SHOWTIME WILL AIR BOTH MAY DAY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS: FLOYD MAYWEATHER vs. ROBERT GUERRERO & DANIEL PONCE DE LEON vs. ABNER MARES ON SATURDAY, MAY 11 AT 9 P.M. ET/PT‏

 

"Mayweather painted a boxing masterpiece only he could produce.'' - Associated Press

   

"... the multi-division champion put on a bravura boxing clinic.'' - Wall Street Journal

This past Saturday, undefeated boxing superstar and undisputed No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world Floyd "Money" Mayweather produced a magnificent performance en route to winning a 12-round unanimous decision over Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero on SHOWTIME PPV^® before nearly 16,000 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

  

This Saturday, May 11, SHOWTIME will air the fight, along with unbeaten Abner Mares' exciting ninth-round technical knockout victory over defending WBC Featherweight World Champion Daniel Ponce De Leon in the co-featured bout at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

 

Making his first start in a year, a dominant Mayweather (44-0, 26 KO's) showed no signs of ring rust while displaying the trademark speed and quickness, ring generalship, accuracy, intelligence and defensive mastery that he's been known for since his pro debut 17 years ago.

 

"Money" received rave reviews.  Here's a sampling 

  

From Tim Dahlberg of Associated Press, "On the canvas where he does his best work, Mayweather painted a boxing masterpiece only he could produce." 

 

"...once he found his groove, the multi-division champion put on a bravura boxing clinic.  By the end of the night, no one could have any doubts that the pugilist from Grand Rapids, Mich., is the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet," wrote Gordon Marino in the Wall Street Journal.

  

Said Greg Bishop of the New York Times, "When it ended, Mayweather hardly celebrated.  He thumped his chest and hugged his father... He made it look easy, and it had been.  He had landed a staggering 60 percent of his power punches."

 

"The countdown to the end of Floyd Mayweather legendary career began with a brilliant performance in a victory over Robert Guerrero.  Mayweather rolled his record to 44-0 and kept alive a dream to end his career with a perfect mark," wrote Kevin Iole on Yahoo! Sports.

 

"MAY DAY: Mayweather vs. Guerrero," a 12-round fight for Mayweather's WBC Welterweight World Championship and the vacant Ring Magazine Welterweight World Championship, was promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Corona, O'Reilly Auto Parts, AT&T, Star Trek Into Darkness and Valvoline.  The mega-event took place Saturday, May 4 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and was produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV^®.  Also featured was WBC Featherweight World Champion Daniel Ponce de Leon taking on Two-Division World Champion Abner Mares in a 12-round fight for Ponce de Leon's WBC Featherweight World Championship.

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Bernard Hopkins on the Business of Boxing

Bernard Hopkins on the Business of Boxing
By Lee Hawkins

Light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins has done things differently in the boxing world. And in a sport where top-earning athletes can find themselves in financial crises, and sometimes bankrupt, Hopkins also manages his own career. Earlier this spring, at age 46, the three-time world champion made history when he beat George Foreman’s record, and became the oldest boxer ever to win a title bout.


Hopkins is an outspoken advocate for athletes taking as much control over their careers as possible, and for spending conservatively.

In a way, he says, his investment style is very similar to his fighting style. In the ring, he dances around and engages his opponent as little as possible, and so doesn’t get hit nearly enough as most fighters do.

In this financial world, he does the same. He is a self-proclaimed “conservative investor,” staying away from unnecessary risks.

“I’m a government municipal bonds, tax-free bonds guy. It’s not a big 15 or 8 or 9 percent return, but at the end of the day it’s safe money,” he said. “My lifestyle is in line with the dividends that are paid out of the bonds.”

He bristles when he speaks of athletes being encouraged by their advisers to leave their business affairs to others.

“No one in boxing came to me and told me the business of boxing. I was told the opposite. I was told, ‘Don’t learn about the business of boxing. Your job is to fight. Your job is to be the champion. This is what I do. I’m the manager, I’m the advisor, I’m the promoter. You concentrate on boxing, I’ll concentrate on the business points.’”

“’Why can’t I have both?’” he countered. “’You’re saying I should stay in the gym, I should train and concentrate on being the champion and being the labor. Why can’t I be the athlete and manage myself?’”

So, he said, “‘Let me try.’”

“And here we are, 26 years later.”

Video: More from Bernard Hopkins on being the oldest boxer ever to win a title bout and his life as an investor and a businessman.

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