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Floyd Mayweather Sr.: Mike Jones 'Hits Harder Than Thomas Hearns'

By Lem SatterfieldFeb 18th 2011 – 12:53PM

LAS VEGAS -- While working out with trainer Vaughn Jackson at the Top Rank Promotions Gym on Thursday for Saturday night's HBO televised welterweight (147 pounds) rematch against Jesus Soto-Karass, of Mexico, unbeaten Philadelphia prospect, Mike Jones, received a visit from Floyd Mayweather Sr. For a time, the father...

Nonito Donaire: Manny Pacquiao's Pride Prohibits Being Tested

By Lem SatterfieldFeb 18th 2011 – 1:50AM

LAS VEGAS -WBO welterweight (147 pounds) king Manny Pacquiao might have submitted to drug testing, no problem, for a mega bout against anyone but pound-for-pound rival Floyd Mayweather -- at least that is what Pacquiao's Filipino countryman, Nonito Donaire, believes. "I think that that it was about pride. I think that...

Manny Pacquiao: 'I Will Fight' Floyd Mayweather

By Lem SatterfieldFeb 15th 2011 – 12:54PM

NEW YORK -- Riding on a train destined for Washington, D.C., from New York, and sitting across from his wife, Jinkee Pacquiao, on Valentines Day, eight division king, Manny Pacquiao, was nearing the end of a long day -- the third of an eventual four as part of a promotional tour touting his May 7, Showtime pay per view...

HBO's Real Sports Features Victor Conte, Nonito Donaire

By Lem SatterfieldFeb 13th 2011 – 10:00PM

Former BALCO founder Victor Conte, who is working as a nutritionist for WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire, among others, will be featured during a Feb. 15 edition of HBO's Real Sports, Conte informed FanHouse. The Feb. 15 show will also include a segment examining former heavyweight champion...

Floyd Maywether's Uncle: Manny Pacquiao's 'Got Something In Him'

By Lem SatterfieldFeb 3rd 2011 – 2:52PM

Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer of six-time titlist, Floyd Mayweather Jr., still insists that southpaw WBO welterweight (147) pounds and WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion Manny Pacquiao has "got something in him," an implication that the use of performance enhancing drugs is the reason the Filipino...

Background on floyd mayweather sr.

Floyd Mayweather, Sr. (born October 19, 1950) is an American boxing trainer and a welterweight contender during the 1970s and 1980s.

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