The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department discusses the procedure for ensuring the safety of a high profile inmate, namely Floyd Mayweather, during his jail time at the Clark County Detention Center. “Like” us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for exclusives and other bonus material from Boxing’s Independent Media. … [Read more...]
Jeff Mayweather on Celestino Caballero, the Mayweather name, and nephew, Floyd
by Ricardo Aguirre World class trainer, Jeff Mayweather, is currently preparing his fighter, Celestino Caballero for his world title match against Mikey Garcia. Jeff took some time to talk with The Boxing Tribune about a wide array of topics, from the famous Mayweather name to his current charge, Caballero. And, of course, he addresses why the "big" Manny vs. Floyd bout … [Read more...]
Bradley-Mayweather Running Diary: The Southpaw
by Fox Doucette (For my 50th Southpaw column, I'm continuing my series of articles done in other writers' styles. Today I'm turning my attention to one of my biggest inspirations as a sportswriter---Bill Simmons of Grantland.com and ESPN. Pactards descending on this article's core premise in 3...2...1...) MAY 4, 2013 Welcome to the Southpaw Mansion in beautiful … [Read more...]
PEDs In Perspective
by Jesse Ian Lardies History shows us that when sports competitions involve large sums of money and/or national pride, somewhere people will be cheating. Easily visible to the uninitiated are boxing's continued failures in legitimizing itself in the public eye; rectification, it seems, would be an obvious necessity. An intelligent and practical place to start would be with … [Read more...]
Measuring Men (Pacquiao vs. Mayweather), Part 2: The BIG difference
by Ben Randall Welcome back. Remember the scene as we left it? The guys at Canastota, in a move reminiscent of some pugilistic Willy Wonka, have announced that they are opening their doors one final time and have space for just 1 candidate. The all-time great of the current boxing era. And they will only consider the two leading lights of the current pound for pound … [Read more...]