Floyd Mayweather comes out of Retirment

"Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr. Biography

2009-06-01T12:24:00.000-07:00

"Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr. The Pound for Pound best boxer in the business today!

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (born February 24, 1977 in Grand Rapids, MI, USA) is a professional boxer. He is undefeated since making his pro debut on October 11, 1996, with a record of 36-0 (24 KOs). Since July 18, 2005, he has been rated by The Ring magazine as the number-one pound-for-pound boxer in the world. To date, Mayweather has won four world boxing championships in four different weight classes
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Mayweather Jr. is a member of the Mayweather boxing family. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., is a former welterweight contender and is currently the trainer of Oscar De La Hoya. Mayweather has stated that he and his father are not on speaking terms. One of his uncles, Jeff Mayweather, is a former IBO super featherweight champion. Another uncle, former two-division world champion Roger Mayweather, is Mayweather Jr. ïs current trainer.

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Are Autograph Authentication Services Legit?

2009-05-17T19:22:00.000-07:00

For collectors of sports autographs and memorabilia, they may want to be cautious about who they purchase item from and how much they are paying for authentication services. Estimates are that between 50-90 percent of all collectibles in the marketplace are not authentic. With Ebay, the ease of counterfeiting autographs and other sport keepsakes is easier than ever. Everyone who cares about the hobby agrees that something must be done.

My personal collection includes autographs from Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Hector Camacho, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweater Jr, and other boxers. Who I have obtained signatures in person. If I obtain an autograph from one of these fighters in person, I know that it's genuine. Therefore, I can then produce a certificate of authenticity that states the date and location of the signing. In today's industry, however, this is simply not enough. A potential buyer might still dispute my item and call it a fake.

Autograph authentication (paying a third party company to certify that an autograph is real eample: PSA/DNA, JSA, Global) is not necessarily the ideal solution either and does not eliminate counterfeiting. Paying someone to authenticate my Sugar Ray Lenard and Oscar De La Hoya autographs will not necessarily increase there value. Authentication services must realize that the are only giving there OPINION as to the validity of the autograph. The problem is that most people don't treat it like an opinion - they treat it as a fact, as if there opinions are definitive. This false thinking also drives up prices for signed memorabilia because consumers are taught that anything reasonably priced must be fake. This is simply not true.

Sports autographs are difficult to authenticate bacause many athletes change their autographs frequently. Were they standing, sitting, running down the sidewalk when they signed it? Did they use a sharpie, paint pen, ballpoint or pencil when they signed it? Is it a quick signature or a full signature? The best recommendation is get your autographs yourself. It will give you the most satisfaction and there will never be a question of authenticity.

NOTE: If you buy autographs, call/contact the dealer and ask questions. If the dealer can not tell you where and/or how the autograph was obtained and not offer a fair unconditional return policy, look elsewhere.

Training the Manny Pacquiao way

2009-05-12T07:48:00.000-07:00

Speed, speed, power, power. That's the Manny Pacquiao training method and it showed in the Ricky Hatton fight that they are still celebrating in the Philippines.
I'm starting to get tired of saying it myself, but the old-style training methods - long and slow - are finally dying out in all sports.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, is known as being at the cutting edge and his kind of approach brought the speed and explosive power that you saw in Las Vegas.
Hatton throughout his career has been well-known for his lack of training between fights and that's something I'm determined to avoid with Bernard Dunne, who you'll remember won the WBA super-bantamweight against Ricardo Cordoba in that amazing fight in March.
This is a very loose period in Bernard's training, because he doesn't know who or when he'll be fighting next. I want him to enjoy himself and experience things outside boxing but at the same time he needs to keep a certain level.
Squats, bench-presses, rowing and chins are all there in his current programme, but the key thing is that they are done at speed.
For example, the chins, where you lift your body weight above the bar you're hanging onto, are done in short, sharp clusters. Two at a time, with quick breaks, rather than eight in a row. With 'cluster chins', Bernard will get a lot more bang for his buck, so to speak. Speed and power, speed and power.
The other crucial thing is monitoring weight. Going into his last fight, I made Bernard lose weight gradually from as far as 16 weeks out. Come weigh-in time, he had no weight to lose. And unlike many fighters he didn't gain a lot of weight between the weigh-in and the fight either.
It's a shock to the body to lose, and then gain, several pounds in a short space of time. Weight fluctuations affect mood and hormones massively and to be doing that 24 hours before a fight is madness.
From my background mainly in rugby I didn't have any preconceptions about training for boxing, although one thing I did straight away with Bernard is cut out the long runs, which goes against a lot of traditional methods in boxing.
When I return home in a few weeks time I'll be able to work a lot more closely with him and get involved in the training camp, so I'm hoping to make even bigger strides with him than I've done so far. Although I'm not sure he's looking forward to it when we really step it up for a fight!

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Floyd Mayweather Out of Retirement?

2009-05-11T14:50:00.000-07:00

Floyd Mayweather Jr is reported to be coming out of retirement to fight Juan Manuel Márquez on 18 July.
The "Pretty Boy" is thought to be in the gym readying himself for a comeback fight. If you ask me I think it's a great fighter to meet after coming out of retirement, we will all want to see how Mayweather proforms after his lay-off from fighting, since his fight against De La Hoya. He will have his hands full with Manuel Marquez. It's a fight people would want to see. Then of course it's probably going to be a fight against Manny Pacquiao, later this year. Should he get by Marquez, but here is my problem, why doesn't Mayweather meet up with the likes of Sugar Shane Mosley who deserves a shot at making the really big bucks and a shot at his title. After Shane's great recent win in his fight against Margarito. You know why....Cause it's a risk vs money attitude with Mayweather, He rather fight a smaller guy and get the big bucks, rather than fight a bigger guy like Shane and perhalps draw in a smaller amount. Doesn't sit well with me! But I guess if it doesn't make dollars it doesn't make cents, say's Mayweather. I guess Sugar Shane will have to wait and fight someone else?

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