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UAE Group Offers $110 Million to Mayweather For Pacquiao Fight
by Robert Littal | Posted on Saturday, November 29th, 2014
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The offers keep getting bigger, but until we hear Floyd Mayweather say he is listening, there is no reason to get your hopes up.

Here are the details via Boxing Scene.

An investment group from the United Arab Emirates has made an offer to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Mayweather Promotions to fight Manny Pacquiao during the first half of 2015.

Long-time boxing executive M. Akbar Muhammad, one of the principals in the group, has made an offer of $110 million, by far the largest in the history of boxing.

“I’ve been instructed by the group to do whatever it takes to bring this long-awaited and eagerly anticipated fight to fruition,” said Muhammad. “There’s absolutely no doubt that each fighter, individually, will receive more money than any other boxer has in the past.

“The combined purses offered are approaching $200 million,” said Muhammad. “And, rest assured, we have the resources to do just that.”

In addition to receiving a record-setting purse, Mayweather Promotions, LLC will be the lead promoter of the event and a partner with the investment group, said Muhammad.
 
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Provodnikov’s Promoter Eyes Bouts With Matthysse, Maidana, and Garcia
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By Victor Salazar December 1, 2014 2:12 pm
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untitledRuslan Provodnikov returned this past Friday with a TKO victory over a past his prime, overmatched, Jose Luis Castillo. It was a bit of a disappointment in 2014 for Provodnikov. After losing his title in a debated decision against Chris Algieri, he could not find a suitable opponent for a return date on HBO.

After that his promoter said that they had offered Maurico Herrera and Zab Judah a fight Provodnikov in Russia where he said they both declined, Castillo ultimately accepted .

Provodnikov’s promoter however hopes that 2015 is a much better year and is eyeing a March return.

“Ruslan should return in the U.S., likely to happen in March 28th on HBO,” Artie Pelullo, Provodnikov’s promoter stated in a report by Boxingscene.com.

“As for the opponent, we’d consider Marcos Maidana, Danny Garcia, and Lucas Matthysse,” stated Pelullo.

While all the those fights are excellent, all 3 are managed by Al Haymon, who’s relationship with HBO has been almost nonexistent since Floyd Mayweather jumped from HBO to Showtime. Also there are rumors that Haymon will have a series on NBC where a lot of his fighters could end up on in 2015
 
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Mayweather Sr. Unimpressed With Pacquiao and Roach
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By Victor Salazar December 1, 2014 1:35 pm
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untitledWhile a lot of the hoopla behind Mayweather and Pacquiao has died down some. Floyd Mayweather Sr.’s comments regarding Pacquiao’s performance continues on.

In an interview with OnTheRopesBoxing.com , Sr. continued his assault.

“I’m gonna be truly honest with you, I didn’t even see the fight, I never did. I heard that he got knocked down six times, something like that, nine times somebody said, five times. I don’t really know how many times he got knocked down,” stated Mayweather Sr. “I ain’t saying he’s better because he knocked down some nobody. Floyd knocked Diego Corrales about six times and Diego Corrales was a good fighter. Floyd knocked him down about six times. It’s only obvious that if they fight, I’m on my sons side so there’s no other way to look at that but one way. I wouldn’t be looking his way just to be looking, but whatever my son said about it, I don’t believe Pacquiao can whoop him anyways, simple as that.”

Regarding his rival trainer in Freddie Roach, Mayweather’s Sr. also didn’t hold his words back.

“I don’t know. I’m not saying because something’s wrong with Freddie but I’m not saying it’s because of Freddie, it’s because of them. It’s them feeling sorry for Freddie and that’s where all that bullshit is coming around,” explained Mayweather Sr.

Sr. also feels he doesn’t get the credit he deserves when it comes to being a great trainer.

“It don’t mean nothing to me. They can do what they want to do, they give it to Freddie Roach all the time and he can’t fucking train no damn nobody. Let’s be for real, you can put us both on stage and you’ll find out who’s the best. He’s nowhere near me, he’s not even in the same class, nowhere near. But like I said before, they’ve been giving him all the accolades but I don’t give a damn. You got to go through all that bullshit to get a fucking trophy? Fuck them, I ain’t thinking about them.
 
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Six of the best: Top Boxer of 2014?
date December 2nd, 2014 | Post Comment - 35 Comments

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manny pacquiao gennady golovkin alexander povetkin photoBy Gav Duthie: With the year drawing to a close I ask who was the king of the ring for 2014? It has been far from a blockbuster calendar year but it has seen some great performances, some new blood start to make a name for themselves and some solid comebacks. Based on level of performances, ring activity and the quality of opponents these are my 6 of the best.

6. Gennady Golovkin 31-0 (28) – The train keeps rolling through

With a lack of top class fights available at middleweight Golovkin’s philosophy is to remain active. Despite postponing dates in the early part of he year due to a family bereavement GGG has fought three times in 2014. He started the campaign with a much expected win over the durable Osumano Adamo in 7 rounds. Towards the second half of the campaign the Kazakhstan sensation faced two opponents that were said to be stern tests which he passed with ease.
First was Aussie Daniele Geale a former world champion (3 rounds) and then the big punching middleweight/super middleweight Marco Antonio Rubio (2 rounds). He is already scheduled to face Martin Murray early next year which will again be a decent challenge but fans are hoping for more. Could Canelo, Froch or even Bernard Hopkins be on the agenda?

5. Roman Gonzalez 41-0 (35) – Future P4P great

The Nicaraguan has maneuvered his way into the top ten p4p as he continues to win world titles through the weight divisions. He was patient in his transition from lightweight to flyweight. Before fighting for world honors in September (WBC title v Akira Yaegashi) he had two warm up fights in the early part of the year which he won easily. He then knocked out Yaegashi in the 9th round and then successfully defended against Rocky Fuentes just the other week. 4 wins from 4 make Roman one of the most successful and most active fighters in 2014 and he has big plans next year which include a unification bout/rematch with Juan Francisco Estrada.

4. Alexander Povetkin 28-1 (20) – Superb comeback year

I have said before that Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t just beat his opponents the takes their heart and destroys them. Many of Wladimir’s victims are never the same again. Some take a year out, others start to lose and some just retire altogether. Povetkin however has refused to become one of those victims. In 2014 he has came back stronger than ever. Povetkin isn’t the kind of name that immediately springs to mind for fighter of the year but he is knocking over other contenders like Dominoes making him once again the worlds second bet heavyweight. In May he disposed of tough German Manuel Charr who had previously only lost to Vitaly Klitschko in 7 rounds and even more impressively knocked out Carlos Takam who was coming off the back of a good win over Tony Thompson and draw with Mike Perez. It is unlikely he will force a Klitschko rematch but other champions like Ruslan Chagaev and Bermaine Stiverne should be looking over their shoulders.

3. Terence Crawford 25-0 (17) – The new kid in town

American Crawford started the year as a dangerous looking prospect and has finished it as a dominant champion. In 2013 he fought his way into a mandatory position with the WBO after a string of impressive wins over the likes of Breidas Prescott and Andre Klimov. When he stepped up in class to go into the backyard of Scottish WBO champion Ricky Burns in March he didn’t disappoint. Despite worries of controversial scoring in previous fights in Scotland he dominated enough to see through with a unanimous decision. His next bout was even more impressive as he took on the stylish and skilful Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa. This turned out to be one of the best fights of the year with Crawford winning by 9th round TKO. He capped off the year in great style with a win over Mexican Raymundo Beltran who had a huge claim on the WBO title himself after his controversial draw with Burns the year previous. Crawford is without a doubt the top man at lightweight as we approach 2015.

2. Manny Pacquiao 57-5-2 (38) – He’s still got it

In December 2012 Manny Pacquiao’s hopes of a dream bout with Floyd Mayweather were in tatters as he laid bare faced on the canvas after a perfectly timed right hand from Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez. This came after a loss to Tim Bradley and his career seemed over. Even in 2013 a solitary win over Brandon Rios did little to convince fans that he still had the skills. This year however he has bounced back in style. In April he avenged his defeat to Tim Bradley with a slick and dominant boxing display to regain the WBO welterweight title. Later in the year many then feared Bob Arum had selected a very problematic opponent in the slick, awkward Chris Algieri that had the potential to ruin the party. Pacquiao not only won but showed that Algieri didn’t even belong in the same ring as him as he knocked him down several times on route to a landslide points victory. Once again and with perhaps more enthusiasm than ever he is calling out Floyd Mayweather, we can only hope that this time they can get it sorted.

1. Sergiy Kovalev 26-0-1 (23) – Has all the tools to dominate

It was close for top spot but I had to go for the Russian for his activity and winning tough fights without breaking a sweat. Not only does he finish the year as a 3 belt world champion with 3 huge victories he also scared his closest rival Adonis Stevenson off to the opposite TV channel without even throwing a punch. His first two wins over the year in March and August were both against undefeated opponents in Cedric Agnew and Blake Caparello. Both had padded records with little experience but the ease at which he disposed of Agnew was impressive. He was down in the first round against Caparello which was more a balance issue but cornered him in the second knocking him down 3 times before the fight was waved off. Only 3 months later he fought legendary fighter Bernard ‘The Executioner/Alien’ Hopkins. On November 8th Kovalev made Hopkins look less Alien and more old man as he punished and outboxed him over 12 rounds.

Who will be the top boxer in 2015? That will all depend on whether we get to see the big fights. Mayweather v Pacquaio, Stevenson v Kovalev, Froch v Ward. Whatever happens we look forward to a blockbuster year in 2015.
 
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Wladimir Klitschko vs. Bryant Jennings possible for April 25th in New York
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wladimir klitschko photoBy Allan Fox: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s next title defense will likely take place on April 25th against unbeaten #2 WBA, #3 WBC, #5 WBO, #8 IBF Bryant Jennings (19-0, 10 KOs) at either Madison Square Garden or the Barclays Center in New York, according to Dan Rafael.

The Jennings fight will be the second fight for Wladimir of his 3-fight contract with HBO. By fighting in the U.S, Wladimir could possibly wind up making less money than he would if he were to fight in Germany where he normally fights.

The German television station RTL pays Wladimir $6 million per fight. However, if he fights in the U.S, it would mean that the fight would take place early in the morning in Germany, and that obviously would mean less eyeballs seeing him. Wladimir could make a little more than $3 million from HBO to fight Jennings.

Wladimir will be fighting his WBO mandatory challenger Tyson Fury later on in 2015, possibly in the summer. That’s a bigger fight than the Jennings match-up, but the defense won’t be due until the summer. Wladimir will let the fight wait while he takes the Jennings match-up.
The Klitschko-Jennings fight likely won’t bring in the same kinds of viewing numbers as Wladimir’s last fight against previously unbeaten Kubrat Pulev last month.

That fight was seen by 10.5 million viewers in Germany, and it was one of Wladimir’s easier fights with him knocking the over-matched Pulev out in the 5th round.

Pulev did a good job of attracting interest in his fight with Wladimir by doing a lot of trash talking, but at the end of the day, Pulev didn’t have the chin or the talent to make the fight a competitive one.

Jennings is coming off of a hard fought 12 round split decision win over Mike Perez last July. Jennings ended up outworking the Cuban Perez with his superior work rate.

Wladimir, 6’6”, will have a huge size and power advantage over the 6’3” Jennings, but oddly enough, Jennings will have a two inch reach advantage in the fight. Without a lot of punching power, Jennings is likely going to be over his head in this fight in the same way that Pulev was.
 
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I think FOTY would be either Crawford or Inoue if both win their last 2 fights. I'd likely give it to Inoue considering he'd have won a title in his 7th pro fight then 2 fights later in the same year leaped 2 weight classes and beat the longest reigning title holder in boxing (if he beats Narvaez obviously).

Chocolatito fought 2 guys that shouldn't have been in the ring with him early in the year and Fuentes wasn't that great of a win either. His lineal title winning fight against Yaegashi is really the only stand out fight he's had this year.

.. and no way Lomachenko got robbed against Salido. That fight was close in the ring and it was scored close. Salido did fight pretty dirty but it wasn't poorly scored.
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Agreed.

That's the problem with the really small weightclasses. There will be great unifications that no one pays attention to, or giant mismatches.

I thought Salido won outright, but in a close fight.
 
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so predictable CZAR comes in like that lol. As if Chris Algieri was ever going to pull in big numbers. Showtime lost $16 million dollars on the last two Floyd fights combined but that's none of my business though.

All I know and all that matters is Floyd vs Pac = record $$$$$$$$
 
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Dont matter Manny has two PPV's around 300k while Floyd does 900k-1mill. Its not Floyd's fault Manny is fighting bums. The numbers are the numbers when it comes to negotiations. Floyd should get a much higher percentage. Got Em!!
 
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