FLOYD MAYWEATHER is planning to have a British fight inside the next 18 months. That fight could even be an open air stadium defence of his World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title against Amir Khan. Bolton’s Khan is ranked number two contender for the unbeaten American superstar’s title.
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Mayweather vs. Guerrero fight still not sold out for MGM Grand
By Allan Fox: For some reason boxing fans haven’t scooped up the tickets for this Saturday’s fight between WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) and Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The fight still isn’t sold out for the 16,800 seat MGM Grand, and that makes you wonder if Mayweather is losing his ticket selling magic. It obviously doesn’t help Mayweather one bit that he selected an opponent in Guerrero who doesn’t have a big fan base.
Judah wants Mayweather-Guerrero winner and/or Garcia rematch
By Eric Thomas: Zab Judah (42-8, 29 KO’s) isn’t discouraged at all about getting beaten by WBA/WBC light welterweight champion Danny Garcia (26-0, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night in New York.
Judah reportedly wants to fight the winner of this Saturday’s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Robert “The Ghost’ Guerrero. Judah has lost two out of his last three fights, and that would make it kind of a tough sell to have him fighting the winner of the Mayweather-Guerrero fight.
The King Returns: Mayweather vs. Guerrero on May 4th in Las Vegas
by Joe Walker: This weekend we see the return of Floyd Mayweather after 12 months out and 63 days in jail. As normal there is massive interest in the fight between Floyd and his opponent Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero.
The build up has been the same as any other fight with both camps claiming there intent to win, and all the other talk that goes with build ups.
Guerrero is saying it his job to humble Mayweather before God and everyone else. Mayweather is calling Guerrero a hypocrite because of his beliefs in the light of his gun charge.
Khan: I want one more fight before I move up to 147 to face Mayweather
By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it doesn’t look like Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) will be “cleaning up” the light welterweight division like he’s said so many times in the past. After having gone life and death with the 2nd tier Julio Diaz (40-8-1, 29 KO’s) last Saturday night in winning a close 12 round decision, Khan is now saying he wants only one more fight at 140 before moving up to 147 to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. or the other top welterweights in the division.
Khan wants to fight Danny Garcia or Lamont Peterson next in December, but he may end up having to face Lucas Matthysse if he ends up emerging on top of the unofficial light welterweight tourney that Golden Boy Promotions is putting on.
Mayweather Jr. suffers a bloody nose in sparring for Guerrero fight
By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. suffered a bloody nose last Friday during a sparring session to get ready for his fight this Saturday night against Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to AP, Mayweather was nailed by a forearm that somehow was able to get in between his head-gear during the sparring session and bloody his nose.
Luckily for Mayweather, his nose wasn’t broken from the shot, but it’s still a dangerous thing to happen this close to the fight. An injury to Mayweather’s nose would cause the fight to be postponed and that would be bad news for everyone, especially Mayweather because he’s got 30 months to fulfill a six-fight contract with Showtime/CBS.
Canelo: Hoping Guerrero will beat Mayweather on Saturday
By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez thinks Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) will defeat unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) this Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Canelo is really hoping that takes place because his chances of getting a fight with Guerrero are quite high, even though Canelo would likely out-weigh Guerrero by 25 pounds by the time they stepped foot in the ring.
Canelo said to Showtime: “All the work we put in the strategy we had for this fight went very well, and most importantly we won. It was a fight where we couldn’t throw a lot of punches because he’s a southpaw because of the style. I came to fight my fight and win the way I thought I would win and I’m very pleased with the victory and I’m going to repeat:
Floyd Mayweather: ” The Hardest Button to Button”
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This Fight will be Floyd Mayweather Jr’s 44th professional fight in a career that has spanned 17 years with zero defeats making the Money Team Capo the” Hardest button to button”.
At age 36, its hard to even see signs of visible slippage in Mayweather’s regimen. Add to that the re-addition of his father to his team who brings a realist approach to what Floyd should be doing at this stage of his career to remain unbeaten. His opponent Guerrero is briming with confidence.
Robert Guerrero: God has prepped me to take over boxing
By Dan Ambrose: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) is saying that God has singled him out to take over the sport of boxing by beating undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s) next month in Las Vegas, Nevada. Guerrero is stuck on the angle of wanting to humble Mayweather by beating him in front of the world and he feels that God will help him achieve his goal.
At their recent media conference, Guerrero said “God’s groomed me and prepped me for this time to take over boxing. That’s why it’s like a modern day David and Goliath…God’s put me in this position for a reason.”
Mayweather stripped of WBA 154 lb. title
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is saying he was stripped of his WBA junior middleweight title by the World Boxing Association, according to fightnews.com. Mayweather, who holds the WBC welterweight title as well, says he had plans on defending his stripped WBA 154 lb. title, but he can’t do it now with it having been stripped from him by the WBA.
Mayweather captured the WBA title a year ago last May in beating then WBA champion Miguel Cotto by a 12 round unanimous decision.
Mayweather said this as quoted by Fightnews.com: “I wanted to defend my WBA title after this fight, but I guess I’m no longer the WBA champ, so I didn’t know I got stripped of my title.”