Headline-happy strength and conditioning coach, Alex Ariza has reportedly signed a two year contract to work alongside five-division world champ, Floyd Mayweather. According to Philboxing.com's Ronnie Nathanielsz, the former Pacquiao S&C coach will be working with Mayweather through 2016, one year past the fighter's $200 million Showtime deal. “I signed an official … [Read more...]
Ten Things Marcos Maidana Must Do To Defeat Floyd Mayweather
With the September 13 rematch fast approaching, Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) finds himself in boxing's most coveted position - A (second) chance at overthrowing the sport's most polarizing figure, Floyd Mayweather (46-0, 26 KOs). In order to accomplish what some say he already has...or was very close to (or not even close at all...depending on who you listen to), Maidana is … [Read more...]
Is Alex Ariza Guilty? Pacquiao-Mayweather Rumors Cleared: This Is Your Sunday Brunch
Hello team and welcome back to the most wildly coveted, historically accurate Sunday boxing column South of the Yangtze River in China. This episode we’re going to do the exact opposite of what most major boxing websites do on a slow news week and not make some crap up for you to read - just to fill space. This time we will be taking a quick peek at one of Freddie Roach’s … [Read more...]
Freddie Roach: Accidental Racist
by Tim Harrison Nigger, spic, cracker, gook, dago, dink, wetback, zipperhead, dothead, kike, jerry, honky, and spade. All of the aforementioned are just words, assigned a derogatory meaning and assigned to ethnic groups with intent to insult those groups of people. We’re all adults and most of us have heard these words at some point in our lives, be it in a movie, from a … [Read more...]
Was he or wasn’t he tested? Truth behind Pacquiao PEDs testing lost in sea of confusion
The controversy began on Tuesday when it was announced that Brandon Rios had undergone his second random blood test under the supervision of the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) for his November 23 bout with Manny Pacquiao in Macau, China. It was then that Rios’ strength and conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, made headlines with his claim that both fighters are not … [Read more...]