Tag: Floyd Mayweather Jr.

  • Floyd Mayweather – Still Perfect, Almost Boring

    Floyd Mayweather – Still Perfect, Almost Boring

    Like most Floyd Mayweather fights, this one was over before it began. Robert Guerrero talked well before the bout, but couldn’t even get close to the best boxer in the world, who won by a unanimous decision through all scorecards, retaining his WBC Welterweight belt, adding The Ring honor and most importantly, staying undefeated while keeping his place as the number one pound-4-pound fighter in the world.

  • Floyd Mayweather, Still Arrogant But Much Less Confident

    Floyd Mayweather, Still Arrogant But Much Less Confident

    While the Robert Guerrero fight is Floyd Mayweather making his official comeback to the world of boxing, there seems to be something different this time. Not just the fact that he’s fighting on Showtime instead of HBO, but also because he inserted a rematch clause into the contract, meaning there’s a little less confidence than before, although the hunger for money is always there.

  • Suggesting Floyd Mayweather Fight Amir Khan is a Joke

    Suggesting Floyd Mayweather Fight Amir Khan is a Joke

    Two years ago, when Amir Khan beat Zab Judah to become the IBF and WBA Light Welterweight champion, it was reasonable to talk about him having a fight with Floyd Mayweather once he moved up to Welterweight. But almost two years have gone by, and the two fighters are in very different places, making the suggestions about a potential fight between them seem quite ridiculous.

  • Floyd Mayweather Already Thinking How to Duck Saul Alvarez

    Floyd Mayweather Already Thinking How to Duck Saul Alvarez

    The WBA is such a terrible organization that it has two boxers, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Floyd Mayweather Jr. holding the same title, the WBA Light Middleweight title. But as we know championships don’t matter, only money and PPV numbers do, there’s a very good chance we won’t get to see who is the “real” champion of yet another title belt is.

  • Floyd Mayweather is Afraid of Saul Alvarez

    Floyd Mayweather is Afraid of Saul Alvarez

    When Floyd Mayweather announced he’s planning on fighting twice in 2013, the initial projected opponents were Robert Guerrero, which happened as predicted, and a later fight in a higher weight against Saul Canelo Alvarez, which is probably the biggest boxing match PPV money can buy these days.

  • Mayweather vs Guerrero – More Than Just the Money

    Mayweather vs Guerrero – More Than Just the Money

    The new deal Floyd Mayweather signed with Showtime offers him greater prosperity than ever before, but while the final six fights of his career are probably mostly about money for him, Robert Guerrero, his next opponent, is looking at this as more than an opportunity to earn his biggest payday ever.

  • Floyd Mayweather – Nothing Surprising About Robert Guerrero

    Floyd Mayweather – Nothing Surprising About Robert Guerrero

    The big surprise regarding the next fighter Floyd Mayweather will take on in the ring wasn’t the identity, Robert Guerrero, who was the first name to come up when Mayweather announced the dates of his 2013 fights, but for choosing Showtime as his PPV route to the masses.

  • Floyd Mayweather – Not as Important as He Could Have Been

    Floyd Mayweather – Not as Important as He Could Have Been

    How will Floyd Mayweather be remembered, when his days inside the boxing ring are over? As one of the greatest boxers of all-time, undefeated, winning pretty much every possible title he could get his hands on? Or as a man who chased money, and not glory, taking the easy road when he could have done stuff that would have gone down in the legend books?

  • Beyond Floyd Mayweather – How to Fix Boxing

    Beyond Floyd Mayweather – How to Fix Boxing

    For quite a while, the boxing world held its breath in anticipation of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao fight happening, like all the money that bout would generate could hide all the other, bigger problems the sport is facing. Now that there’s no chance of it every happening, maybe some can move on to deal with the more serious issues.

  • Floyd Mayweather – Devon Alexander is His Next Opponent

    Floyd Mayweather – Devon Alexander is His Next Opponent

    It’s been about keeping the cards close to the chest as Floyd Mayweather prepares for his first fight since being released from prison, but according to recent rumors and updates, his next opponent will be IBF Welterweight champion Devon Alexander.