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Originally Posted by JapanAir21
Proshares, next sig.
Yep, I believe he's done some sparring with DLH and Toney among others...though I'm sure we're just talking about light sparring. Here he is below at the Wildcard Gym for an exhibition fight with Roach reffing.Originally Posted by TheProfessorOfPugilism
Yeah, AC is huge on boxing. Trains in one of the big gyms in socal pretty often, might be Wildcard. He's actually been color analyst for some smaller/regional cable fights and a guest on Friday Night Fights on occasion. Usually celebrities trying to talk about sports like they're experts pisses me off, but i kinda like Slater. He seems to really love it and shows up to all types of small cards as well as the big time ones, and actually has the balls to at least get in the gym and spar with people.
Wow, i missed that. Interesting. I haven't read anything about a fall out, but who knows. For what its worth, Graham picked Hatton by KOinside 8, and said that he's gonna relocate to the US and set up shop as a trainer. Apparently he was having some health problems and has been out of thebusiness for a year or so.Originally Posted by bobby1109
^ I think they said in one of the 24/7 episodes that they haven't spoken to each other once since then. Pretty nuts considering how long they've known each other and how long Graham trained him.
Originally Posted by TheProfessorOfPugilism
Wow, i missed that. Interesting. I haven't read anything about a fall out, but who knows. For what its worth, Graham picked Hatton by KO inside 8, and said that he's gonna relocate to the US and set up shop as a trainer. Apparently he was having some health problems and has been out of the business for a year or so.Originally Posted by bobby1109
^ I think they said in one of the 24/7 episodes that they haven't spoken to each other once since then. Pretty nuts considering how long they've known each other and how long Graham trained him.
LOL. I think the Filipinos were salty because they had set chants and even a drumOriginally Posted by tSamShoX
Damn! The Hatton fans are rolling DEEP top Vegas I see.....
Originally Posted by dako akong otin
what i heard ... i think an older ricky interview.... was his hands were hurting or something when he'd do mitts with ricky.
[h2]Sources: Mayweather Jr. to fight again[/h2]
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LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr., the welterweight champ and pound-for-pound king until retiring last June, will officially end his retirement on Saturday at an afternoon news to announce a fight with lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, multiple sources told ESPN.com.
Golden Boy promotions called the news conference late Friday, but did not reveal the particulars.
Multiple sources said Mayweather, who hasn't boxed since knocking out Ricky Hatton in a December 2007 welterweight title defense, will fight Marquez on July 18 on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand, the same venue hosting Saturday night's fight between junior welterweight champion Hatton and Manny Pacquiao, the man who succeeded Mayweather as the pound-for-pound king.
The sides have been close to a deal for several days but the one hang up had been the exact weight. In the end, they settled on a maximum weight of 144 pounds, a source involved with the fight told ESPN.com.
Mayweather had wanted the fight to be at 145 pounds, but Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs), the smaller man coming up from the 135-pound division where he is champion, wanted the weight as low as possible.
The deal was finalized Friday afternoon following a flurry of conversations over a six-hour period, another source said.
Besides the weight issue, the fight was delayed when Mayweather, a former five-division champion, visited promoter Don King last week at his Florida home, where they discussed a possible deal. But King couldn't get him to sign.
The seeds to a Mayweather comeback had been planted months ago when he began working out and sparring at his Las Vegas gym. Mayweather has also been dogged by IRS problems.
Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs), who turned 32 on Feb. 24, told his advisers, Al Haymon and Leonard Ellerbe, in December that they were free to listen to fight offers.
Also, Mayweather's father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., who trains Hatton, told media members during the promotion of Hatton-Pacquiao that his son's ring return was imminent.
The winner of Mayweather-Marquez clearly looms as the most attractive opponent for the winner of Hatton-Pacquiao. Marquez and Pacquiao have already fought two very close, exciting fights, a draw in the first fight and a split decision win for Pacquiao in the second bout.