The strain of dealing with the Haitian earthquake was too much for Andre Berto, forcing him to withdraw from his fight next week with Shane Mosley at Mandalay Bay. The move could open up a much bigger fight matching Mosley against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Boxing
Nick Charles’ voice sounded strong.
In his quest to move forward on the path toward a world-title shot this year, Vanes Martirosyan wanted to make sure he didn’t take any steps backward in his first fight in 2010.
Vanes Martirosyan has learned to be patient inside the ring. The approach can only help the undefeated super welterweight as he deals with the politics of boxing.
Andre Berto’s cell phone rang Tuesday night. The news was grim. … “Turn on the TV!” his friend said. … Berto watched in shock as images of the devastation in Haiti flashed on the screen. … As Berto, a 26-year-old boxer who represented Haiti at the 2004 Olympics, learned of the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, his first concern was for family members — his older sister, Naomi, his uncle John, several cousins. Had they survived? Could they even be accounted for?
Manny Pacquiao will fight March 13 at Cowboys Stadium, but not against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Diego Magdaleno never was thrown into the deep end of the pool and told to swim. Instead, his boxing career began in the shallow end, letting him gain gradual comfort and confidence.
While Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s camp thinks his prospective bout with Manny Pacquiao can be saved, Pacquiao’s promoter says he’s moving on.
The fight is dead, but the war of words between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained alive Thursday with each side blaming the other for scuttling what would have been boxing’s biggest event in decades.
The megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t take place in March, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said Wednesday.
The creation of a fund earmarked for catastrophic injuries to boxers and martial arts fighters is being studied by the Nevada Athletic Commission, its chairwoman said Tuesday.
Representatives for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. abided by a mediator’s gag order Tuesday after meeting for nine hours in a desperate attempt to rescue the lucrative March 13 welterweight megafight in Las Vegas.
The megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t take place in March, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said Wednesday.
Mayweather refused to accept a compromise agreement struck during Tuesday’s marathon mediation session in Santa Monica, Calif., according to an anonymous source with knowledge of those talks. At issue was Pacquiao’s refusal to submit to random blood tests as part of prefight drug testing for the bout that had been tentatively scheduled for March 13.
Arum said he is still under a gag order from the mediator, retired judge Daniel Weinstein, regarding the situation. But Arum said he expects to announce today plans for a March 13 or 20 fight in Las Vegas between Pacquiao and WBA junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman.
Promoters for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. have asked an independent mediator to help settle an impasse over random drug testing that has jeopardized the March 13 megafight in Las Vegas.
It started out as a good idea, and promoter Roy Englebrecht still thinks it’s a good idea — a combined boxing and mixed arts tournament for up-and-coming fighters with a chance for a good payday if they reach the finals.
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