Archive for April 2010

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Kenda Perez may be the fresh face of The Best of PRIDE Fighting Championships on Spike TV, but this Latina beauty is no stranger to the punch and kick circuit, and she has her father to thank for it. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

The last time Floyd Mayweather Jr. lost, it took a Bulgarian conspiracy to do him in. That was before a character named Money even existed, before Mayweather had earned his first dollar in the ring. He was 19 and cocky, fighting for his country, with the man who taught him everything he knew about boxing [...]

A convincing win over Shane Mosley should quiet many of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s detractors. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

The Mexico-based World Boxing Council will not schedule Mexican fighters for bouts in Arizona to protest what it called the state’s “shameful, inhuman and discriminatory” immigration law. Arizona recently passed a law that makes it a crime to be in the state illegally. WBC president Jose Sulaiman said in a statement on Thursday that the [...]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and “Sugar” Shane Mosley have different motivations heading into Saturday night’s fight. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Sugar Shane Mosley sustained all of his worst beatings in recent years outside the ring. Although his boxing skills are honed to a razor’s sharpness after a lifetime of training, they weren’t much use against a world that seemed determined to hit him below the belt. Mosley became embroiled in a drug scandal after what [...]

The talk around the MGM Grand hotel Wednesday was about new pay-per-view records and many more millions for Money Mayweather. The fact that it came mostly from fight promoters wasn’t terribly surprising, but it did mean that the hype for boxing’s latest big fight had officially begun. Whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. News Source: Yahoo Sports. [...]

CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED – With four eliminations already on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs Team Ortiz, the talk in the house now turns to the Wild Card bout and who will get a second shot at earning a spot in the competition. News Source: UFC.com. Read full story HERE .

Mike Russell, UFC – In the quest to ever evolve, it has become the norm for fighters to bring in atypical training partners and to add unorthodox training regimens to their tool kits to try to gain an advantage over upcoming opponents. Whether it be training at high altitude, with an opponent’s former teammates, or [...]

Mike Russell, UFC – Some of the biggest triumphs in UFC welterweight TJ Grant’s life were born out of his biggest setbacks. The year was 2006, and the Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native was at a crossroads in his life. Undecided about what he wanted to do and fresh out of high school, he had [...]

Floyd Mayweather’s changeover from “Pretty Boy” to “Money” was a calculated gambled that paid big. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Saul Alvarez is only 19, but he’s already drawing rave reviews. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Fans are ready for Saturday night’s big showdown. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Back in 1997, it was already clear Floyd Mayweather Jr. was going to become a star. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

By Paul Daley – The time for talking is almost over, but the UFC have asked me to do a blog during these last two weeks so I’m gonna talk a little more. I am just over with the talking and training and just want to punch someone in the jaw. I understand we’ve got [...]