Unbeaten Timothy Bradley defeated eight-time champion Manny Pacquiao with a controversial decision, taking the WBO welterweight title and throwing boxing’s mega-fight further up in the air. In a split decision that stunned most everyone in the arena, even many of his supporters, Bradley defeated Pacquiao to take the belt of the Filipino fighter and congressman [...]
Tim Bradley Has Chance To Shake Up The Boxing World
June 8, 2012 | Posted by
Who is Tim Bradley and why is he given a chance by many to upset the prolific and dangerous Manny Pacquiao Saturday night? He’s a born fighter who grew up in the rough North End neighborhood of Palm Springs (who knew there were rough neighborhoods in Palm Springs?). He said he was suspended in second [...]
Shane Mosley Announces Retirement Via Twitter
June 5, 2012 | Posted by
Boxer ”Sugar” Shane Mosley is retiring, ending a career in which he won titles in three different weight classes, beat Oscar De La Hoya twice and never was knocked out. The 40-year-old announced on Twitter that he was hanging up his gloves, saying he ”loved every moment of it. Win, lose or draw.” Mosley lost [...]
A Once-Great Sports Lies on Its Deathbed, Its Future in Doubt
May 14, 2012 | Posted by
Somewhere along the way, boxing fell down and has been unable to get back up—just like the old lady in the commercial. But when she called out for help, there was someone listening. Boxing’s call has gone unanswered for years now. And so, a sport that once was must-see action just lies there, unresponsive, virtually [...]
‘Money’ Mayweather Draws $94 Million on Pay-Per-View
May 11, 2012 | Posted by
He carries the monicker “Money,” and it is for good reason. Floyd Mayweather moves the boxing financial meter like no one else in the game. The numbers for pay-per-view of Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto are in and they tell a make-it-rain story: The junior middleweight championship fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas generated [...]
Unlikely Tandem in Vegas: Mayweather and Justin Bieber
May 7, 2012 | Posted by
It seemed like a joke at first, like someone at the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto fight party had consumed enough libations to alter his vision and enhance his imagination. But the guy was right: That was pop sensation Justin Bieber marching just behind boxing champion Mayweather toward the ring at the MGM Grand. His wiry [...]
Floyd Mayweather Toughs Out Championship
May 6, 2012 | Posted by
The sight of blood seeping out of the nose and mouth of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Saturday night in Las Vegas was an unfamiliar one, but it just might be the image that catapults the new WBA Junior Middleweight champion into conversations about boxing’s all-time great champions, even among his detractors. For sure, at 43-0 now, [...]
Mayweather In The Money: To Earn Largest Ever Boxing Pay Day Saturday vs. Cotto
May 4, 2012 | Posted by
Floyd Mayweather Jr. may have more mouth than a little bit. But he has backed it up in the ring, and that proficiency has earned him the largest guarantee in boxing history. For taking on junior middleweight challenger Miguel Cotto Saturday night in Las Vegas, Mayweather will earn at least a whopping $32 million. On [...]
