By Jackie Kallen I have to admit it. I am a huge Floyd Mayweather fan. You either love the guy or you don’t. It helps that we are both Michigan born and raised. But above and beyond that, I think he is pound-for-pound the best out there. And he has …
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by Charles Jay Floyd Mayweather could emulate what Oscar De la Hoya was able to do at HBO. The question is, will he? Mayweather’s mega-million-dollar deal with Showtime/CBS (exact figures not disclosed) is still sending shock waves through the industry, and for good reason. Like any media conglomerate, CBS Corporation …
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By Jaime C. Feal A historic event unfolds Saturday night as Ronda Rousey headlines UFC 157 and women’s MMA takes center stage. For the first time ever, the UFC will introduce a Women’s division, and the highly polarizing figure Rousey is the perfect person to do it. The young, charismatic …
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“I’ve got love for the whole Midwest, and Detroit has embraced me with so much love. Detroit is a great city and the Midwest has produced nothing but a lot of legendary champions. It is great to be here in Detroit and Mayweather Promotions is happy to be here putting …
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by Boxing Insider Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has filed a lawsuit against a financial services company that is owned by Live Nation, the mammoth entertainment company, alleging unjust enrichment and breach of fiduciary duty, among other things. His claim is that the firm beat him out of $300,000 through …
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This Friday, February 22, boxing comes live from Washington D.C. as ESPN’s Friday Night Fights will be putting on a main event featuring two top junior welterweights. In what is anticipated to be an action-packed 12-round fight, IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont “Havoc” Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO) will go to …
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By Kirk Jackson Floyd Mayweather recently inked a deal with the Showtime/CBS network. Financial details are “contractually confidential,” but reportedly the six-fight, 30-month deal can earn Mayweather over $ 200 million. This kind of news changes the landscape of boxing, but what does this ultimately mean? First and foremost, HBO …
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According to one of the principal figures in Floyd Mayweather’s promotional organization, it was virtually impossible to turn down the offer that was put forward by Showtime that lured “Money” over from his long-time relationship with HBO. Leonard Ellerbe, who is the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, the company through which …
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It appears Wladimir Klitschko may be fighting on May 4, which would put his heavyweight championship bout on the same day as Floyd Mayweather’s big debut on Showtime against Robert Guerrero. Of course, it wouldn’t likely come into a time conflict with that bout, since with the time difference (Europe) …
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by Boxing Insider Staff Lennox Lewis, who is the last man to hold the heavyweight title on an “undisputed” basis, says that he thinks he knows who the next man to qualify for that distinction is. And it is a countryman. That made news in Great Britain, where Lewis told …
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