Larry Merchant Has No Grudge With Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Here's a sobering thought: what happens on May 5th, in the ring in Las Vegas, if HBO commentator Larry Merchant takes the mic and starts presenting questions to Floyd Mayweather Jr.?
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McGirt: Mayweather, Marquez - The True Greats of Our Era
On Wednesday at the downtown Manhattan Trinity Gym, former world champion and now topflight trainer James "Buddy" McGirt, was preparing Irish hopeful Matthew Macklin pounded for his March 17 Madison Square Garden challenge against legit middleweight champ Sergio Martinez.
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Floyd To Pacquiao: Be Happy With 30 Million, No Back End!
We all love a parade but not a charade. And what Floyd Mayweather Jr. is conducting is a propaganda charade. Now, for the first time ever, I am firmly convinced that "Money" has no intentions of ever fighting Manny Pacquiao.
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Tim Bradley: I Will Be The First To Dethrone Mayweather
Tim Bradley is ready, more than ready really, for his close up. The 28-year-old fighter from Coachella Valley, California, is sharing the platform from now until June 9 when they will share a boxing ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bradley just got a sample of the media/p.r. chores he will be part of this during this past week when he and Manny Pacquiao held press conferences in Los Angeles and New York. When Pacman was winging his way to Hong Kong and then back to Manila, Bradley was taking a limo from the city up to ESPN's studios in Connecticut.
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Roach: Cotto is Declining, Mayweather May Stop Him
According to Freddie Roach, trainer of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, there won't be any surprises on May 5th at the MGM Grand - when Floyd Mayweather Jr. moves up to 154-pounds to challenge WBA champion Miguel Cotto, who Pacquiao stopped in the twelfth round in 2009.
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Roach: Pacquiao Needs To Dominate, Knockout Bradley
It's not too much of a stretch to compare Coach Freddie Roach with a renegade Republican presidential candidate.
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Manny Pacquiao Gets Deep on His Religious Turnaround
I've heard Muhammad Ali, a minister for Allah and Islam if there ever was one, prosletyze. One Sunday in Sacrmamento, when he launched his glorious comeback, I heard Rev. George Foreman talkming Scripture in a church. The next night, I saw him pulverize an opponent.
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Angelo Dundee, Hall of Fame Trainer, Passes at 90 Years
Boxing lost a man who was arguably the greatest trainer ever, cornerman and all around ring strategist on Wednesday. My good friend, the Hall Of Fame trainer, a genuine maker of champions, Angelo Dundee died at his Florida home. I'm told by Dundee's area boxing buddy, Johnny Bos, that the trainer's daughter, Suzanne, said he had "a massive heart attack."
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Arum Still Holding Hope For Contact From Mayweather
For the first time ever, Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum has stated explicitly that if and when he or his Top Rank president Todd duBoef get a text message or phone call from Floyd Mayweather Jr., they will spring into action to fully negotiate the so-called "Dream Fight.
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Arum Praises Hagler's Handlers, The Petronelli Brothers
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum had nothing but kind words for brothers Goody and Pat Petronelli, the low key Brockton, Mass., pair who handled the career of middleweight champion and superstar Marvelous Marvin Hagler in conjunction with Top Rank.
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