Published: June 19, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been avoiding a match with world pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in the boxing ring. Now he would not even show up in court to face Pacquiao.
As if his pile of felony charges that started with domestic violence against the mother of his children were not enough, Mayweather is also set to [...]
Published: June 9, 2011
The announcement made via Twitter by Floyd Mayweather on Tuesday that he is returning to the boxing ring after a 16-month hiatus has opened up speculations that he is preparing for what boxing fans have wanted for so long. By agreeing to fight current WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz in September, one cannot help but [...]
Published: June 8, 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced on Twitter that he is going back to boxing after 16 months. Mayweather stated that he is challenging WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz for the title on September 17. Venue for this event will be the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
It comes as a surprise given the fact that Mayweather has personal [...]
Published: May 23, 2011
Bernard Hopkins became the world’s oldest boxer to win a world title at the age of 46 years, four months and six days when he scored a unanimous decision victory over Jean Pascal for the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Organization (IBO) and the Ring Light Heavyweight title on Saturday at the Bell Centre [...]
Published: May 22, 2011
The match for the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight division happened Saturday wherein Bernard Hopkins faced Jean Pascal. Hopkins claimed the title via unanimous decision and just became the oldest boxer to win a boxing world title. He is already 46 years old and has been in the professional boxing since 1988 with the record of [...]
Published: May 20, 2011
The proposed third boxing match between world pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12, 2011 should never happen. Boxing fans have had enough of the mismatches for the Filipino boxing superstar. Since beating Marquez via split decision in March 2008, Pacquiao has easily disposed of David Diaz, Oscar dela Hoya, Ricky [...]
Published: May 8, 2011
World pound-for-pound king of boxing Manny Pacquiao came in with less than his A-game on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for his defense of the WBO Welterweight title. However, it proved to be more than enough to score a unanimous decision victory over the 39-year old future boxing Hall [...]
Published: May 8, 2011
Manny Pacquiao, the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer and arguably the most entertaining fighter of his time faces ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley on May 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. While boxing fans would want a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. super-fight, fans are still trooping to Las Vegas to watch the fight [...]
Published: May 5, 2011
The mush awaited fight of Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley is finally taking place this weekend. The pound for pound boxing king of the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao would once again defend one of his division belts against the American boxer Shane Mosley.
The fight will take place in MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada this May [...]
Published: May 4, 2011
Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has signed a five-fight promotional deal.
The WBC Super-Middleweight champion spoke with both Barry and Eddie Hearn earlier this month and the work starts straight away with Froch heading to the States to fight Glen Johnson on June 4 in the semi-final of the Super [...]