Mayweather KOs Big Show In Hilarious Bout

mayweather56753343.jpgBy 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 at least scream and moan in a half-way believable manner. After spending a good deal of the opening moments running from Big Show, and looking a lot like his normal boxing fights, Mayweather finally opened up with a series of jabs that got Big Show to back off from him.

As if in celebration, Mayweather turned around and began to drink from a gold chalice given to him by one of his handlers on the side of the ring. At this moment, an enraged Big Show ran across the ring and tagged Mayweather’s handler with an elbow, knocking him backwards onto the floor outside of the ring, spilling the chalice and drink all over the floor. Big Show then attempted to stomp Mayweather’s hand, which I suppose was a move planned out because of all the fear about Mayweather potentially being hurt in the ring and possibly destroying his boxing career as a result. Big Show missed the stomp, naturally, as Mayweather escaped in the nick of time to save his hand from a terrible fate.

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Hatton-Mayweather II: Would People Be Interested In A Rematch?

mayweather444544.jpgBy 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 Sports News in regards to a rematch with Hatton, “We don’t know what the future holds, anything is possible. Is it possible? Absolutely.” This would seem to suggest that Mayweather is kicking around the idea of fighting Hatton sometime in the future, perhaps not long after Floyd faces Oscar De La Hoya in their September 20th rematch in Las Vegas.

The logical question, of course, would be ‘who wants to see Mayweather fight Hatton again?’ The first fight was not particularly interesting, as Mayweather dominated the entire fight, and it ended badly for Hatton with him being stopped in the 10th.

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Mayweather To Participate in ‘WrestleMania XXIV

mayweather3253.jpgBy 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 absurd amount of money for an even that will be more staged play-acting than a true athletic contest. Mayweather will be pitted against the wrestler called “Big Show,” a 7′ foot 399 lb mountain of a wrestler whose real name is Paul Wight.

Though it will be obviously a staged event, there is always the possibility that the slight 5’8″ Mayweather can be potentially injured while getting thrown around by Wight. Even if Wight accidentally falls on Mayweather, there can be major injures that can occur from a wrestler his size landing on the diminutive Mayweather. While I don’t personally care for professional wrestling as a sport, I can see why Mayweather, aside from the obvious factor of the huge $20 million dollar payday, would choose to make this move. Wrestling is actually more popular than boxing at this point, and by Mayweather fighting one of the sports’ biggest stars, both figuratively and in terms of fan interest, Mayweather will be increasing his fan base substantially with the younger audience.

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Cotto Wants Mayweather To “Stop Making Excuses”

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 on September 20th in Las Vegas. Depending on the outcome of the fight, it’s difficult to say when/if Mayweather will be interested in a bout with the unbeaten 27 year-old Cotto.

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Has Hatton Been Ruined By His Loss To Mayweather?

hatton4644.jpgBy 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 humiliation of his one-sided beating from Mayweather. In a recent interview, Hatton had this to say about the Mayweather bout:

“There’s one or two things I want to do and one of those is to prove people wrong. If you’re a man, that’s what you do. So I’d like to fight Floyd again. Last time I don’t think I was given a fair crack of the whip.”

Clearly, Hatton appears haunted by the loss, seemingly not able to let go of the loss and forget about it.

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Is Mayweather Following In Roy Jones Jr’s Footsteps?

mayweather464237.jpgBy 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 potential mega-bout against fighters like Dariusz Michawlzewski, Julian Jackson, Gerald McClellan, and Nigel Benn, to name just a few of the top fighters that he failed to get in the ring with.

Believe me, any one of those fighters would have jumped at the chance to fight Jones, knowing that they’d be no doubt paid handsomely for it. Instead of huge fights, we saw Jones fighting boring matches against fighters like Clinton Woods, Richard Hill, Bernard Hopkins, James Toney and Montell Griffin.

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Is Roy Jones Jr. Faster Than Floyd Mayweather Jr?

jones54686544.JPGIn 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 typical fashion, but I found myself agreeing with him about him being faster, as I don’t see Mayweather as having nearly the kind of blazing speed that Jones has, even now. Earlier in Jones’ career, there could be no such comparison, for he had almost blinding handspeed, the type of speed which allowed him to get away with not holding his hands up to protect him.

It also made him much more unpredictable, because it was often hard to tell where his punches would be coming from due the speed with which he’d throw them. Jones never had to worry about things like fundamentals, because his speed would enable him to take short cuts, forgoing the typical worries of having to cover up to guard against incoming shots. Of course, his foot speed has unfortunately slowed down much more than his handspeed, as has ability to get out of the way of punches. However, his handspeed, even now, appears to be faster than Mayweather.

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De La Hoya vs. Mayweather II On May 3rd

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 that De La Hoya, 34, has decided on facing Mayweather again so soon, as De La Hoya has few options of winnable fights over top opponents to choose from, and if he were to fight a couple of more times – and likely losing them – De La Hoya would be destroying the possibility of his big money bout with Mayweather.

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Is Mayweather Afraid Of 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 for most of his career. One fighter out of all the welterweights jumps out at you when one thinks of the welterweight division, and that’s undefeated World Boxing Organization champion Paul Williams (33-0, 24 KOs), who is arguably the best fighter in not only the welterweight division but in all of boxing.

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“He’s (Mayweather) Afraid To Lose” – Bob Arum

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.

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