By Sean McDaniel: With the dynamite mega fight coming up between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) and World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley, tickets could sell very quickly for their May 1st bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The MGM’s seating capacity is only 17,000, which is nothing for a mega fight like this. Those tickets, which go for $150, $300, $600, $1000 and $1250, will likely be scooped up fast by eager boxing fans wanting to see arguably the two best welterweights in the division get it on.
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Is Pacquiao’s career complete if he doesn’t fight Mayweather?
By Esteban Garduno: In the teleconference call yesterday, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said the following: “I believe I don’t really need to fight Mayweather because what I have actually done in boxing right now, I think is good enough for me.” But is Pacquiao’s career really complete if he doesn’t fight Mayweather? I really don’t think it is. Pacquiao fought few recognizable opponents from the start of his career until he fought Marco Antonio Barrera for the first time in 2003. By then, Pacquiao had been fighting for eight years and had won titles in the flyweight and super bantamweight divisions.
Pacquiao: “Maybe he’s [Mayweather] afraid of me”
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By Sean McDaniel: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao said today in a teleconference that he believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t want to fight with him at this time. “Maybe he’s afraid of me or maybe he’s afraid for this fight.” Pacquiao is talking about how Mayweather asked for random blood tests to be taken from both he and Pacquiao before they could fight. The Nevada Athletic Commission only asks that urine be checked, and not blood.
Mayweather-Mosley: Floyd confident about his chances of winning
By Chris Williams: Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) is feeling no stress as he prepares for his May 1st battle against 38-year-old World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, who turned 33 on February 24th, says in an article by David Mayor of The Grand Rapids Press at Mlive.com “It comes down to two things: Who’s the smarter fighter and who has the best timing?” Mayweather will be facing an equally fast and powerful fighter for one of the few times in his career in taking on Mosley.
Mosley: “I don’t know if he’s [Mayweather] a coward or not”
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By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) gave his thoughts about his May 1st opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an article at ABS-CBN News, saying “I don’t know if he’s a coward or not but what I know for this fight, he was forced to fight me. Aside from Manny [Pacquiao], this is the only big money for him [Mayweather] out there. If he’s afraid to fight Manny, “I’m not.” For Mosley to fight Pacquiao, he’s going to have to find a way to beat Mayweather on May 1st at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayweather-Mosley will receive an HBO 24/7 series, but not Pacquiao-Clottey bout
By Sean McDaniel: For Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley fans, they’ll be able to see an HBO Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 series for the May 1st mega fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 24/7 series, which are usually very popular and powerful tools in hyping fights to the casual boxing fans of the sport, will go a long ways towards making the Mayweather-Mosley fight a huge pay-per-view moneymaker for the fighter. Sadly, the same thing can’t be said of the bout between World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey on March 13th.
Would Pacquiao get dominated by Mayweather?
By Esteban Garduno: I think it’s for the best that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. ended up not fighting. If they had fought, I have a strong feeling that the Pacquiao hype machine would end on that night with Mayweather making Pacquiao look ridiculous in beating him either by knockout or a hopelessly one-sided decision. Pacquiao is just too wide open and flawed with his fighting ability to beat a skilled boxer like Mayweather, in my view. Pacquiao is great at beating fighters that come at him and the type that are there for him to hit, but he looks bad if he has someone that can counter punch and move.
Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Winner Take All
By Ryan Dunn: In a recent interview with KTLA Los Angeles, reporter Cher Calvin stepped into the Wild Card Gym, where Manny Pacquiao is training for his March 13 bout against Joshua Clottey, for a few words with the P4P king himself. During the interview, she asks him to address the steroids accusations, and at the end, Freddie Roach proposes quite an interesting offer to Team Mayweather.
The Pacquiao – Mayweather Wars
by Glen Anglin: There is an all-too-common tendency among many boxing fans to attempt to promote the greatness of their chosen hero by denigrating their hero’s current rival. Currently, there is a blazing war of words between the respective fans of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather .
Normally, this verbal battle takes 4 basic forms:
Ariza: “I don’t think he’ll [Mayweather] get past Mosley”
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By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning trainer Alex Ariza chimed in with his own thoughts about the May 1st bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley, saying in an article at The Telegraph, “I don’t think he’ll [Mayweather] get past Mosley. I think it’s even possible that Mayweather could come up with an injury or get the flu, because if that fight happens and Mayweather loses, he loses everything. He will then never fight Manny for the amount of money that was originally offered, and he will lose all his pulling power.”