By Sean Crose “I’m Not The Trainer, But I Know What I See.” With the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao super fight Saturday Night, Boxing Insider had the chance to speak to someone who knows what it means to step into the ring for a major matchup. All eyes were on Heavyweight …
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By Sean Crose It may be the biggest boxing event in close to fifty years, but Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather didn’t have a whole lot to say about each other during Wednesday’s final press conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. What they did have to say about …
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By Sean Crose “The fight itself is very intriguing.” With the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao super fight Saturday Night, Boxing Insider had the chance to speak to someone who knows what it means to step into the ring for a major matchup. Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, the former lightweight king – …
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By Sean Crose “People will really start getting interested close to the fight.” So says Joe Gagliardi, of [email protected] Closed Circuit events, which streams live fights to businesses like bars, restaurants and casinos. It’s about to become an active time for the man, for the Floyd Mayweather- Manny Pacquiao superbout …
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By: William Holmes The following is the final Boxing Insider special edition notebook for the upcoming Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super bout, set for May 2nd in Las Vegas, Nevada. This notebook covers most of the news and notes that have been emerging from their respective camps as we lead into …
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The bout needs no introduction. Nor do many of the names who will appear on this list. Still, each person quoted here will be identified with what he or she is best known for. Most are experts of the fight game. Some, however, are just interesting characters. In case you …
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By: William Holmes The fight that everyone has been waiting for will finally take place on May 2nd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao meet to unify the WBC, WBA, and WBO Welterweight Championships. Three fights are currently scheduled …
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By Ivan G. Goldman This is the week of nerves. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have begun to ease up on the training that kept their minds occupied for weeks. So now the magnitude of the fight itself, which always hovered above them but at some kind of distance, is …
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“Las Vegas Metro spokesman Larry Hadfiel: (With traffic) Plan in advance, because decisions on where you’re going will not be made while you’re sitting there in traffic” Laila Ali: “There have been times I’ve wanted to reach out to him and have a conversation with him, because I see a …
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The MGM Grand in Las Vegas was sold out with over 12,000 in attendance for the biggest live weigh-in boxing has ever had. Floyd Mayweather 146 lbs vs Manny Pacquiao 145lbs The Under Card Leo Santa Cruz 124.5 vs Jose Cayetano 125 Vasyl Lomachenko 125.5 vs Gamalier Rodriguez 126 Jesse …
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