Manny Pacquiao sings that he’s fighting for the Filipino people in the song he’ll use to enter the ring for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2. And he’s not the first boxer to step into a recording studio.
Boxing
With less than three weeks left before one of the most expensive fights in history, Floyd Mayweather Jr. spoke out against his history with domestic abuse.
The moment won’t be too big for Showtime’s Al Bernstein when he gets behind the microphone as part of the broadcast team for the megafight between welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden.
Mickey Bey, the International Boxing Federation lightweight champion, recently resumed training after having surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right hand. There had been reports that he would meet Denis Shafikov on April 30 at the Palms in his first title defense, but Bey said they are inaccurate.
Las Vegas super bantamweight Jessie Magdaleno won’t be fighting Saturday night in Laredo, Texas.
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who promotes Manny Pacquiao, says he needs to have the tickets and hotel rooms secured for the May 2 megafight at the MGM Grand Garden. Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, says the rant is much ado about nothing.
His welterweight showdown with Manny Pacquiao is 25 days away, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. appears ready to get into the ring right now and fight the Filipino congressman. Mayweather has been training like a maniac for the megafight at the MGM Grand Garden, which is expected to do record numbers at the gate and on pay per view.
Las Vegan Diego Magdaleno is moving up to lightweight to fight Luis Solis on April 18 in Arlington, Texas. Magdaleno’s manager is eyeing a title shot against the winner of the World Boxing Organization lightweight title fight between Ray Beltran and Takashiro Ao.
Middleweight champion Gabriel Rosado and Curtis Stevens fought to a seven-round draw Saturday in the main event of Big Knockout Boxing at Mandalay Bay.
Gabe Rosado will defend his Big Knockout Boxing middleweight title when he faces Curtis Stevens in the main event of BKB 2 Saturday at Mandalay Bay. “I promise you, I am knocking him the (expletive) out,” Rosado said.
Las Vegas resident Layla McCarter will compete in Big Knockout Boxing’s first-ever women’s fight Saturday at Mandalay Bay, meeting Diana Prazak in a seven-round bout for the lightweight championship.
Tickets to see Floyd Mayweather fight Manny Pacquiao on May 2 are selling for knockout record prices. And the $89.95 pay-per-view charge is a new record for a boxing event.
The Nevada Athletic Commission met for six hours Friday to discuss how to deal with athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, and its solution was simple — bigger fines and longer suspensions.
Gary Russell Jr. knocked down Jhonny Gonzalez three times inside of 37 seconds in the fourth round to score a technical knockout and win the World Boxing Council featherweight championship at the Palms. Russell dominated from the outset, using his superior hand speed and energy to beat Gonzalez.
Jhonny Gonzalez, the World Boxing Council featherweight champion, makes his third title defense when he faces Gary Russell Jr. on Saturday in the 12-round main event at the Palms’ Pearl Concert Theater before a national TV audience on Showtime.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE