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HBO Sports VP Dishes on Mayweather, Pacquiao-Cotto, PPV Fights

Mark Taffet, Senior Vice President of HBO Sports Pay Per View, said Floyd Mayweather "clearly has proven his star status by generating the kinds of pay per view numbers that very few men in the history of the sport have ever generated."FanHouse spoke to Taffet, the man in charge of HBO's Pay Per View, as he addressed...

Paulie Malignaggi Still Not Over Diaz Controversy, Wants Immediate Rematch

Paulie Malignaggi heavily criticized the judges following his controversial unanimous decision loss to Juan Diaz last month. From his post-fight interview with HBO's Max Kellerman to the post-fight press conference, Malignaggi wasn't afraid of voicing his displeasure with the politics that have plagued boxing for...

Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Sr.: Floyd Jr.'s Best, Pound-For-Pound

Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Sr. both agree with Floyd Jr. that his return to the sport should be as boxing's best fighter, pound-for-pound. "Nobody beat him. He's still undefeated. He's still Floyd Mayweather Jr. It's like your read a book and you're in the 10th chapter, and you close the book to take a nap,"...

Juan Manuel Marquez Wins, Makes the Case He's as Great as Manny Pacquiao

In a brilliant showing at the Toyota Center in Houston, Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Juan Diaz to win the world lightweight boxing title on Saturday night.Diaz gave a game performance in a dead-even fight through the first eight rounds, but Marquez overwhelmed him and knocked him out in the ninth. And he may have done...

Juan Diaz, a Fat Chance Succeeds

If there is a lesson to learn from the life of Juan Diaz, the former unified lightweight champion of the world, current college senior and boxer with a motor so powerful NASCAR would stick a restrictor plate on it, it is simply this.Don't mess with the fat kid. "I was a little fat boy," Diaz says of when he first walked...

JuanDiaz News From the Web

05/25/12 Indians call up Diaz, option McAllister Source: NBC - WREX TV 13 - Rockford IL The Cleveland Indians have called up shortstop Juan Diaz from AA Akron and optioned starting pitcher Zach McAllister to AAA Columbus.
05/14/12 Bloomfield: Police blotter, May 14 Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ Seth Dupree, of Bloomfield , was arrested for burglary and possession of stolen property.
04/14/12 Trenton Thunder fall to Akron Aeros again in pitching... Source: Trenton Times - NJ.com - Trenton NJ The Akron Aeros scored a pair of runs in the fifth inning and held Trenton to only four hits in collecting a 2-1 victory over the Thunder in front of 2,441 last night at Canal Park. Steven Wright (1-1), Toru Murata and Cody Allen, who earned his first save, combined to hold Trenton to one run for the second straight night.