Floyd Mayweather Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has long enjoyed bragging about his prowess in gambling on sports, often posting images of winning betting slips showing monstrous wagers that turned out to be successful.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. promotes Ashley Theophane, the junior welterweight who will face titleholder Adrien Broner on April 1 on Spike TV from the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. Broner, who considers Mayweather a friend, said at a Feb. 29 press conference that for now Mayweather was an enemy because he wanted Broner to lose.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Four-division world champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner and 140-pound Ashley "The Treasure" Theophane hosted a press conference at the W Hotel in Washington, D.C. to announce their world title showdown on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike taking place Friday, April 1 at the D.C. Armory.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is consistent in saying he’s retired from boxing for good. And Adrien Broner says that he wants to have the spotlight that previously belonged to the best of this era.
From the moment Adrien Broner called out Ashley Theophane last year, he played on the friendship he has with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the fact that Mayweather promotes Theophane. “They say my big bro, the one, the only Floyd Mayweather, he say he got a fighter that he feels like he can beat me,” Broner said last October after capturing a vacant junior-welterweight world title against Khabib Allakhverdiev. “I think his name is Ashley, but if that is true, this is what you do, big bro, because bosses talk to bosses. You put Ashley on one of your private jets, bring him to come see me and I’ll bet I’ll bring the girl out of that boy like Bruce Jenner.”
Former two division world champion Zab Judah has been inactive since December 2013. At 38-years-old and several fights falling through in the last twelve months, Judah admits he was at a crossroads in his career. His return is finally set for March 12th at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. Judah (42-9, 29 KOs) will face Josh Torres at a catchweight of 143 pounds. The fight will be televised by CBS Sports Network.
New York, NY - Manny Pacquiao has had an illustrious boxing career. He’s won numerous Fighter of The Year awards, has won world titles in many different weight classes, and has made plenty of money as a boxer. The icon of the Philippines says come April 9th in his 3rd fight with Tim Bradley, it will be the end of his fight career.
Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao would never have happened if a Hollywood waiter didn't get involved ... so claims the waiter who's suing to get a chunk of the financial windfall from the fight of the century.
According to retired five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs), beating WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs) would not have been enough to satisfy the boxing public.
The forthcoming super lightweight title fight between Adrien Broner and Ashley Theophane was formally announced by Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) brass on Wednesday. The 12-round bout will take place April 1 at D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., headlining the first installment of PBC on Spike TV in 2016. The announcement confirms separate news stories previously published on BoxingScene.com.