Tag: Welterweight division

  • Andre Berto is the Next Floyd Mayweather Jr. Opponent

    The next fight for Floyd Mayweather Jr. in his ongoing quest to make insane amounts of money while staying undefeated will be Andre Berto, who is the current Interim WBA Welterweight champion.

  • Pacquiao Beats Bradley – Justice is Served

    Pacquiao Beats Bradley – Justice is Served

    It seems like Manny Pacquiao can move on in his boxing career after getting something straight: He’s a much better boxer than Timothy Bradley, and finally getting the right scorecards to show for it, as there was no mistake in their second fight, with a unanimous decision going his way, not to mention the usual impressive amount of money.

  • Victor Ortiz Losing, Breaking Jaw, Moving Backwards

    Instead of getting a chance to fight Saul Alvarez in a huge night of boxing on September 15, Victor Ortiz took a huge step backwards in his boxing career with a stunning loss to Joselito Lopez, getting his jaw broken in the process. Instead of fighting for big money and title belts, Ortiz’ future is slipping away.

  • Floyd Mayweather and the Amir Khan Option in 2013

    Floyd Mayweather still needs to go through Miguel Cotto. He still needs to get through prison time for just under three months. He still needs to, or expected to, finally close a deal and fight Manny Pacquiao. Maybe in late 2012 (November December) or early 2013. Now, according to Golden Boy Promotions, a fight with […]

  • Is Devon Alexander the Next Great Welterweight?

    Devon Alexander didn’t win a title belt, but he looked so impressive by beating Marcos Maidana as the two made their first venture into Welterweight, and bigger fights and nice, shiny alphabet belts are certainly waiting for him in the near future.

  • Manny Pacquiao And Breaking the Knockout Drought Against Bradley

    Manny Pacquiao hasn’t won a fight via knockout since his TKO win over Miguel Cotto in 2009, and in order to prove he’s the current pound-4-pound king of boxing along or without Floyd Mayweather, he needs to dominate and knockout Timothy Bradley in their upcoming fight.

  • Mayweather vs Cotto the Bigger Fight With Pacquiao vs Bradley All Set

    Manny Pacquiao, finally, has his opponent for a June 9 fight. Not Floyd Mayweather that the boxing world should have, but Timothy Bradley, fighting at Welterweight for the first time in his career, coming in with an undefeated record but a small chance of winning anything but a lot of money.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Different Views

    Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao talks haven’t been making a lot of news this week, maybe stalled, maybe secretly advancing. It hasn’t stopped others from continuously voicing their opinions on the matter of who might win.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Bob Arum is All For it

    Floyd Mayweather’s side, mostly Golden Boy Promotions, claim that Bob Arum is the one in the way of Mayweather – Pacquiao getting signed. Even in Manny Pacquiao’s camp that’s the general feeling. Arum himself doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about. He wants the fight as well.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao Talks – Running Smooth or Not?

    Manny Pacquiao says that he has no problem with anything Floyd Mayweather’s asks of him in order to get their fight signed and on the way. Oscar De La Hoya, helping with negotiations on the Mayweather side, says things aren’t exactly going smoothly.