Floyd Mayweather Jr. to host Saturday presser for May 3 PPV event
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will host a press conference to formally announce his Showtime PPV matchup against Marcos Maidana May 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The press event will take place at 12-noon PT and will be streamed live by Showtime Sports.
read moreRichard Schaefer: MGM Grand is ‘perfect’ for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be fighting at The MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the ninth straight time and for the 12th time of his career when he meets Marco Maidana on May 3 in defense of his RING and WBC welterweight championships.
read moreMGM Grand in Las Vegas to host Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana
The May 3 showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather announced the news on his Twitter account and RingTV.com has confirmed it with Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer.
read moreMarcos Maidana awaits daughter’s birth, all else on hold
WBA welterweight titleholder Marcos Maidana is hoping to be ringside at Alvarez-Angulo, and to start training in California on March 10 for his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., but all that will have to wait until after his daughter is born.
read moreFloyd Mayweather Jr. says he ‘chose the better man’ in Marcos Maidana
Floyd Mayweather Jr. told Showtime’s Steve Farhood that he “chose the better man” in Marcos Maidana instead of Amir Khan for his ring return on May 3 during an interview on last night’s ShoBox telecast.
read moreFloyd Mayweather Jr. to be interviewed tonight on Showtime
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be interviewed on Showtime during tonight’s telecast of a ShoBox: The New Generation card that he is promoting from the Turning Stone Resort Casino Event Center in Verona, N.Y.
read moreDougie’s Friday mailbag
Readers from around the globe share their thoughts on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Marcos Maidana matchup, plus give their two cents on the Julio Cesar Chavez-Bryan Vera rematch and the Ricky Burns-Terence Crawford fight, among other subjects in this week’s Friday mailbag.
read moreAmir Khan ‘disappointed’ Floyd Mayweather Jr. ‘avoided’ him
Amir Khan sent out an official statement on Tuesday about Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s decision to fight Marcos Maidana on May 3. Khan says the announcement wasn’t a surprise but adds that he was disappointed with Mayweather for delaying the decision for so long.
read moreFloyd Mayweather Jr. picks Marcos Maidana over Amir Khan
Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced on Monday, his 37th birthday, that he will fight Marcos Maidana in a welterweight title bout on May 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, choosing the power-punching Argentine over England’s Amir Khan.
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