From boxing site Fighthype, comes news that Floyd Mayweather, Sr. intends to open his own boxing gym in Las Vegas. To date, Mayweather, Sr., a widely respected trainer, has been training fighters at Johnny Tocco’s Boxing Gym, a Las Vegas mainstay for five decades. It makes sense that Mayweather,Sr. would operate a gym of his …
While we still wait with bated breath for the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout, Mayweather Jr. is preparing to fight current WBC welterweight champ Victor Ortiz September 17, 2011 in Las Vegas.
Back in 2009 Manny Pacquiao filed suit against Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., Floyd’s uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions and Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer, who head up Golden Boy Promotions. The suit claims the Mayweather camp defamed his character by falsely accusing him of cheating by using performance-enhancing drugs. …
Yeah, you read it correctly. Manny Pacquiao the boxer, turned politician, turned actor, is now a chart-topping recording artist. Pacquiao’s rendition of “Sometimes When We Touch” has reached top 20 status on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary list. Apparently, the song is a fan favorite, being the third most added song to radio playlists in the country. …
Gary Payton attended the 26th annual Sports Spectacular Awards Event Sunday, and on the red carpet Elie Seckbach asked him what has now become and age-old question, “Pacquiao or Mayweather?” GP was very clear on who his choice is, as was his son, Gary II. Although Gary is from The Bay, and Floyd is from …
Leave it to ESPN’s Mike Wilbon to speak truth to power and ignorance. This time he blew ignorance (Bernard Hopkins) out the water…. Bernard Hopkins may never live down his loathsome comments about Donovan McNabb. It was an embarrassing moment that has tarnished the boxer’s reputation.
Why do you think McNabb felt he was betrayed? Because McNabb is the guy in the house, while everybody else is on the field,” Hopkins told the newspaper. “He’s the one who got the extra coat. The extra servings . . . He thought he was one of them.
The Pacquiao-Mosley WBO Welterweight bout is over and by unanimous decision Manny Pacquiao was declared victorious. That’s not the hottest story though. The “tweets” are all abuzz about Shane Mosley’s girlfriend, Cuban-Spanish bombshell Bella Gonzalez.
