http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/enMon, 07 Jul 2008 08:56:05 -0500Movable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/no1879759http://www.feedburner.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/328886028/bash_shows_mayweathers_heart_i.htmlDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressMon, 07 Jul 2008 08:56:05 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/mayweather/index.ssf//2952.1154460 ]]>Press Photo/Paul L. Newby IIFloyd Mayweather clowns around with his guests before the showing Sunday of a documentary about him at Studio 28 in Wyoming. GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather, love him or hate him, takes a hefty chunk of...http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2008/07/bash_shows_mayweathers_heart_i.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/327573935/hbo_mayweathers_racial_bias_cl.htmlDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressSat, 05 Jul 2008 20:51:36 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/mayweather/index.ssf//2952.1150729 ]]>Press File Photo/Cory OlsenFloyd Mayweather claims that HBO's boxing announcers are biased against black fighters. GRAND RAPIDS -- HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg called Floyd Mayweather's criticism of the network's boxing announcers for perceived racial bias "unfortunate" in a prepared...http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2008/07/hbo_mayweathers_racial_bias_cl.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/326910483/mayweather_hbo_announcers_bias.htmlDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressSat, 05 Jul 2008 00:07:06 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/mayweather/index.ssf//2952.1148913 ]]>Jim Lampley GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather, who often heard himself pointedly criticized on HBO boxing telecasts, responded in kind Friday, during his first post-retirement interview. Mayweather criticized the network's announcers for a bias against black fighters, and for not...http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2008/07/mayweather_hbo_announcers_bias.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/326910484/mayweather_gives_first_intervi.htmlDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressSat, 05 Jul 2008 09:24:32 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/mayweather/index.ssf//2952.1148933 ]]>Press File PhotoFloyd Mayweather: "I achieved all I wanted to achieve." GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather, in his first post-retirement interview, ripped HBO's boxing announcers for what he perceives as racist treatment, said he anticipates becoming a billionaire before the...http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2008/07/mayweather_gives_first_intervi.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/322990882/pacquiao_stops_diaz_in_9th_win.htmlThe Associated PressSun, 29 Jun 2008 23:55:53 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1133579 ]]>AP PhotoManny Pacquiao celebrates his ninth-round knockout Saturday against David Diaz in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS -- Speed has been Manny Pacquiao's specialty ever since he was a scrawny 106-pound teenage brawler. When he stepped in the ring weighing 135...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/pacquiao_stops_diaz_in_9th_win.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/321835236/pacquiao_the_best_poundforpoun.htmlThe Associated PressFri, 27 Jun 2008 23:42:12 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1129495 ]]>AP PhotoWBC lightweight champion David Diaz, right, and Manny Pacquiao pose for photos following a news conference in Las Vegas to promote their Saturday fight. LAS VEGAS -- When Floyd Mayweather Jr. abruptly retired three weeks ago, he left a...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/pacquiao_the_best_poundforpoun.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/317302018/berto_claims_vacant_wbc_welter.htmlThe Associated PressSun, 22 Jun 2008 00:51:19 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1108089 ]]>MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Only four years and 22 fights into his professional career, Andre Berto is on top of the WBC's welterweight division. Berto stopped Miguel "Mikki" Rodriguez in the seventh round to capture the WBC welterweight title Saturday night...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/berto_claims_vacant_wbc_welter.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/317894833/kessler_wins_vacant_wba_superm.htmlThe Associated PressSun, 22 Jun 2008 22:35:08 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1109073 ]]>COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Mikkel Kessler stopped Dimitri Sartison in the 12th round to capture the vacant WBA super-middleweight title early Sunday morning. Kessler (40-1), dominated the bout from the beginning before a roaring home crowd at the Brondby Hall on...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/kessler_wins_vacant_wba_superm.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/317894834/golden_boy_promotions_signs_st.htmlThe Associated PressSun, 22 Jun 2008 22:36:39 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1109077 ]]>LOS ANGELES -- Yan Barthelemy and Erislandy Lara, two star Cuban boxers who recently defected from their Communist nation, agreed to co-promotion deals Tuesday with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. "It takes special talent to excel for so...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/golden_boy_promotions_signs_st.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/317894835/hasegawa_beats_faccio_to_retai.htmlThe Associated PressSun, 22 Jun 2008 22:39:38 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1109082 ]]>TOKYO -- Japan's Hozumi Hasegawa defeated Uruguay's Cristian Faccio by technical knockout in the second round Thursday to retain his WBC bantamweight title. Hasegawa, making his sixth title defense, dominated from the start and won with a left hook that...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/hasegawa_beats_faccio_to_retai.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/310663640/bertorodriguez_now_for_mayweat.htmlDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressThu, 12 Jun 2008 14:58:53 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1076076 ]]>The World Boxing Council has sanctioned next week's Andre Berto-Miguel Angel Rodriguez fight to fill the welterweight title vacancy created by Floyd Mayweather's retirement. Berto (21-0, 18 KOs) and Rodriguez (29-2, 23 KOs) already were scheduled to fight as part...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/bertorodriguez_now_for_mayweat.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/310178066/grand_rapids_boxer_quillin_imp.htmlThe Grand Rapids PressThe Grand Rapids PressWed, 11 Jun 2008 21:30:07 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1073439 ]]>NEW YORK -- Peter Quillin improved to 19-0 after he endured the most rugged 50 seconds of his professional boxing career Wednesday night. Quillin won a 10-round unanimous decision over Dionisio Miranda in an unremarkable over-the-limit middleweight bout, until just...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/grand_rapids_boxer_quillin_imp.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/309769121/grand_rapids_boxer_quillin_wor.htmlThe Grand Rapids PressDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressWed, 11 Jun 2008 10:43:46 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1070881 ]]>Floyd Mayweather's unexpected retirement left Peter Quillin to carry Grand Rapids' boxing mantle, and if you don't care for the erstwhile pound-for-pound king's ongoing tale, try Quillin's, who fights tonight on ESPN2. Quillin, whose father fled Cuba and arrived in...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/grand_rapids_boxer_quillin_wor.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/308946402/hatton_declines_september_bout.htmlThe Associated PressTue, 10 Jun 2008 10:20:20 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1066805 ]]>AP PhotoRicky Hatton, left, defeated Juan Lazcano on May 24. Ricky's father, Ray, says it would be too quick of a turnaround for his son to fight Oscar De La Hoya in September. LONDON -- Junior welterweight champion Ricky Hatton...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/hatton_declines_september_bout.htmlhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boxing_mlive/~3/308800574/de_la_hoya.htmlThe Grand Rapids PressDavid Mayo | The Grand Rapids PressTue, 10 Jun 2008 09:41:06 -0500tag:www.mlive.com,2008:/boxing/index.ssf//3588.1064106 ]]>Press File Photo/Cory OlsenOscar De La Hoya's next opponent could be Miguel Cotto, or a host of others. Floyd Mayweather's retirement upset the power structure of boxing, though its immediate impact fell hardest upon Oscar De La Hoya. Who will...http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2008/06/de_la_hoya.htmlnonadult