Mayweather Pacquiao: page 20

Floyd Mayweather: I Made You Guys Eat Your Words!

•May 3, 2015

Floyd Mayweather basked in the glory of his comprehensive points victory over Manny Pacquiao by mocking those who had accused him of avoiding the Filipino. Mayweather produced a technical masterclass to post scorecards of 118-110 116-12 116-112, securing the 48th victory of his unbeaten career before a celebrity-packed crowd at the MGM Grand. The richest fight in history was short on action - Oscar De La Hoya tweeted "Sorry boxing fans" as his verdict on the bout - but purists will view his clinical dissection of a fighter expected to be his toughest foe yet as the work of a genius.

Barrera On The Fence With Mayweather-Pacquiao Nod

BoxingScene Staff

•May 2, 2015

Marco Antonia Barrera cannot decide between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. The Mexican legend and former three-weight world champion believes both have their own threats ahead of tonight's way in at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Barrera was beaten twice by Pacquiao -stopped in the 11th round in 2003 and out-pointed in 2007 - but has flown in for the Fight of the Century, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and admits he has met them both before but is still not certain who he is backing.

Kell Brook Targets Mayweather-Pacquiao Unification

BoxingScene Staff

•May 2, 2015

Kell Brook has set his sights on a welterweight unification bout against the winner of Saturday night's long-anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. After years of wrangling, the sport's two biggest names will finally get in the ring in Las Vegas where Mayweather's WBA and WBC straps will be on the line alongside Pacquiao's WBO belt. Brook holds the IBF version of the welterweight title and, provided he successfully defends that against domestic rival Frankie Gavin later this month, the Sheffield fighter would relish a shot at unifying the division.

Mayweather-Pacquiao: CompuBox Historical Review

CompuBox

•May 2, 2015

WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the more accurate puncher (50% of his power shots in last 13 fights), but throws 16 fewer punches per round than WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who landed 47% of his power shots in last 12 fights. Floyd's opponents landed just 19% of their total punches and just 24% of their power shots. Pacquiao opponents landed 25% of their total punches and 34% of their power shots. Mayweather +24 rating #1 among active championship caliber fighters. Pacquiao's 19 landed power shots per round #2 behind only Santa Cruz's 23 landed per round.

Leo Santa Cruz Shuts Out Jose Cayetano Over Ten

Jake Donovan

•May 2, 2015

LAS VEGAS--Leo Santa Cruz won virtually every second of his featherweight debut, dominating countryman Jose Cayetano over 10 rounds Saturday evening at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scores were 100-90 across the board in a bout that served as little more than a chance for Santa Cruz - a former titlist at bantamweight and junior featherweight - to test the featherweight waters. Cayetano put up a stiff challenge, his durable chin and natural size advantage all that he really brought to the table in his first fight outside of Mexico. Santa Cruz was unable to put a dent in his opponent's armor, though not for a lack of trying as he landed more than 400 punches in just 10 rounds of action.

Quigg Offers High Praise For Mayweather, Pacquiao

Terence Dooley

•May 2, 2015

Bury’s Scott Quigg will be an interested observer later tonight when Floyd Mayweather, 47-0 (26), and Manny Pacquiao, 57-5-2 (38), take to the ring at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas live on Sky Sports Box Office. Quigg, the WBA’s World Super bantamweight titlist, has trained at the Wild Card Gym, heading over there a number of times as a novice pro to pick up some tips, so he is fond of Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, and Manny himself. However, he also admires and follows the “Hard work, dedication” mantra that has defined Mayweather’s career. The 26-year-old told me that he won’t pick a winner due to his respect for both men, but admires the way they have worked their way to the pinnacle before meeting to definitively decide who is the best fighter in the world. “I know Freddie quite well, but whoever wins this fight deserves it,” he said. “If I was a betting man, I’d have to side with Mayweather out of the two. I don’t like to say I want either man to win, as much as I like Manny and want Freddie to do well, because Mayweather deserves to be where he is because of the work he’s put in.” “I appreciate what they’ve both done,” added the former British champion. “Whoever wins the fight deserves it.”

Merchant on why Mayweather-Pacquiao is happening now

Steve Kim

•May 2, 2015

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather finally meet after years of unsuccessful negotiations and acrimony between the two sides. Originally discussed after Pacquiao's stoppage of Miguel Cotto in November of 2009, for five long years, this fight was stalled - dying on the vine, a few times it seemed - before finally being consummated earlier this year. Larry Merchant, formerly of HBO Sports and still a very interested observer of the sport, has an explanation for why they are just now squaring off.

Mayweather-Pacquiao: BoxingScene Staff Predictions

Jake Donovan

•May 2, 2015

The biggest fight of the 21st century is finally upon. Five years of buildup are officially in the past as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are just hours away from their highly anticipated May 2 showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout marks a rare occasion where the two best fighters in the world square off in the ring. In such instances, it was the welterweight division that has played center stage. Talks of these two settling their differences in the ring first surfaced in 2009. Mayweather ended a 21-month hiatus with his ring return while Pacquiao became a full-time welterweight later in the year.

Pacquiao Before and After KO Loss - CompuBox Stats

CompuBox

•May 2, 2015

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is a 12-round welterweight world championship unification bout promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc., and is sponsored by Tecate con caracter, Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions -Terminator Genisys, in theaters July 1st, Paramount Pictures & Skydance Productions present MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION, in theaters & IMAX July 31st, The Weinstein Company and the new movie Southpaw, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, in theaters everywhere July 24 and Mexico, Live it to Believe it. The three-fight pay-per-view telecast is co-produced and co-distributed by SHOWTIME PPV® and HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

Lomachenko Batters Rodriguez In 9th Round Knockout

Jake Donovan

•May 2, 2015

Vasyl Lomachenko opened the most expensive Pay-Per-View telecast in boxing history with a one-sided 9th round knockout of Gamalier Rodriguez in their featherweight belt Saturday evening at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The mismatch saw Lomachenko score knockdowns in round five and nine, the latter putting Rodriguez down for the count at 0:50 of round nine.