WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto fights an immediate rematch with Miguel Cotto, he’ll likely completely dominate Cotto to where he won’t win one round. The reason for this is because Mayweather fought Cotto’s fight in order to give the boxing fans their money’s worth on pay per view and at [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Undefeated superstar and new WBA light middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) is fresh off of Saturday nights harder than expected win over former champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s). But “Money May” did not waste any time in verbally attacking his long time enemy Top Rank CEO [...]

By Dallan O’Donnell: After his big win against modern day legend Sugar Shane Mosley on the undercard of Mayweather-Cotto on Saturday night in Vegas unbeaten Saul Alvarez has his pick of opponents from now on. He has said that he wants a mega fight with Floyd Mayweather next and his promoter Oscar De La Hoya [...]

By Dallan O’Donnell: On Saturday night in Las Vegas we witnessed two of the best fighters in the world go toe to toe in a sure fire contender for fight of the year. Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather put everything on the line against the then super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Chris Williams: You know the old saying ‘Styles make fights.’ Well, that partly explains why Floyd Mayweather Jr. had so many problems beating WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto last weekend.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In what proved to be a far better fight than anyone thought possible, former WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) gave a very good account of himself Saturday night against undefeated superstar new WBA light middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s).

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya was sky high after watching his fighter 21-year-old WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) defeat 40-year-old made to order Shane Mosley last Saturday night.

HBO SPORTS PRESENTS THE EXCLUSIVE REPLAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MIGUEL COTTO AND CANELO ALVAREZ VS. SHANE MOSLEY SATURDAY, MAY 12 It’s a special edition of WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING when HBO Sports presents FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MIGUEL COTTO AND CANELO ALVAREZ VS. SHANE MOSLEY, the exclusive replay of two compelling world title fights, [...]

By Chris Williams: You’d think that with the way that Floyd Mayweather Jr. struggled to beat WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto by a 12 round last weekend that Mayweather’s appeal would have slipped a couple of notches with boxing fans, but that’s not the case.

By William Mackay: If Amir Khan is still set on wanting to get a big payday fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. before he retires from the sport, Khan is going to have to step it up and suffer no more setbacks like his recent loss to Lamont Peterson and his 1st knockout loss to Breidis [...]

By Robert “Big Moe” Elmore: I’ve followed Floyd Mayweather Jr’s career and it wasn’t until his fight against Oscar De La Hoya that he took on the bad boy image. While I’m able to distinguish between Floyd the entertainer, and Floyd the person outside the ring, others may not.

By David Ishola: Judging by his most recent comments after beating Miguel Cotto to add the WBA Light Middleweight World title to his collection it appears that Floyd Mayweather is “80/20 in favour of retiring” after admitting the potential fights out there are “very limited” which is on the back of his comments about the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It seems that former WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) isn’t pleased with the scoring for his 12 round unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) last Saturday night. I don’t see what the problem is. The judges scored it 117-111, 117-111, and 118-110.

By Chris Williams: For boxing fans that care about pay-per-view numbers, Yahoo Sports writer Kevin Iole says that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer believes the the Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Miguel Cotto fight will haul in over 2 million PPV buys when the numbers are finally tallied.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Allan Fox: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KO’s) put in a superb performance in defeating Shane Mosley last Saturday night on the undercard of the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto fight in Las Vegas. It was a fight where Alvarez needed to win impressively to make [...]

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Dan Ambrose: The way that Floyd Mayweather Jr. talked after Saturday night’s win over WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto that he could be heading for retirement rather than fighting on against the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Saul Alvarez and Amir Khan.

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr’s trainer/uncle Roger Mayweather says Floyd won’t be retiring after struggling to a 12 round unanimous decision over WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto last night in Las Vegas.

By Reni M. Valenzuela: Where Manny Pacquiao is Marvin Hagler is where lies the key to decisive wins for the former. And where Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez are not Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito is where the reasons are why strategies must vary.

Blog Talk Radio’s, “The Pugilist KOrner” is proud to present a special Post-Fight “Mayweather vs. Cotto” episode tonight at 9:00 PM EST. Pugilist KOrner link:

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakoda) By John F. McKenna (McJack): In a fight that was far more competitive than many boxing observers, including this writer, expected new WBA light middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) won a hard fought battle against former champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) Saturday night at the MGM Grand [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) immediately dashed out of the ring last night moments after the scorecards were announced giving Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) a 12 round unanimous decision victory in their duel at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in front of 20,000 fans. [...]

By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) put in a masterful performance on Saturday in defeating 31-year-old Miguel Cotto by a 12 round unanimous decision at them MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges scores were 117-111, 117-111, 118-110.

By David Ishola: Last night after successfully beating Miguel Cotto and furthering his claim as the best fighter of a generation Floyd Mayweather effectively ruled out a fight with Manny Pacquiao and saying that it is down to Bob Arum not wanting to do the fight which begs the question, where does Floyd Mayweather go [...]

Floyd Mayweather; Eight-Time and Five-Division World Champion “Tonight we gave the fans what they wanted to see. We matched the best with the best. Cotto was a very tough competitor and he won some rounds. He pushed me to the limits and this is what it’s all about.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakoda) By Dan Ambrose: Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) had a brief window to defeat unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) last night in the middle rounds of the fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

(Photo credit: Naoki Fakuda) By Jim Dower: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) had to struggle through some adversity on Saturday night in getting bloodied and slightly battered in defeating WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dominic Sauboorah: This amazing athlete is driving the sport of boxing. He isn’t just a tremendous fighter, but he’s a genuine icon for people all over the world. He is someone to be admired for the work he’s done in his career and for the mentality and belief he’s kept with him throughout his [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto has been dismissed by a lot of boxing fans going into his fight tonight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Both boxing fans and the bettors are overlooking Cotto, seeing Mayweather as the clear favorite to win.

By Chris Williams: Former Miguel Cotto victim Paulie Malignaggi believes that Cotto is going to be a very risky fight for Floyd Mayweather Jr. tonight when the two fighters go at it in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.