Best defensive boxer: Mayweather or Whitaker?

By Gerardo Granados: I guess a fight between these two would not be a good match because of their styles, can you imagine both of them countering all night long? That would not be very exiting to watch, although if they had good motivation to win, that fight might have been very tactical and one fight that we could learn a few things from.

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Roach still flapping his gums about Pacquiao fighting Mayweather

Image: Roach still flapping his gums about Pacquiao fighting MayweatherBy Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is still yapping about his wish for boxing’s number #1 fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr to decide on fighting Pacquiao in the near future. Roach doesn’t seem to get it that Mayweather has other things on his plate to worry about that are more important than disposing of Pacquiao in a one-sided fight. Mayweather has mounting legal problems that seem to be snowballing by the day.

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Terrible Boxing mismatches: Which ones were the worst mismatches ever?

By Allen Hmiel: Watching Shannon Briggs gets massacred all 12 rounds against Vitali made me think of other Boxing mismatches and one side lopsided total devastation that have happened over the years. Briggs performance was absolutely pitiful and embarrassing to the sport and along with Briggs’ getting his face smashed in and pummeled unmercifully he got a paycheck for being an undeserving opponent.

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Arum says Pacquiao would have waited for Mayweather Jr.

Image: Arum says Pacquiao would have waited for Mayweather Jr.By Chris Williams: Bob Arum wanted to match his fighter Manny Pacquiao up with Floyd Mayweather Jr for Manny’s next fight on May 7th. Instead, Arum and Pacquiao will have to settle for fading 39-year-old star Shane Mosley, who is nowhere near the same kind of star as unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. But more importantly, Mosley won’t bring in anywhere near the same kind of cash that the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout would have brought in with pay-per-view buys. It’s just no comparisons.

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Khan needs to let go of his dream of facing Mayweather

Image: Khan needs to let go of his dream of facing MayweatherBy William Mackay: I hate to see people waste their time with silly pipe dreams that will never actually happen. For example, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) has this big dream of facing Floyd Mayweather Jr sometime. Khan believes it so much that he’s even put time line on it, speaking about it happening as early as 12 rounds from now. Never mind the fact that Mayweather may be sent up the river due to the mounting legal headaches that he’s experiencing, Khan seems oblivious to all of this and talks as if getting a fight with Mayweather is as simple as going to the local super market and picking up a dozen eggs and quart of milk.

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Is Pacquiao going to go around the circle and face Cotto and Margarito again if Mayweather isn’t available?

Image: Is Pacquiao going to go around the circle and face Cotto and Margarito again if Mayweather isn't available?By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Bob Arum has dug up 39-year-old relic Shane Mosley for Manny Pacquiao to fight on May 7th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is one of the few last named fighters that Arum can dig up for Pacquiao. There’s really not too many other fighters that boxing fans care to see Pacquiao face. Floyd Mayweather Jr is the number #1 fighter that boxing fans want to see Pacquiao, but that fight doesn’t appear to be happening next year with all of Mayweather’s legal obligations weighing him down for the time being.

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The Pretty Boy Floyd Effect

Image: The Pretty Boy Floyd EffectBy Rod Bautista: What has dominated discussion on this site is the scheduled fight between Sugar Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao. Everyone has opined about the quality of this bout questioning the reasoning behind this. To look at the reasoning for this bout you must look at the big picture. Unfortunately no matter how you look at it there is one fighter that has been affecting the fights that are being made by not being involved in them, Floyd Mayweather.

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Why is Pacquiao fighting Mayweather’s leftovers?

Image: Why is Pacquiao fighting Mayweather's leftovers?By Dave Lahr: Why is Manny Pacquiao suddenly fighting all of Floyd Mayweather’s leftovers? First it was Ricky Hatton after Mayweather had beaten the taste out of his mouth in 2007, and now it’s Shane Mosley, who Mayweather easily beat this year by a horribly one-sided fight. Doesn’t Bob Arum have any other ideas for his fighter than to put him in with guys that Mayweather badly schooled in the past? Mayweather does a number on these guys and they don’t look the same afterwards.

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Floyd Mayweather JR: What does the Future Hold?

By Edgar Solorzano: Some say that every fighter has their ups and downs, while others believe it’s the choice’s the fighters make what defines them and their future. Whether this is true or false, there’s one fighter that can relate to this statements, and that’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. Not too long ago boxing fans and Mayweather critics were starting to show respect to the undefeated five-division world champion. It was on May 1st when Floyd Mayweather successfully defeated “Sugar” Shane Mosley.

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