Trevor Bryan grabbed the belt, held it aloft and smiled a winner’s smile. Call it a dress rehearsal for what Bryan hopes will be even bigger nights in his boxing future.
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The war of words between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ronda Rousey continued Thursday, when Mayweather responded to comments Rousey made about him to TMZ Sports on Wednesday.
He’s 84 and doesn’t have the stable of fighters he once had. But Don King is resilient if nothing else, and the Hall of Fame boxing promoter believes he has the next great young heavyweight in Trevor Bryan.
It was much different from the last time, other than the fact any media day involving Floyd Mayweather Jr. runs on restful and relaxing time, meaning the fighter probably does a lot of both while keeping everyone waiting far beyond the fictional scheduled start to things.
Kenny Bayless of Las Vegas was selected Thursday by the Nevada Athletic Commission to referee the Sept. 12 world welterweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Garden. It will be Bayless’ third consecutive Mayweather fight and the fourth in his past five.
As Floyd Mayweather Jr. was holding court with reporters Wednesday to try to sell his Sept. 12 fight with Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Garden on Showtime Pay Per View, Floyd Mayweather Sr. stood in the back of his son’s gym and patiently waited to get to work.
Ronda Rousey and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will probably never trade blows in an official fight, but Rousey appears to relish taking shots at Mayweather through the media.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. took to Instagram on Sunday to show off his new toy, a $4.8 million Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita car that is one of only two in the world.
The fight Abner Mares had been seeking for two years is almost here. He said he is ready for it.
Andre Ward always has wanted to fight in Las Vegas, but it has yet to happen. Until now, possibly.
One of boxing’s most anticipated fights was finalized Thursday, and Miguel Cotto will defend his World Boxing Council middleweight title against Canelo Alvarez on Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Asked to rank the best five boxers ever during an appearance on ESPN Deportes, Floyd Mayweather Jr. not suprisingly put himself at the top of the list but somehow had Muhammad Ali ranked fifth and left boxing greats Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano off the list completely.
A dream matchup that has sparked much debate on social media would pit UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey against boxing star Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather wouldn’t really take the bait when asked about it on Thursday. Rousey, however, addressed the debate head on during a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session on Monday night.
21 boxing people — 22 if you count local gym owners Pat and Dawn Barry as separate boxing people, though it’s hard to consider those two as anything but a single entity — were inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame at Caesars Palace on Saturday night.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s boxing career may or may not end Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden. But Badou Jack has no plans to join Mayweather in retirement that night.
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