Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto news: Mayweather again stands up for Berto

{The following article is written by Nikko Villanueva of Christiantoday.com (Nice name for a domain talking about boxing, hahaha!)}

Floyd Mayweather Jr. really believes in the ability of his next opponent Andre Berto and in an interview video posted by Fighthype.com, the undefeated champion again had good words for his next challenger.

When Mayweather made the announcement that he will be facing Berto, a lot of people were surprised and started to question who Berto is and what he did to get a shot at the number one pound-for-pound king.

The 38-year-old champion already said before that Berto is entertaining and is deserving of a title shot.

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Manny Pacquiao says torn rotator cuff fixed by God and salt water

Boxer Manny Pacquiao says he has recovered from a torn rotator cuff because of his religious faith and sea water.

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“No problem,” Pacquiao said as he extended his arm at an event in Tokyo last week. “I’m fine. It’s God’s work. I never saw a doctor. I never did rehab. All I did was to swim in the sea as often as I could. The salt water healed my wound.”

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Floyd Mayweather brags about his new $4.8M car

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We all know American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather is a douchebag rich man, and as such he can very well afford to do things only douchebags wealthy guys can do. Like buy stupendously expensive supercars hypercars on a whim and then brag about it on social media.

So here's the latest acquisition of the controversial pugilist--a Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita, which, according to Mayweather, was purchased for a whopping $4.8 million. And he made sure his nearly eight million followers on Instagram knew about it, posting the above photo with the following caption (in italics):

My new 4.8 Million dollar car. $4,800,000.00 Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita supercar. KOENIGSEGG Is An ULTRA Boutique Automobile Manufacturer For The Super Rich. KOENIGSEGG made only 2 TREVITA'S for the World, and this is No. 2 of 2. In addition it is the only USA Spec TREVITA Built in the World. The Origin of the car is Sweden. The word TREVITA means "3 Whites." It is beyond a Super Car, and is classified as a "Hyper Car."

{Photo from Floyd Mayweather's Instagram}

Silverman: The Best Ever? Floyd Mayweather Jr. Needs To Calm Down Just A Bit

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Less than a month from now, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will step into the ring with Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and supposedly put the cap on his career.

There’s every reason to believe that Floyd means what he says and he intends this fight to be his last before he hangs up his gloves. However, there’s something that takes over most boxers who try to retire and compels them to go back into the ring.

Rocky Marciano was the rare exception. “The Rock” dominated the heavyweight division in the late 1940s and ‘50s and is widely considered to be one of the hardest punchers the division has ever known, but after he won the 49th fight of his career — against Archie Moore — the “Brockton Blockbuster” never got back into the ring. He retired with a perfect 49-0-0 record.

That’s what “Money” is aiming for as well, but he thinks such an undefeated record will earn him recognition that would put him on top of all the greats that preceded him.

TBE, the best ever.

Mayweather has always been the height of arrogance, and he sets a new standard in this area with this proclamation that’s been all over the Twitterverse. He also revealed his top five boxers in the sport’s history, and it’s a joke.

Not surprisingly, he puts his name at the top, followed by Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker, Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and Muhammad Ali.

Just contemplate that for a minute. Ali, who called himself the greatest while he was promoting his many fights, had massive respect for Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and Marciano. Those four fighters would certainly rank higher than Mayweather, and others who had more to offer in the ring include “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Harry Greb, Joe Gans, Benny Leonard, Henry Armstrong and Sam Langford.

That’s at least 11 fighters who were better than Floyd, and I would venture a guess that there are at least four more who could fit in that category.

Mayweather is a calculating and a brilliant fighter, but all of the fighters listed above left a piece of themselves in the ring every time they fought. They made their legacy by fighting their heart out every time they got into the ring.

Floyd fought as if he knew what his legacy could be and that the most important thing was coming out of the ring with a zero on the loss side.

Tactically, Mayweather is certainly among the best, and the same holds with his defensive skills. He prepares for each fight and when he gets in the ring, he knows what his opponent’s strengths and weaknesses are and he uses that knowledge to his advantage.

But when it comes to fighting memorable fights and putting on a show for the paying customer, Mayweather is simply not interested. He is not a crowd pleaser, and that has never been his intention.

Manny Pacquiao is a brilliant fighter and Floyd outflanked him and was strategically the better and more effective fighter. But did Mayweather let loose at any time and try to show that he was the dominant fighter in the ring? Did he have bad intentions against Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, Canelo Alvarez, Roberto Guerrero and Miguel Cotto?

That’s not in his gameplan. Mayweather has incredible skills and talent, but he uses them to make sure his record ends with that zero.

He has never put himself at risk and he does not leave it all in the ring. He has gotten by without giving his all. He is not the greatest ever and the sad part is that perhaps he could have been.

All of the greats knew that you had to open your soul and leave a piece of it in the ring. Mayweather has never done that.

Perhaps he is smarter and sharper than any other boxer because he has not put himself in harm’s way. He’s clearly the best businessman in boxing history, but he is not the best fighter and he’s not even close.

Mayweather-Pacquiao lawsuits sent to California court

{The article below is first published in todayonline.com}

LAS VEGAS — Plaintiffs who say the May 2 Las Vegas fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr was a fraud and they deserve their pay-per-view money back will argue their cases in front of a federal judge in California.

Judge R Gary Klausner, the same judge hearing arguments in cases filed against the Sony movie studio related to a computer hacker attack last year, will decide if the Pacquiao cases are granted class-action status before any trial proceeds.

A panel of judges that decides whether to consolidate similar claims brought in different jurisdictions into a single courtroom ruled Friday (Aug 14) that lawsuits filed in several states will be heard in the Central District of California where Pacquiao was said to injure his shoulder while training for the fight.

The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said in its decision that determining the severity and timing of the boxer's rotator-cuff injury could require "significant factual, and possibly expert, discovery".

The panel said questions about the facts of the case, including for example who knew about the injury, are sufficiently complex to warrant consolidating the large number of related cases.

At least 32 lawsuits had been filed as of mid-May in California, Nevada, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Texas. Several more appear to have been filed since.

Pacquiao and his promoter Top Rank are named in all of the lawsuits, and most include Mayweather, his promoters and cable companies HBO and Showtime.

In court filings, attorneys representing Pacquiao and Top Rank have said the claims are without merit.

An attorney for the defendants declined to comment yesterday. So did representatives for HBO and Showtime. Attempts to reach Mayweather's promoter by phone and email were unsuccessful.

The lawsuits argue the injury was not revealed until after the fight, too late for 4.4 million viewers who had already paid up to US$100 (S$140.84) each to watch it. HBO and Showtime have said they earned more than US$400 million from the fight.