It was as if Floyd Mayweather Jr. had never left.
The six-time world champion, who retired from boxing 21 months ago, made a triumphant return by dominating Juan Manuel Marquez and scoring a 12-round unanimous decision in their welterweight nontitle fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden.
When Oscar De La Hoya was in his prime as a world champion boxer, his fights had a beer sponsor and maybe one or two other corporate entities along with HBO Pay Per View.
Once again, Rocky Juarez was unable step up and win a world championship.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired last year with a record of 39-0 with 25 knockouts, returns tonight from a 21-month layoff against Juan Manuel Marquez in a scheduled 12-round welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden. … It’s a fight Mayweather hopes will add to his legacy as one of his generation’s great champions.
Every now and then, you expect some director to sprint from behind a punching bag and scream, “Cut!”
It was as if Floyd Mayweather Jr. had never left.
The six-time world champion, who retired from boxing 21 months ago, made a triumphant return by dominating Juan Manuel Marquez and scoring a 12-round unanimous decision in their welterweight nontitle fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden.
Roger Mayweather never will shy away from an argument.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to make weight at today’s weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden for his return to boxing Saturday. Mayweather, who is back after a 21-month absence to fight Juan Manuel Marquez, weighed in at 146 pounds, two over the agreed upon catch weight of 144 for their scheduled 12-round welterweight fight.
The magnitude of the task is not lost on Juan Manuel Marquez. … If he can beat undefeated six-time world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Mayweather’s return from a 21-month layoff, Marquez would go from boxing star to icon in his native Mexico.
With four days to go before he returns to the ring, resuming his boxing career after a 21-month layoff, Floyd Mayweather Jr. declared all is well.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sued by a bank in Las Vegas for more than $167,000 unpaid on a loan for a half-million-dollar luxury car.
Normally, Manny Pacquiao would begin his training for a big fight in his native Philippines, then switch sites to Freddie Roach’s gym in Hollywood, Calif., roughly two months out to complete his preparations.
NEW YORK — Manny Pacquiao stood face-to-face with Miguel Cotto on a makeshift stage set up along the first base line, the wind whipping off the facade of the new Yankee Stadium and sending a chill through thousands of partisan fans.
He was part of the biggest pay-per-view buy in boxing history, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. still must prove he is a PPV star.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived fashionably late Wednesday at his gym off Spring Mountain Road, where his father, Floyd Sr., was waiting for him. Their on-again, off-again relationship is back on as the elder Mayweather has been a welcome visitor at his son’s training camp and everyone seems happy.
