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So we’re about a month away from Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Ricky Hatton and HBO is rolling out the first class promo for the bout. I originally predicted that Manny would murder Ricky Hatton, but I don’t think he’s going to fight the same Ricky that Floyd Mayweather fought.
In the past, Ricky would just charge in and bull-over fighters until he met someone faster and technically sound. Floyd Mayweather Sr. is making a point to teach him head movement, defense, and precision punching. A funny thing in this video is you’ll see Ricky Hatton working on drills he used to tease Floyd Mayweather for doing.
There was a glimmer of hope that Floyd Mayweather might come out of his 14 month retirement when he instructed management to explore fight offers, but that seems to be fading away in light of recent news. Fresh off his demolition of Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley’s team made Floyd Mayweather an offer to match up, which has been rejected.
“I was told by [Mayweather's manager] Al Haymon that Floyd was not coming out of retirement to fight Shane Mosley,” Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told SI.com. “I feel bad for Shane. It’s as if he looked too good in his last fight. It was the best performance of his career and maybe it made some guys not want to face him.”
There’s still a possibility that Floyd wants to fight Manny Pacquiao this fall, but at this point it wouldn’t be a great idea to hold your breath. I can’t think of any welterweight opponents that would be terribly compelling to watch in a bout with Shane Mosley right now aside from Floyd. Margarito is suspended, Oscar is washed up, Hatton and Pacquiao are unavailable. This leaves Andre Berto (who isn’t ready yet), and a rematch with Miguel Cotto.
If push came to shove, I guess I’d take the rematch with Cotto over everythng else.
Listening to guys in suits on TV talk about how bad the U.S. is doing is one thing, but sometimes the bad news has to be put in perspective before we can truly understand the damage that’s being done.
According to Branden Powers, a partner and director of marketing at Poetry nightclub in Las Vegas, celebrities are scaling back their visits and being a little more frugal with their cash:
“In recent years, clubgoers could count on celebrities to show up and “make it rain,” a popular craze that involved large amounts of cash being tossed in the air.
That wasn’t the case at a number of clubs on New Year’s Eve, including Poetry.
“We had sporadic showers,” said Powers. “It was only a drizzle. It wasn’t at all like the hundreds of thousands of dollars we’ve seen in the past.”
No one “made it rain” more than boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, who showed up at Poetry and other popular clubs on the Strip almost every week with stacks of cash, $10,000 to $20,000, that he would toss into the crowd.
But Mayweather has apparently cut back. It’s been months since a club reported a Mayweather money toss.“
Wow.
What has the world come to when Floyd Mayweather stops throwing tens of thousands of dollars at strangers like a complete moron? This is not the America I know. Hopefully Floyd is thinking about money so much that he comes out of retirement to fight Manny Pacquiao next fall.
Every since Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Oscar De La Hoya, many fight fans (including myself) are salivating at the possibility of Mayweather un-retiring to face Pac. A few weeks ago, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddy Roach gave the first positive sign, stating Pacquiao would fight him as long as it wasn’t at 147lbs. We’ve now received positive news from Mayweather that very well could lead to the megafight we’re all craving.
“Six months after announcing his retirement from boxing and walking away from his perch as pound-for-pound king and welterweight world champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has given the first indication that he is considering a comeback.
“Floyd has given Team Mayweather the green light to go out there and evaluate the biggest fights for him, to come back to him and present it to him. Then he will consider it,” Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s best friend and adviser, told ESPN.com on Saturday.
“If what we present him is something he’s interested in doing, he will do it.”
This translates to “find out how much money I can make for fighting Manny”. If the number is high enough… we could have a boxer’s dream come true next fall.
After witnessing last night’s utter destruction of Oscar De La Hoya, it made me think back to the last time I watched a fight that lopsided. The answer was Floyd Mayweather vs. Arturo Gatti back in June of 2005.
The most brutal rounds of these fights came in the 6th for Mayweather, and the 7th for Pacquiao. The video below is rounds 5 and 6 of Mayweather’s fight, and below that you can see the full Pacquiao matchup. Which win was more impressive to you?
By the way, I live blogged the entire fight on Sportaphile’s Twitter Account, so make sure you add us to your friends list!
There was a glimmer of hope that Floyd Mayweather might come out of his 14 month retirement when he instructed management to explore fight offers, but that seems to be fading away in light of recent news. Fresh off his demolition of Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley’s team made Floyd Mayweather an offer to match up, 
Listening to guys in suits on TV talk about how bad the U.S. is doing is one thing, but sometimes the bad news has to be put in perspective before we can truly understand the damage that’s being done.
Every since Manny Pacquiao’s destruction of Oscar De La Hoya, many fight fans (including myself) are salivating at the possibility of Mayweather un-retiring to face Pac. A few weeks ago, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddy Roach gave the first positive sign, stating Pacquiao would fight him as long as it wasn’t at 147lbs. We’ve now received positive news from Mayweather that very well could lead to the megafight we’re all craving.