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Floyd Mayweather is due for release Friday from jail

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due for release from a Las Vegas jail by the weekend after serving two months in a domestic battery case. Records show the 35-year-old undefeated champion is due for release Friday from the Clark County Detention Center. Mayweather Las Vegas police officer Jose Hernandez said Wednesday that Mayweather was [...]

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Olympic Boxing Odds: Watch out for young heavyweight phenom Teymur Mammadov

July 26, 2012 Comments Off

Olympic Boxing Olympic boxing can be frustrating to watch due to the unorthodox scoring, but it’s still one of my favorite Olympic sports to watch and wager on. I have a couple of trusted friends in the amateur boxing community, and they’ve both told me the same thing recently: Teymur Mammadov is a star in [...]

WBO scores fight for Manny Pacquiao

June 21, 2012 Comments Off

The WBO completed its review Wednesday of Timothy Bradley’s controversial split-decision victory against Manny Pacquiao with its five-member international judging panel all scoring the fight for Pacquiao, even though the official result will stand. Pacquiao told The Associated Press from the Philippines on Thursday that he would prefer a rematch rather than Bradley giving up [...]

Mayweather Tops List Of The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes

June 19, 2012 Comments Off

There’s a reason they call boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. “Money.” He fought twice during the past 12 months, knocking out Victor Ortiz in September and winning a unanimous decision in May against Miguel Cotto. He spent less than one hour in the ring to dispatch his two foes. His combined payday for the bouts: $85 million. That helped [...]

WBO to Investigate Bradley Win Over Pacquiao

June 15, 2012 Comments Off

WBO to investigate controversial Bradley/Pacquiao title bout One of boxing’s major sanctioning bodies will review Timothy Bradley’s controversial split decision victory over Manny Pacquiao, the first step toward what promoter Bob Arum hopes will be “clarity” in the judging of the fight. WBO President Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel said in a statement Wednesday that the WBO’s [...]

Boxing-Pacquiao loses title in upset win by Bradley

June 10, 2012 2 Comments

Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines was stunningly upset by American Timothy Bradley on Saturday, surrendering his WBO welterweight title on a split decision at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. It was Pacquiao’s first defeat since he lost to Erik Morales in Las Vegas in March 2005, ending a run of 15 consecutive wins by the [...]

BOXING Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley

June 9, 2012 2 Comments

The world gets turned upside down as we were all sure Manny Pacquiao would beat Timothy Bradley. Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley 10-June-2012 @ 2am ( BST ) 9-June-2012 @ 9pm ( ET ) The fight we’ve been waiting for here in Social Gambler Towers , Manny Pacquiao taking on Timothy Bradley on Saturday night in [...]

‘SUGAR’ SHANE MOSLEY ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

June 5, 2012 Comments Off

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 [...]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is to begin an 87-day jail sentence at a Las Vegas jail on Friday.

June 1, 2012 Comments Off

Free time is about to run out for Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is due to begin a three-month jail sentence in Las Vegas stemming from a hair-pulling, arm-twisting attack in September 2010 on the mother of three of his children. The unbeaten five-division champion’s legal and ring advisers weren’t immediately commenting Thursday about Mayweather’s scheduled [...]

Mayweather wins easy…

May 6, 2012 Comments Off

11:44: Mayweather headed to the ring, accompanied by 50 Cent and yes, Justin Bieber, who is wearing two of his belts. 11:47: Lukewarm reaction from Mayweather, who got a similar so-so reception at the weigh-in. Part of it is that a majority of the fans hear are Cotto fans, part of it is that Mayweather has so [...]