Mayweather Jr. Still Sees Himself as the #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter

By Jason Kim: Recently, I was kind of stunned to see Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) trying to argue his case as to why he should still be the number #1 pound-for-pound boxing star in the sport despite having been out of the sport for two years. Mayweather, 32, was coming at it from the angle that he hadn’t been beaten so therefore he should still be the number #1 star in boxing.

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Was Hatton Ruined By Mayweather?

hat5466By William Mackay: Lately in the past week, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been taking credit for supposedly ruining Hatton as a fighter by knocking him out in the 10th round in their December 2007 bout. While Hatton did end up getting knocked out in the fight, it wasn’t anything close to being a particularly nasty knockout like the one that Hatton suffered in his 2nd round knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd.

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Is Pacquiao Avoiding Mayweather?

By Manuel Perez: Up until now, Manny Pacquiao’s trainer has done a great job of making it seem as if it’s Floyd Mayweather Jr., who’s the one that will ultimately make it difficult for a future Pacquiao vs. Mayweather bout to take place.

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Will Boxing Be Better Off if Marquez beats Mayweather?

mayweather2349By Jason Kim: Since Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced that he was coming back and fighting Juan Manuel Marquez boxing fans have had to listen to Mayweather brag endlessly about how he’s still the number #1 star, and how he’ll never let a small man beat him. Yet Mayweather has no answers for why he didn’t choose to fight someone in his own weight class like Paul Williams, Shane Mosley or Miguel Cotto.

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Mosley: “Floyd, Stop Running”

mosley2354660By Eric Thomas: Welterweight champion Shane Mosley was interviewed on Friday night fights by Brian Kenny, and Mosley didn’t seem happy with Floyd Mayweather’s excuses for not fighting him, saying “Floyd, quit running. Stop saying I’m not a pay per view attraction. I’ve been making money longer than you. That’s probably why you came back to the sport. Now you come back to get some money. We can make money together, alright?”

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The long road to legacy: Marquez Acknowledges July Fight With Mayweather Will be Difficult, But says “Nothing is Impossible”

marquez463446461By Amilcar Barnett: Boxers, even world champion boxers don’t often travel from Mexico to London to announce fights taking place in Las Vegas, but that is precisely what Juan Manuel ‘Dinamita’ (Dinamite) Marquez, the world lightweight champion did this week to announce his upcoming fight with the recently un-retired Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather.

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Marquez Won’t Be Getting a Third Fight with Pacquiao If Juan Loses to Mayweather

By Eric Thomas: The latest word on a potential third rubber match between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez looks as if it won’t be happening if Marquez loses to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their July 18th according to an article from the LA Times. Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum doesn’t see the value in Pacquiao fighting Marquez if Juan is beaten by Mayweather, because a loss would mean that a fight with Juan wouldn’t be a mega fight, and that is what Pacquiao is interested in at this point in his career.

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Will Mayweather Jr. Be Remembered as a Cherry Picker?

By Dave Lahr: Every fighter leaves a legacy whether good or bad and many of them wish they could do things differently if they had the chance to redo their career from scratch. In the case of Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) I wonder if some day he might want to do the same thing with his career because Mayweather’s tendency to choose easier opponents rather than the toughest ones seem to have tainted his boxing legacy and left a lasting impression on many fans of the sport when they think of Mayweather’s name.

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Mayweather Tells Hatton to Retire – News

By William Mackay: Ever the modest one, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) says that Ricky Hatton was never the same after being stopped by him in the 10th round in a recent interview with Brian Kenny from ESPN. Never mind the fact that Hatton continued to fight effectively for two more fights after the Mayweather fight, beating first Juan Lazcano and then Paulie Malignaggi before being stopped in the 2nd round by Manny Pacquiao on May 2nd at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas.

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Marquez Thinks Mayweather Will Be the Same Fighter He was Before Retiring

marquez4634435By Eric Thomas: At yesterday’s press conference on the 80th floor of the Empire State building in New York, Juan Manuel Marquez chose his words carefully, making sure that he only said good things about his July 18th opponent undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs), saying that he sees him as being the same fighter he was before suddenly retiring after defeating British light welterweight Ricky Hatton in a 10th round TKO in December 2007.

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