Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s ready to fight Manny Pacquiao next May in a long anticipated bout that would be the richest ever in boxing.
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He didn’t know what it was like to lose until Manny Pacquiao beat him April 12 in the rematch of their 2012 fight. But Timothy Bradley has no plans to make losing a habit.
If enough people say something and their stories match up, one might tend to believe they’re telling the truth. Bring up Diego Chaves’ name to boxers who have fought him and the response is the same — he’s a dirty fighter.
He’s a boxer, not a minister. But Devon Alexander wants to help his community heal.
Ishe Smith gets a second shot to win a world title. But beating WBA junior middleweight champ Erislandy Lara won’t be easy
The two fight cards in town Saturday have excellent undercards: Keith Thurman fights Leonard Bundu for the WBA welterweight title at the MGM Grand and Andy Lee fights Matt Korobov at The Cosmopolitan for the WBO middleweight belt.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather watched his close friend Earl Hayes shoot and kill his wife and then himself via FaceTime on Monday, according to media reports.
There is no shortage of suitors who want to be part of a proposed super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao in 2015.
For one reason or another, a fist-to-face meeting between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is elusive. The drama drags on at the pace of a soap-opera storyline.
Being a boxing promoter is a lot like being a college athletic director. When something falls through in terms of scheduling, there better be a backup plan.
Manny Pacquiao got the big knockdowns he desperately craved, battering Chris Algieri around the ring Sunday on his way to a decision win in a lopsided welterweight title fight.
Ishe Smith didn’t mind waiting to get what he wanted. The former world junior middleweight champion from Las Vegas was supposed to get a shot at Erislandy Lara on May 2, but Lara bypassed Smith to fight Canelo Alvarez on July 12 at the MGM Grand Garden.
This is not the fight Manny Pacquiao wants. If it were up to Pacquiao, he would be fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. tonight (early Sunday in Macau) in a mega-million dollar fight that would have the sports world abuzz.
It took seven years for Layla McCarter and Melissa Hernandez to settle their differences in the ring.
Manny Pacquiao is fighting Chris Algieri tonight (early Sunday in Macau), but the World Boxing Organization welterweight champion’s eyes are on Floyd Mayweather Jr. Jessie Vargas is also fighting tonight in Macau. But he also has an eye cast toward the future.
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