De la Hoya on Hopkins v Jones
The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II is set for Saturday, April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. The event will be broadcast live on pay-per-view beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Tickets priced at $750, $500, $300, $200 and $100 are on sale now at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also will be available for purchase atwww.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
The Hopkins vs. Jones II pay-per-view telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and has a suggested retail price of $49.95. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. The main event will begin live immediately following the college basketball semi-finals. For Hopkins vs. Jones II fight week updates, log on towww.goldenboypromotions.com.
“These are two legends that we all must respect. It’s not one of the best relationships, but now after 17 years we’ve been able to make the fight. The fact that this rivalry is still there shows how much they wanted this fight.”
“Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. are two of the most recognized names in the sport. You’ve got the Tyson’s and Holyfield’s, and then you have the Hopkins’ and Jones’.”
“This fight is so big, that these guys made the front page of the Wall Street Journal. In all my years of fighting, I’ve never even been on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, that shows you how big this fight is.”
Roy Jones Jr. vs Bernard Hopkins Ticket On Sale Tomorrow!
LAS VEGAS, NV (February 4) . . . Tickets for the long awaited rematch of future Hall of Famers Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins and Roy “The Terminator” Jones Jr. go on sale tomorrow, Friday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m. PT. The Rivals: Hopkins vs. Jones II is set for Saturday, April 3 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev. and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Tickets priced at $750, $500, $300, $200 and $100 go on sale TOMORROW, Friday, February 5 at 10:00 am PT and will be available for purchase at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (select Smith’s Food and Drug Centers and Ritmo Latino). Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per person. To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Tickets also will be available for purchase at www.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
Hopkins (50-5-1, 32 KOs) and Jones (54-6, 40 KOs), heated rivals and two of boxing’s most decorated and recognizable fighters, will put it all on the line and leave no doubt as to who gets to take bragging rights as the best. Both men have given fans more than two decades worth of brilliant ring memories and will each look to add another victory under their belts on April 3.
Pacquiao Arrives in Los Angeles Tomorrow!
Los Angeles Boxing Fanatics, Manny Pacquiao arrives at LAX at 5:15pm this Sunday evening on Philippine Airlines Flight 112 from Manila. Manny will be arriving to start training camp at the Wild Card Gym for his March 13th bought with Joshua Clottey. Come out and give the champ a hero’s welcome.
Mayweather vs. Pacquiao off!
The Superfight because pound for pound Kings Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is officially off, according to Top Rank President Bob Arum. After weeks of dancing around, the fighters and their camps could not come to an agreement on blood testing, and the fight the boxing world was waiting for is off. Arum says Pacquiao will go ahead with a March 13th right again Yuri Foreman.
As a fan of the sport, I say shame on you Golden Boy Promotion, Top Rank Promotions, and both fighters for not getting this fight done. Shame on you Floyd Mayweather for wanting the change the rules, which have been established and used in in Nevada, including your own fight. Shame on you Manny for not submitting to the tests and raising doubts that you are not a clean fighters. You both had a chance to make the boxing world proud and establish who is the best pound for pound fighter in the world.
And you blew it.
MIke Tyson Altercation Video
After the City attorney decided against filing charges against Mike Tyson and the Paparazzi, the video of the altercation has made its way to the TMZ. According to TMZ, 7 edits were made the video before it was passed along to them
Manny Pacquiao comes out swinging, files lawsuits against Mayweather Jr, Sr. Golden Boy Promotions and more.
On December 30, 2009, pound-for-pound boxing champion Manny Pacquiao filed a lawsuit in Nevada federal court against Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions, LLC, and Golden Boy Promotions executives Oscar de la Hoya, and Richard Schaefer for making false and defamatory statements accusing Pacquiao of taking performance-enhancing drugs. We reported here last week that Pacquiao was preparing for this lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims the Mayweathers, de la Hoya, and Schaefer knew that Pacquiao has never taken performance-enhancing drugs, knew their statements were false, but made them anyway out of “ill-will, spite, malice, revenge, and envy.”
Pacquiao has retained Daniel Petrocelli of the Los Angeles-based law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. About the filing of the complaint, Petrocelli stated: “Manny Pacquiao’s achievements come from God-given talent and an indefatigable work ethic — not steroids. He cannot and will not allow others to deliberately misrepresent his years of hard work and tarnish his reputation.”
The lawsuit was filed in federal district court
Mayweather talking smack, calling sparring partner a Bitch!
A rare video of Floyd Mayweather Jr. sparring in his Las Vegas gym has surfaced on the internet. The video, presumably shot on a camera phone, shows Mayweather taunting his sparring partner.
Pacquiao tells Mayweather Jr. “be man enough”
As the drama continues to unfold in the negotiations for a potential superfight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pacquiao fires back today telling Floyd Mayweather Jr., and his promoters Golden Boy Promotions “they should be man enough to own up to their own words,” referring to several interviews and statements in which Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar de la Hoya accused Pacquiao of using “roids” or performance enhancing drugs.
“I can’t believe these guys can lie without batting an eyelash and they would even make it appear that I am the culprit for the delay of the fight and saying that I don’t want it to happen,” Pacquiao continued. The negotiation hit a snag when Mayweather demanded unprecedented random blood testing up to the day before the fight. This is something that has never happened in boxing history.
“They all went on the record, and there is no denying as to who is lying or not. For including my country in the picture, claiming that we are producers of the best performance enhancing drugs, Mayweather and those who are guilty need to get punished, the sooner, the better, whether it be in the courts or in the ring,” as Pacquiao’s lawyers are preparing defamation and slander lawsuits against the Mayweather’s, Oscar de la Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions.
The ironic twist is that Golden Boy Promotions owns a piece of Pacquiao promotional royalties. For every Pacquiao fight, Golden Boy Promotions gets a percentage of the revenues. “Again, all we need to see are the other recorded transcripts of what they said in websites and blogs. It is a pity that Oscar “Golden Boy” Dela Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions should have been supporting me, too, because his company has a promotional stake in my career. They all say they got my back, but yes, they stab me, too, when I turn my back,” said Pacquiao.
Pacquiao has never tested positive for any type of drug, performance enhancing drug or any other illegal substance. “I want to put this on the record again, that I will abide by the Nevada State Athletic Commission requirements like in all of the fights in boxing history, including all of my fights. In all my years of fighting, I have never tested positive for any steroids or performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) use. I will provide any specimen, whether it be blood or urine samples, just right after the fight but not a day or two before, for obvious reasons. That should stop these clowns from asking for other drug testing procedures other than the ones already required by the NSAC.”
Mayweather Rejects Offer from Pacquiao – Fight is off
In what is becoming more of a soap opera than a negotiation between two of the best fighters in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr., through his promoters Golden Boy Promotions rejected a final offer to fight Manny Pacquiao on March 13, 2010.
Mayweather and his team had made unprecedented requests of Pacquiao to have random blood and urine tests; something that has never before been done in boxing. Pacquiao agreed to have blood drawn, twice before the fight and once immediately after. Mayweather rejected that.
Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter said yesterday that the fight is dead. He had already started negotiations with Paulie Malignaggi and that fight will now happen on March 13, 2010, instead of Pacquiao-Mayweather.
As reported here first, there was just too many hurdles in the negotiation process to get over to make the fight happen in March. Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO and Mayweather’s promoter perhaps made a fatal mistake in the negotiations. This is not a super-fight, this is The Super-Fight. Schaefer and Mayweather’s demands went to the extreme. Maybe they thought they can push Arum and Pacquiao around. Schaefer is known to be a sharp businessman and excellent negotiator. One thing is clear, Schaefer should have had the foresight to see this coming. Instead he pushed further and negotiated against himself and against his fighter, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight is Dead”, Bob Arum
Bob Arum who represents Manny Pacquiao says that the potential superfight with Mayweather is “dead.” Earlier today, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, who represents Floyd Mayweather Jr. said that they are willing to look at other drug testing protocols. Schaefer’s earlier statement, seemed as if the fight was back on track. Seems like the Mayweather camp has negotiated against themselves.
In responding to Schaefer’s statement, Arum said today “Schaefer is making it up”. It is not true, it is just not true. He is making this up now because he looks bad. He is making this up because he is trying to justify it to Mayweather. Let’s see if he can justify it to Mayweather why this fight is now dead.”
Never in the history of boxing have such drug testing demands been made. Mayweather is the first to ask for such. The Nevada State Athletic Commission has handled drug testing for boxing matches in Nevada for the past 40-years. No demands have ever been made.
