Seating Capacity Holding Up Mayweather-Pacquiao

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by Anna John

On January 10, pound-for-pound boxing star and alleged domestic violence practitioner Floyd Mayweather took to Twitter to call out his biggest rival, Congressman Asian Sensation, a.k.a. Manny Pacquiao.

“Manny Pacquiao I’m calling you out let’s fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see,” tweeted Mayweather. “My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk.”

Long considered the ultimate boxing matchup if not the great brown hope that could “save” boxing, the proposed showdown would have fulfilled the dreams of sweet science freaks all over the world— if Pacquiao bowed to the enormous amount of pressure Mayweather dumped on him by taunting him via social media.

In some ways, Pacquiao was in a no-win situation after that tweet, figuratively and perhaps— if you believe the Editor of this blog and a few thousand others—literally. If he refused Mayweather’s invitation via trash-talk, he would look like a punk. If he accepted, he’d be acceding to a demand made by a rival, which is a bit like solicitously asking “how high?” when someone you hate hollers, “Jump!” By reacting to Mayweather instead of initiating this fight by issuing a challenge of his own, he’d handily step right up— right into the role of “prey”.

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Amir Khan vs Lamont Peterson: Preview and Prediction

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by Gautham Nagesh

WASHINGTON, DC—With so much talk about the significance of tonight’s main event to boxing as a whole and in Washington specifically, we should remember there is a fight taking place between two world-class contenders in the prime of their careers. Both have suffered just one defeat and could rightly claim to be the best in the junior welterweight division with a win Saturday night on HBO.

Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson both come with engaging back-stories, but Khan is the moneyman in the division and tabbed by many in the boxing world as the next great superstar. Both men have done the job of rebuilding after their first professional losses and neither will be eager to experience their second, but the winner would instantly become the marquee name at 140 lbs. 

If Khan wins, a move up to welterweight and possible May date against pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather await. For Peterson a win would put a Hollywood ending on a lifetime of struggle and place him among childhood idols Mark “Too Sharp” Johnson and Keith Holmes in the annals of D.C. boxing history. A rematch against his lone conqueror Tim Bradley could follow, or any number of compelling matchups at 140 lbs including Marcos Maidana and Brandon Rios. 

“He’s strong, he’s been in in with some big names. He’s very experienced. A lot of people don’t fight him because they’re afraid of getting beat by him. He’s not really had that big chance. We’ve given him that big chance, now let’s see if he can go and grab that,” Khan said Thursday. “I like to bring the best fights to the fans and this is one of the biggest fights.”

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After returning home from a long walk, Jub Jub fell asleep with Mr. Pug, on her snuggie.

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