Floyd Mayweather Jr. becoming pay-per-view king
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was once boxing’s pound-for-pound champion, and now he’s evolving into its pay-per-view king as well. Mayweather’s victory over Juan Manuel Marquez last weekend generated an...
View ArticlePacquiao promoter says Mayweather bout is off
Manny Pacquiao’s promoters said his prospective bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. was dead late Wednesday night after a mediation session failed to resolve the fighters’ differences over drug testing,...
View ArticleMayweather-Mosley fight puts drugs down for the count
LAS VEGAS – If it were up to Floyd Mayweather Jr., he wouldn’t want to be remembered for his six world boxing championships in five weight classes or victories over Oscar De La Hoya and the late Arturo...
View ArticletheGrio's Top Tweets of the Week
This week, we watched Dorothy Height honored by a who’s who of American luminaries, saw footage of a disastrous oil spill that threatened the safety of the Gulf Coast and sat through a cringe-inducing...
View ArticleMayweather's racist rant on Pacquiao hits below the belt
Call it boredom, stupidity, or Money May being Money May, but Floyd Mayweather crossed the boundaries in his video rant towards Manny Pacquiao last week. His 10-minute UStream broadcast last Thursday...
View ArticleVegas police seeking Mayweather in battery case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police sought boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. for questioning Thursday about a domestic battery complaint lodged by an ex-girlfriend who recanted a similar claim in 2005, police and his...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather Jr. jailed in Vegas domestic case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was jailed briefly Friday on a felony charge after his ex-girlfriend alleged he beat her and stole her cell phone during an argument in front of their three...
View ArticleReport: Mayweather's son witnessed boxer 'hitting and kicking' ex-girlfriend
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An arrest report alleges that Floyd Mayweather Jr. threatened and hit his ex-girlfriend in an argument that led to a felony charge that he stole her cell phone last week. Mayweather’s...
View ArticleJudge: Mayweather must stay away from his sons
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas court has ordered boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to stay away from his former girlfriend and their two sons after prosecutors say he hit her and threatened to beat his children...
View ArticlePacquiao may not need Mayweather anymore
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Manny Pacquiao was more concerned with the set list for his upcoming concert than he was with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fight every boxing fan wants to see may never happen, but...
View ArticleGuard in Vegas alleging battery by Mayweather
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A security guard has accused boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. of poking him in the face several times and threatening him over parking violations outside Mayweather’s home, police said...
View ArticleVegas judge orders Floyd Mayweather's arrest
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge has issued an outstanding arrest warrant for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. on a misdemeanor battery complaint alleging he poked a security guard in the face several...
View ArticleMayweather jailed, freed in Las Vegas battery case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent a night in a Las Vegas jail before his release Friday on a misdemeanor battery warrant stemming from an allegation that the boxer poked a security guard in...
View ArticlePushed to face black boxer, Pacquiao taps Mosley
Manny Pacquiao plans to fight Shane Mosley in his next bout on May 7 in Las Vegas. Promoter Bob Arum told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the deal will be done after Mosley’s lawyers approve the...
View ArticleIs Mayweather's 'poke' worse than his punch?
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. won’t face trial until at least April on a misdemeanor charge in a November scuffle with a security guard outside Mayweather’s Las Vegas home. The 33-year-old...
View ArticleFemale boxer ‘Fire’ lights up legendary ring
Gleason’s is much more than a boxing gym for Keisher Mcleod-Wells. It has become a major part of her life. She works there part-time, trains there for her professional boxing tournaments and even got...
View Article'Chilli' ponders fertile question in season finale
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chilli explores fertile territory on the finale of her cable TV reality show, “What Chilli Wants,” deciding whether to freeze her eggs for the chance at future motherhood. “What...
View ArticleMayweather faces harassment charges in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is facing new misdemeanor harassment charges accusing him of threatening two homeowner association security guards outside his Las Vegas home. The charges...
View ArticleMayweather to return against Ortiz in September
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. is returning to the ring. The undefeated six-time world champion announced on his Twitter feed Tuesday he will end a 16-month hiatus when he faces WBC welterweight...
View ArticleMayweather could be preparing for Pacquiao
NEW YORK (AP) — Trainer Freddie Roach believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. could be preparing for a long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao by returning to the ring in September. Roach, trainer of the...
View ArticleMayweather returns to ring, controversy follows
NEW YORK (AP) — It seems Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will be forever linked, regardless of whether they ever face each other in the ring. The two have danced around the richest fight in...
View ArticleMayweather, others sued by Vegas shooting victims
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Superstar boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is facing a civil lawsuit from two men who say he orchestrated a shooting attack on them two years ago outside a Las Vegas skating rink. The...
View ArticleMayweather to stand trial in Vegas harassment case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. is scheduled to stand trial Wednesday before a judge on misdemeanor charges that the boxer threatened two homeowner association security guards in October 2010 in...
View ArticleFederal judge sanctions boxer Mayweather
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — A federal judge has ordered prizefighter Floyd Mayweather Jr. to perform 40 hours of community service for dodging a deposition in a music rights dispute with a man. In...
View ArticleMayweather hints at May showdown with Pacquiao
From CNN Floyd Mayweather has hinted that his long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao could take place in May next year. In a video message linked from his official Twitter page Mayweather, a...
View ArticleMayweather to plead guilty to misdeamenor in battery case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to plead guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in a plea deal resolving felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend, court officials said...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather sentenced to 90 days in jail in Vegas case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced battery domestic violence and harassment charges before a Las Vegas judge. Judge...
View ArticleRumor: Floyd Mayweather placed $1 million bet against Tebow
The rumor is flying through sports circles: boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. placed a million-dollar bet that star NFL quarterback Tim Tebow would flop. According to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal,...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's daughter ordered to pay promoter $7.5m after failing to...
From Daily Mail UK: One of Nelson Mandela’s daughters has been ordered to pay $7.5m to boxing promoter after failing to stage a megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Zindziswa Mandela...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather due to serve 90 days in jail in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due Friday to begin serving 90 days in a county jail in Las Vegas for his guilty plea in a domestic violence case involving an attack on his ex-girlfriend...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather associate takes plea in Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An associate of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking a plea deal that could get him 18 years in prison for shooting at two men in a car after one of them argued with the boxer in Las...
View ArticleMayweather due to begin Vegas jail sentence
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is about begin a three-month jail sentence in Las Vegas in a domestic violence case. The undefeated boxer’s legal and ring advisers weren’t immediately...
View ArticleMayweather won’t see Pacquiao fight in Vegas jail
KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t have access to a television, computer or telephone in the small solo jail cell where he’s beginning the second week of a...
View ArticleLawyer: Jail conditions may end Mayweather career
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lawyers for Floyd Mayweather Jr. say the undefeated champion boxer may never fight again if he’s not released from the Las Vegas jail he entered earlier this month. The Las Vegas...
View ArticleJudge refuses to ease Floyd Mayweather’s jail stay
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s request that he be released from jail because the low-quality food and water have threatened his health was denied by a Las Vegas judge who says he should eat...
View ArticleMayweather due for Friday release from Vegas jail
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due for release from a Las Vegas jail by the weekend after serving two months in a domestic battery case. Records show the 35-year-old undefeated champion is...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather released from Vegas jail after 2 months
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather was released from a Las Vegas jail early Friday after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case. The undefeated boxer...
View ArticleMayweather, Pacquiao settling defamation case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have reached a confidential settlement in their federal defamation case in Las Vegas. It’s not clear if the settlement means Mayweather and...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Guerrero on Showtime
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will fight Robert Guerrero on May 4, and he’s changing television networks to do it. The biggest star in boxing dropped a surprise Tuesday while announcing his long-rumored next...
View ArticleMayweather sings praises of his new Showtime deal
DETROIT (AP) — It’s Showtime in more ways than one for Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is excited about both a weekend fight he’s promoting as well as his lucrative new deal with the CBS-owned network....
View ArticleMayweather dominates Guerrero, remains undefeated
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. did nothing to deserve the occasional boos that echoed through the MGM Grand arena during the later rounds of his fight with Robert Guerrero. He didn’t deserve any...
View ArticleSports Illustrated: Floyd Mayweather Jr. top-earning American athlete in 2013
Floyd Mayweather Jr. tops Sports Illustrated’s list of highest-earning American athletes for the second consecutive year, according to Sports Illustrated. The welterweight boxer is projected to make a...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather dominates for easy decision win
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canelo Alvarez proved nothing more than easy money for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather turned one of the richest fights ever into just another $41.5 million payday Saturday night,...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather on Ray Rice: NFL went too far
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has something to say about the NFL’s decision on Ray Rice’s suspension. During an interview, the boxer said that the NFL should have stuck with its original discipline plan, saying...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali’s choice between Mayweather and Pacquiao revealed
The ‘greatest of all-time’ seems to have weighed in on who he hopes will win in boxing’s most anticipated fight in years. According to Muhammad Ali’s daughter, Rasheda Ali, the former heavyweight...
View ArticleInfamous celebrity mugshots (SLIDESHOW)
We all like to see our favorite stars at their best, but, of course, nobody’s perfect. From musicians to Academy Award winners and from professional athletes to reality TV stars, many high-profile...
View ArticleRonda Rousey says she can beat Floyd Mayweather in a ‘no rules fight’
Ronda Rousey told told fans during a celebrity Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) she thinks she could beat anyone on that planet in a ruleless fight, including Floyd Mayweather Jr. Rousey was taking...
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