Under normal circumstances, J’Leon Love would have been a perfect fit for the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Sept. 14 junior middleweight world title fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
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He hasn’t fought more than once a year since 2007. But as he prepares to fight Saul “Canelo” Alvarez just four months after his last bout, Floyd Mayweather Jr. can’t wait for the bell to ring.
A rare series of storms had cooled the summer air to an almost tolerable level, though it was steamy as ever inside Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s gym just a few miles from the Strip.
Boxing makes strange bedfellows, but this night was a love-in the likes of which the sport seldom has seen. Larry Holmes joked with Mike Tyson about being knocked out by him, Floyd Mayweather Jr. said nice things about Bob Arum, and Arum and bitter rival Don King shared a hug.
Tonight, the inaugural class of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame, headed by boxers Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Larry Holmes, Mike McCallum and Diego Corrales, will be enshrined at the Monte Carlo. And Rich Marotta, the founder and president, finally will be able to sigh with relief.
If you click on the website, you immediately hear the theme song from “Rocky IV,” one that talks about there being no easy way out, no shortcut home, that some things are worth fighting for, that giving in can’t be wrong.