Floyd Mayweather Sets Date For Next Fight
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather next bout is set just four months after his victory against Manny Pacquiao. The boxer an kicked he will fight against Andre Berto on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (NV). This will mark Mayweather's final fight, closing his iconic career without a blemish on his 48-0, 26 KOs record. The event will be broadcast on Showtime Pay-Per-View at 8pm (Eastern standard time). Mayweather understands the magnitude of the last fight in his 19-year boxing career, and it more than confident he can defeat Berto and finish with a 49-0 record. The 49th victory will tie the champion with boxing great Rocky Marciano, who also recorded 49 wins. "I am ready to get back in the ring on September 12th and prove again to the whole world why I'm the best ever. I always bring my A-game, and this fight against Andre Berto is no
…show more content…
Even though he is just 3-3 in his last six bouts, Berto promises to knockout the undefeated champion. "I am coming to kick Floyd's ass on September 12th. Best believe that I plan to bring it to Floyd and I'm not concerned about what forty-eight other fighters have been unable to do," Berto body stated. He continued,"Somebody is getting knocked out, and it won't be me. You don't want to miss this."
The CEO of Mayweather Promotions, Leonard Ellerbe, doesn't seem to concerned about Berto's claim that he is going to knockout Mayweather. Ellerbe said the legendary boxer is always prepared, and he never takes a fighter for granted. "We know Berto is coming in looking to knock Floyd's head off. Floyd just has to be prepared. We know Berto is motivated," he said. Ellerbe reiterated,"[Berto] He has had ups and downs in his career, but he has been able to bounce back and show the fans- he's never in a dull fight. Berto is coming with the mentality of 'I am gonna get him or he is gonna get
* After learning some of the history, some of the major rules, and the organizations associated with MMA I hope that you will be watching my favorite fighter George St. Pierre defend his title on December 11, 2010.
After their epic fight in Melbourne, Australia, reports circulated that the rematch will be during the UFC 200 event that will take place in Las Vegas in July 2016.
“You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren 't true, but you never hear about the positive,” This quote resembles Floyd Mayweather 's life. His family really loves the sport of boxing, and Mayweather loved being in the gym with the gloves on his hands. The life of crime started to take over for Mayweather 's parents. Mayweather’s talent inside the ring was amazing, and a great is what Mayweather turned into he shined in the ring. Mayweather proves to be one of the greatest with a record of 49-0 which is the second best without a loss to 51-0-1.
In 1980, a world renowned athlete by name of Julio Cesar Chavez, made his professional boxing debut in Culiacan, Mexico at the tender age of 17. This kicked off a career that spanned for the better part of 25 years, which made Chavez the greatest Mexican boxer of all time and is considered one of the greatest fighters in professional boxing history. Even though, Chavez has been retired for the past decade, many upcoming amateur’s boxers wish to become the next boxing legend following his footsteps. With outstanding achievements in the sport, impressive athletic ability, and overcoming personal adversities Julio Cesar Chavez is a great man for the next generation to idealize and respect.
On a sunny day at the merciless boxing gym his sweat coming flowing down his face, the sound of the punches hitting the mitts, and the ring of the bell to end the round. Edgar Delgadillo is the head coach at the gym preparing his fighters for Golden Gloves that occurs once a year, he recalls his past experiences when his fighters winning at the event last year.
May weather was born with boxing all around him. His father, Floyd sr. was a welterweight contender, and his uncle Jeff May weather is a former IBO super featherweight champion. Another uncle, Roger May weather, is a former WBA super featherweight and WBC super lightweight champion. Floyd was fitted for his first pair of boxing gloves when he was 7. He started boxing at his neighborhood gym.
The fight was three rounds, “The 37-year-old champion proved no match for young Dempsey, who attacked ferociously from the starting bell and knocked Willard to the floor seven times in the first round” (Editors) but by the third round Dempsey prevailed. While defending his title, Dempsey defeated many boxers, of those included Luis Angel Firpo. By 1926 Jack Dempsey had defended his title 5 times but on September 22 he finally lost it in Chicago to Gene Tunney. Although Jack took the loss to Tunney hard, he did not let the loss consume
Who is Andre Berto? Floyd Mayweather Jr. just offered the fans a reason not to watch his next fight as fans are already responding to the latest contender set to hit the ring against the a five-division world champion and the word social media keeps offering up about the upcoming fight is “boring.” According to the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, Floyd Mayweather Jr. choice to fight Berto is seen by many fans as an anti-climactic ending to Mayweather’s career.
This past Saturday night we witnessed a huge upset as Viktor “The Ice Man” Postol (28-0) simply out classed Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (37-4). You may ask how was this a “huge” upset, this is an upset due to the fact Lucas holds one of highest KO ratios in all of Boxing out his 37 wins 34 came by way of KO. Now you have a boxer like Postol who has 27 wins with only 11kos, who typically would not be favored to survive the relentless onslaught of a power puncher. There are couple factors that subdued the machine and it was the height, range and pure Boxing ability of Postol that went on to stop Matthysse with a straight right hand to the previously injured left eye of Mathysse. Matthysse went down but decided not to get back up.
Mayweather beat Pacquiao to end up the undisputed welterweight champion in May 2015 in what was charged as "the battle of the century".
The former streetfighter was signed to Bellator MMA and scheduled to fight at Bellator 158 on July 16 in London against James Thompson.
Pacquiao boxing career started to being at age of fourteen when he wanted to try out boxing was quite good with sixty wins and only four losses for his amateur career. At the age of sixteen he turned pro and started out as light flyweight. He won his first bout with a unanimous decision and won the WBC (World Boxing Council) flyweight title at 1998. From that win, his boxing career started to get some notice. He started from flyweight and transitioned to multiple weight classes all the way to light middleweight. In face Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer ever to win world titles in each weight division from flyweight to light middleweight. Some of his notable boxing matches was facing Oscar De La Hoya in 2008 and retired his career, Rickey Hatton
Antonio and Felix both want to be the lightweight champion of boxing, but they are different boxers when it comes down to style.
Antonio and Felix both fight each other fairly; they both agree that they won’t let their friendship come between their match. They are both confident and determined to win. Antonio and Felix both work very hard in boxing. The two friends also use their differences to an advantage. They are both also very committed to their boxing career.
The potential bout is said to be the main event of the October 3rd PBC fight card in a still undisclosed venue that also included a clash between Broner and former WBA light welterweight champ Khabib Allakhverdiev as an undercard, as per Opening