Anthony Lenk hasn’t had a fight since April and the time off is killing him.
Boxing
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to pay $5.6 million in back taxes before the Internal Revenue Service was poised to take the money from his purse after his Saturday comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand.
So imagine today if boxing didn’t have weight classes.
It was as if Floyd Mayweather Jr. had never left.
The six-time world champion, who retired from boxing 21 months ago, made a triumphant return by dominating Juan Manuel Marquez and scoring a 12-round unanimous decision in their welterweight nontitle fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden.
When Oscar De La Hoya was in his prime as a world champion boxer, his fights had a beer sponsor and maybe one or two other corporate entities along with HBO Pay Per View.
Once again, Rocky Juarez was unable step up and win a world championship.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired last year with a record of 39-0 with 25 knockouts, returns tonight from a 21-month layoff against Juan Manuel Marquez in a scheduled 12-round welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden. … It’s a fight Mayweather hopes will add to his legacy as one of his generation’s great champions.
Every now and then, you expect some director to sprint from behind a punching bag and scream, “Cut!”
It was as if Floyd Mayweather Jr. had never left.
The six-time world champion, who retired from boxing 21 months ago, made a triumphant return by dominating Juan Manuel Marquez and scoring a 12-round unanimous decision in their welterweight nontitle fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. failed to make weight at today’s weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden for his return to boxing Saturday. Mayweather, who is back after a 21-month absence to fight Juan Manuel Marquez, weighed in at 146 pounds, two over the agreed upon catch weight of 144 for their scheduled 12-round welterweight fight.
The magnitude of the task is not lost on Juan Manuel Marquez. … If he can beat undefeated six-time world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Mayweather’s return from a 21-month layoff, Marquez would go from boxing star to icon in his native Mexico.
With four days to go before he returns to the ring, resuming his boxing career after a 21-month layoff, Floyd Mayweather Jr. declared all is well.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sued by a bank in Las Vegas for more than $167,000 unpaid on a loan for a half-million-dollar luxury car.
Normally, Manny Pacquiao would begin his training for a big fight in his native Philippines, then switch sites to Freddie Roach’s gym in Hollywood, Calif., roughly two months out to complete his preparations.