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Video preview: Mayweather vs. Cotto
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HBO provides us with a look at the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto pay per view bout....
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A nice moment for Floyd Mayweather Jr. - donating $100,000 to Habitat for Humanity during a run - turns bad when he roots on an Asian runner by calling out, "Pacquiao, let's go Pacquiao."
Floyd sent out three tweets complaining about this week's episode, tweeting that HBO isn't giving the viewers a good show. He wasn't specific in his complaints. Best spoken line,...
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The subtext was a show about two sets of best friends. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and 50 Cent and Miguel Cotto and Bryan Perez. Very different, but very cool.
Best spoken line, Floyd Mayweather Jr.: "I have to take my father with me, because he's going to go all out. His mentality is like mine."
Best spoken line, Roger Mayweather: "It doesn't matter who he got. That guy can't...
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Gutsy move by HBO opening with Floyd Mayweather Jr. saying that if he's not on 24/7, don't even bother watching. He then asks, what would the show 24/7 be without me?
The truth is, Floyd does generate the best ratings for 24/7. With that said, it's still a pretty good show when Manny Pacquiao is on.
Best spoken line, Floyd Mayweather Jr.: "June 1st is just any ordinary day. I'm...
Read more »Was Victor Ortiz looking for a way out?
Only Victor Oritz knows what he was thinking in the seconds before he was knocked out by Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the fourth round of Saturday's WBC welterweight title fight in Las Vegas.
Perhaps he will share it with us some day.
Let's recap what happened.
In the estimation of this corner, Ortiz was pressuring Mayweather like few fighters have ever pressured him. He was not...
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