0Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 9, 2012 at 10:47 am
There was a ton of discussion within WWE about Triple H accompanying Floyd Mayweather to the ring last weekend in Las Vegas. Most of the talk came from the fact that CM Punk wasn’t allowed to accompany UFC fighter Chael Sonnen to the octagon a few months ago in Chicago.
Part of the reason why Punk wasn’t allowed to work the UFC show was because they felt nobody would acknowledge Punk as a cornerman and it would hurt Punk’s perceived star power. Triple H accompanied Mayweather to the ring and outside of wrestling sites and WWE’s own website, he didn’t get much mainstream attention at all.
0Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 8, 2012 at 7:29 pm
The infamous “#1 Underground Breaking Sports News” reporter Incarcerated Bob is reporting that he has received breaking news via a source that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has failed a post-fight drug test following this past Saturday’s bout against Miguel Cotto. He tweeted:
**BREAKING BOXING NEWS**Sources: Floyd Mayweather failed some kind of DRUG TEST! No announcement what he failed yet.. More coming #Karma
Remember Floyd’s money is long > Boxing has been dirty before (Would they jeopardize Pac-Man vs Floyd) and reveal Failed test? Hmmm — Incarcerated Bob (@incarceratedbob) May 8, 2012
Since this rumor hit Twitter earlier, many have been asking for answers. Brent Brookhouse, managing editor of BloodyElbow.com, took to Twitter to debunk the report. Brookhouse stated that he contacted the Nevada State Athletic Commission and was told that all tests for “drugs of abuse” for the fight came back clean. He was also told that testing for Performance Enhancing Drugs haven’t even come back yet and won’t be available until Friday. Here are the tweets from Brookhouse:
Results on the “drugs of abuse” are back to the NSAC and all 4 title fighters clean. steroid tests not back until Friday
So take all of this for what it’s worth at the moment, but it looks like one man’s attempts at stirring the pot and being the first to break a story are inaccurate.
0Posted by Vidal Guelen on May 6, 2012 at 11:00 pm
WWE.COM recently posted an article regarding the appearance of Triple H being apart of the entourage that accompanied Floyd Mayweather Jr. at yeterday’s boxing PPV. Below, Triple H comments on the reason he walked out with the boxing phenom.
“I’ve been friends with Floyd since [WrestleMania XXIV],” Hunter said. “Quite frankly, I was just going to see fight, and then he sent word that he wanted to see me before the fight and asked if I wanted to walk down to the ring with him.”
Triple H also further sold his “injury” and spoke on the way his company was providing “misinformation” regarding the injury he suffered from Brock Lesnar.
“It wasn’t just one thing that was broken. It’s complex and that’s why there’s misinformation.”
“I have to be able to take the brace on and off [to rehab],” he added. “Trust me, it was the last thing I wanted to wear while I was in Vegas trying to have a good time.”
Triple H then went on to describe how he felt about Floyd’s victory over Miguel Cotto; “I thought it was a phenomenal fight, I think Floyd rises to the occasion of every fighter he fights.”
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There has been a lot of talk regarding Triple H accompanying and holding up one of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s title belts Saturday night in Las Vegas. One reason being the fact that he appeared to be fine not even a week after his “broken arm” from Brock Lesnar last Monday on Raw. As previously noted, Hunter was wearing a brace to sell the injury. This is not the first time a wrestler has had to sell an injury in public as they are prepared for fans to stop them at the airport and hotels. The WWE website reported Triple H had both a brace and a “small sling” on which has been described to as a lack of communication with the website team, reports F4WOnline.
A lot of talk on Vince McMahon not wanting CM Punk going out with Chael Sonnen on January 28 in Chicago has also been going round. Punk was pretty much told not to attend the show although he still did as a UFC fan and was welcomed well. McMahon was not keen on the idea of one of his stars attending an event and not portrayed as a star in case UFC ignored him on TV.
During an interview with Steven Muehlhausen of The Fight Club Chicago, boxing analyst Percy Crawford said he spoke to Paul Heyman about Brock Lesnar working with famed boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. before Lesnar fought Shane Carwin in July 2010. Crawford says Lesnar rejected the offer.
“I actually offered … his close friend Paul Heyman to hook him [Lesnar] up with Floyd Mayweather, Sr. [and] Heyman said, ‘You know, that’s not a bad idea. Let me talk to Brock and get back with ya’,” Crawford said. “And then it was like, ‘uh, Brock’s kinda comfortable in Minnesota. We’re gonna go with what we have’.”
WWE Hall of Fame 2012 inductee Mike Tyson recently spoke with PR.com and was asked why he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. “You’d have to call Vince McMahon and ask those guys.” He added, “It was something that I truly appreciated. I’m very grateful. I was a wrestling fan before I even started, when I was a little kid. Wrestling is the light part of my career; and boxing was the dark part. In order for me to be this Iron Mike Tyson guy I had to be dark. But over here I’m light, and I like this guy. He’s pretty cool.”
Tyson was also asked who his favorite wrestler from his childhood was, “Bruno Sammartino,” he replied. “Bruno was a strong guy, he didn’t talk much and he got the job done. He was the Joe Louis of wrestling. He was champion for, like, twelve years.”
Ten time world boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya voiced his approval of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson defeating John Cena at WrestleMania XXVIII, tweeting Monday, “”I knew @TheRock would win.” #GoldenBoyPromotions #TeamBringIt.” Johnson wrote in response, “Thank U champ!”
0Posted by Jeff Peck on January 11, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Mike Tyson has been announced as a vendor guest for WrestleReunion, which takes place January 27-29 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport 5400 West Century Blvd. Los Angeles, California. The WrestleMania XIV celebrity will be doing photo-ops for $99. Autograph prices have yet to be announced.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. just issued the challenge the world has been waiting for — demanding Manny Pacquiao fight him once and for all … May 5th in Vegas.
As we reported, Floyd’s jail sentence was postponed to June so he could fight at the MGM Grand on May 5th — but so far, his opponent hasn’t been determined.
Fight fans have been clamoring for Mayweather-Pacquiao for years – and now Floyd himself is calling out Manny with the message, “Manny Pacquiao I’m calling you out let’s fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see.”
Floyd sounded off in the tough and hardcore forums of Twitter and Facebook — and punctuated his challenge with, “Step up Punk.”
Manny is in the Philippines … and has yet to respond to the challenge.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. got hammered by a judge, who just sentenced him to serve 90 days in jail for beating up his baby mama in front of their kids.
Floyd was sentenced to 6 months in jail, but 3 months of that sentence was suspended. He also gets 3 days credit for time he has already served.
TMZ broke the story … the boxer was arrested in September 2010 — after his ex-girlfriend accused him of striking her “multiple times in the head with his fist” and then threatening to kill her.
Floyd struck a plea deal with prosecutors in the case — in which he pled guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence … in exchange for getting a pass on the felony battery charge.
Floyd also pled no contest to two misdemeanor harassment charges — after allegedly threatening to beat his kids too during the incident.
The judge was especially pissed that Mayweather struck his baby mama in front of their kids.
The judge also ordered Mayweather to complete 100 hours of community service and a 12-month domestic violence program. He was fined $2,500 … which to Floyd is like a poker hand.
The boxer must turn himself in on January 6, to begin serving his sentence.
Both Leonard Ellerbe, one of Mayweather’s advisors, and Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, told Rafael that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank was not interested in negotiating a fight.
“We have been informed that Bob Arum is not interested in pursuing a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao at this time,” Schaefer said.
Mayweather returned to the ring in September after a 16-month layoff and knocked out Victor Ortiz. Pacquio beat rival Juan Manuel Marquez in a controversial majority decision on Saturday night.
Schaefer said that he received the news that Arum was not interested in a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight from retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, who has worked closely with both sides to settle issues in recent years.
“I am sick and tired of Bob Arum twisting the truth. It’s another case of ‘yesterday I was lying, today I’m telling the truth,’ ” Schaefer said, invoking Arum’s most famous quote. ”The truth of the matter is that we received this afternoon an email from retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, who has informed us that Top Rank is pursuing a rematch with Marquez and, therefore, is not interested in immediate talks for a possible Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. This is obviously as clear as it can be that they have no intentions of making a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Therefore, Floyd Mayweather will have no other choice than to move on and identify and lock in another opponent for his ring return on May 5.”
0Posted by Brett Clendaniel on November 14, 2011 at 9:40 pm
Credit – New York Post
Saturday night the UFC debuted on national television, immediately before the Arum promoted Pacquiao fight, and it offered Bob Arum another opportunity to go off on MMA, and the UFC.
“They thought they would hurt us,” Arum said of the UFC. “Instead they got hurt because they got buried. But I think the fact they’re just on for an hour helps us.”
“We had so many companies soliciting us wanting to be sponsors not just for a fight, but a series of fights. We’ve had to greatly increase our staff and personnel. Our [Las Vegas] offices are now too small, and we’re in the process of buying our own building, so we can expand and handle the people we have.”
“We’re going to do things next year that you haven’t seen in years. Maybe never.”
“We’re not geniuses trying to be monopolists. We’re just in the business. You can’t keep doing the same old things you were doing which were not successful, and somehow the skies are going to open and it’s going to become successful. You’ve to go out and solicit sponsors and you’ve got to make a real effort to run your business differently.”
0Posted by Brett Clendaniel on November 9, 2011 at 8:45 am
Credit – WrestlingInc & ESPN
The Associate Press reported today that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been ordered to perform 40 hours of community service after angering a federal judge in South Carolina for lying about why he had to delay a deposition.
Mayweather, his production company and WWE are being sued by Anthony Dash for allegedly stealing his song for Mayweather’s entrance music at WrestleMania 24 in 2008. As part of the suit, Dash’s attorney tried to schedule a July deposition with the fighter, but Mayweather had it delayed because he was training for a September fight.
The deposition was then ordered to happen at the end of September, but Mayweather asked for another delay three days before it was set to take place, stating that he was recovering from injuries from the fight. He also claimed that his doctor told him to not be under too much stress until he received the results of an MRI. The deposition was then delayed for another month.
Dash’s attorneys presented a video to U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. of Mayweather at the Echelon 3000 club outside Atlanta on the day the deposition was scheduled, partying and throwing money into a crowd while burning bills. Anderson ruled that Mayweather acted in bad faith for making his injuries sound worse than they were, and must help the Las Vegas Habitat for Humanity Project by the end of January or face further penalties.
“At the parties in question, Mayweather can be seen burning money, allegedly one-hundred dollar bills, while in another video he throws money into the crowd,” Anderson wrote. “Mayweather often advertises himself using the moniker ‘Money Mayweather’ and his production company is Philthy Rich Records. Suffice it to say that Mayweather has substantial personal wealth.”
