By Jason Kim: Although Floyd Mayweather Jr. clearly wants a fight against Manny Pacquiao in the near future, the negotiations between Mayweather and Pacquiao might make the fight un-doable at this time. Mayweather reportedly wants more than a 50-50 deal, and Pacquiao and his team will likely want nothing less than 50% of the purse split.
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Mayweather-Marquez Fight: Five things we learned
By Don Ramos:
1. Call a spade a spade: it was a mismatch from the start. There was never any doubt on the result of the match. Even the betting odds were 4-1 in favour of Mayweather.
The fight proved that Mayweather still has his boxing skills intact. This is not unusual, given he is young and is gifted with natural fighting ability. Other fighters had come back from retirement and made impressive wins. One good example is when Sugar Ray Leonard came out of retirement to win over the Marvin Hagler.
Pacquiao/Mayweather: Pre-Destined?
By Trevor Weis: The King has been challenged. Mayweather ended his 21-month layoff showing no signs of rust or age, dismantling the technical veteran Juan Manuel Marquez in 12 one-sided rounds. The former pound-for-pound king made Marquez look like a sparring partner, rolling his shoulder and dancing away from punches. Money landed close to 50% of total punches, while Marquez was only able to land an embarrassing 12%, with only 21 jabs throughout the 12 round fight.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. – Three Names from Greatness
By Elad Baron: Watching Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the early hours of Sunday morning one thing was clear, the natural abilities of the man can never be questioned. His, balance, reflexes and technique are second to none; add to that his water tight defence. Love him or hate him, every boxing fan had to appreciate the display of skill that was on show.
Mayweather: “I’m Never Going to Win”
By Jason Kim: A slightly despondent Floyd Mayweather Jr. mopped about not getting the love and credit that he thought was due to him at a post-fight press conference following his lopsided 12-round unanimous decision victory over Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather, 32, put on a masterful performance against the 36-year-old Marquez, appearing by many boxing enthusiasts to have won every round of the fight with ease.
‘Great’ Fighters Pacquaio, Cotto, and Mosley Will Fall Short to ‘Complete’ Fighter Floyd
By Mark Phillips: After witnessing Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s performance against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night in their non title contest in the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, alarm bells and questions immediately flooded into minds across the world.
Mayweather Proves he Can beat a Lightweight
By Chris Williams: I kept my word. I didn’t shell out a mint to watch this worthless card. Didn’t I tell everyone that this was going to be a total slaughter? What did you expect? Mayweather came into the fight probably weighing 160 against a pumped up lightweight in Juan Manuel Marquez.
Kellerman and Mosley crash Mayweather’s Victory Party
By Dave Lahr: You got to fill a little bit sorry for Floyd Mayweather Jr. (40-0, 25 KO’s) right about now, because just after he beat Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision by the scores of 120-107, 119-108 and 118-109 last night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, HBO interviewer pulled a couple of surprises on Mayweather when he brought Shane Mosley into the picture.
Floyd Mayweather Jr – has he regained the P4P crown
By Matthew Tunstall: This past Saturday night in Las Vegas Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr put on a boxing clinic against one of the best boxers on the planet today in Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather totally dominated Marquez throughout the bout, knocking him down in the second round with a blistering left hook, to come away with a lopsided unanimous decision of 118-109, 120-107 and 119-108.
“Money” Mayweather dominates Marquez to win an overwhelming UD
By Sam Gregory: After a 2 year hiatus from boxing Floyd Mayweather Jr makes his comeback in the welterweight division at a catch weight against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Casino, Las Vegas. Mayweather didn’t make the catch weight limit of 144 pounds that was agreed upon before the fight instead weighing in at 146 pounds to Marquez’ 142 pounds; the fight otherwise got off without a hitch; well beside the fact that Mayweather had to pay $600,000 in penalties to Marquez for not making weight.