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Marcos Maidana: 'Floyd Mayweather not as good as people think'

Marcos Maidana exceeded most pundits' expectations last May when he lost a majority decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Heading into his Sep. 13 welterweight title rematch against "Money," Maidana is letting the world know that Mayweather didn't live up to billing.

"He's not as good as people think," the Argentine said during a recent Showtime media round table.

"I was able to pin him to the ropes and land punches, so he's not as difficult or as invincible as people think. He's hittable. You can land on him. I made mistakes. I was a little too anxious. He never hurt me, but he's got a respectable punch. You've got to respect him."

Maidana insists that he hasn't tried to overhaul himself in this current camp for Mayweather. "[I'm] just working on my distance control and a couple other minor changes," he said.

However, the brawler expects that he will have improved more than Mayweather could have from their first fight. "(Mayweather) can obviously change and get better, but I can change and get better too," he said.

"The only thing he can do is box and that's what he did in the first fight. He was moving a lot. What is he going to do? Move more?"

One area that Maidana acknowledged he could improve upon is his conditioning and pacing. In the first fight, he tired late in the fight - something he attributes, in part, to nerves - and he knows he'll have to go strong for the entire fight in order to improve his chances of beating Mayweather.

"Yes. I did [tire in the second half of the fight with Mayweather]," he admitted.

"I came out strong the first six or seven rounds, and after that I had to take a break and catch my breath a little bit. I had to pace myself. I have to not get as anxious for this fight."

Perhaps Maidana has already gotten past the point of excessive nervousness for the Mayweather rematch, or perhaps it's still a work in progress and all his confident words are meant to bolster his psyche. For now, he's insisting that - despite not making major changes in his training - he'll be more improved than Mayweather, and that he's had enough time to prepare for boxing's biggest star.

"I've had a little more time to prepare for this fight," he concluded.

"So this time I'm going to be ready."

From Y! Sports

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Donaire to defend featherweight title vs unbeaten Walters

MANILA, Philippines - Nonito Donaire Jr will defend his WBA featherweight title against unbeaten Nicholas Walters on October 18 at the Stubhub Center, in Carson, Calif., according to RingTV.com.

Donaire (33-2, 22 knockouts) of San Leandro, Calif. by way of Talibon, Bohol will be making his first defense of the belt he won by a fifth-round technical decision over Simpiwe Vetyeka on May 31 in Macau. In that fight, Donaire was severely cut by an accidental headbutt in the first round before dropping Vetyeka in the fourth. The fight was stopped at the beginning of round five because of the severity of the cut with all three judges scoring the fight 49-46.

Walters (24-0, 20 KOs) of Montego Bay, Jamaica last fought on that undercard, knocking out former Donaire rival Vic Darchinyan in five rounds, sending the former two-division champion into retirement. The 28-year-old Walters employs solid body punching and counterpunching to break opponents down.

Though Donaire is the champion, Walters is rated a notch higher at no. 3 by THE RING magazine at 126 pounds. Confusingly, Walters holds the WBA’s “regular” featherweight title, which is not recognized as a legitimate world championship.

RingTV reported that K2 Promotions president Tom Loeffler had confirmed that the Donaire-Walters fight would be co-featured bout to the HBO-televised Gennady Golovkin vs Marco Antonio Rubio WBA middleweight title fight.

The fight has yet to be announced by Donaire’s promoter Top Rank, and a message requesting comment on the matter has not yet been returned.

From Rappler.com

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Weights: Floyd Mayweather 146½, Marcos Maidana 146

Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana made weight and tomorrow's fight is on.

The fight is on for tomorrow night, as Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana comfortably made weight today in Las Vegas, coming in below the 147-pound limit for their three-title, double-division title fight tomorrow night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Mayweather (46-0, 26 KO) weighed in at 146½ pounds, just bigger than Maidana (35-4, 31 KO), who came in at 146. The fighters engaged in just a brief staredown, with Maidana seemingly disinterested in bothering with the whole shtick. Mayweather didn't exactly push for it to be anything more than it was.

On the undercard

Leo Santa Cruz (27-0-1, 15 KO) weighed in at 121 pounds, with Manuel Roman (17-2-3, 6 KO) at the division limit of 122 for their WBC super bantamweight title fight.

Miguel Vazquez (34-3, 13 KO) tipped the scales at 135 pounds, the limit for his IBF lightweight title defense against Mickey Bey (20-1-1, 10 KO), who weighed in at 134½.

Alfredo Angulo (22-4, 18 KO) came in at 162 pounds, on the nose for the catchweight, for his fight with James de la Rosa (22-2, 13 KO), who weighed in at 161½. They'll open the pay-per-view portion of the broadcast.

On Showtime, John Molina (27-4, 22 KO) will meet Humberto Soto (64-8-2, 35 KO) at 7:00 pm EDT, one hour before the PPV. Molina weighed in at 139½ and Soto came in at 140.

From SN Nation
Post Merge: September 14, 2014, 05:20:23 PMMayweather remains unbeaten despite bite complaint

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather worked far too hard against Marcos Maidana their last time out to have to do it again in the rematch Saturday night.

Mayweather dominated Maidana from the opening bell, using his boxing skills to keep the Argentine off balance and pile up points on his way to a unanimous 12-round decision to retain his welterweight and super welterweight titles before a crowd at the MGM Grand that sometimes booed the lack of action.

It almost came at a cost, though, in a bizarre scene in the eighth round when Mayweather claimed that Maidana bit him on his wrist while they were in a clinch near the center of the ring.

"He bit me!" Mayweather yelled to the Showtime announcers working ringside.

Mayweather remained unbeaten in his remarkable 18-year pro career, winning for the 47th time and doing it with such dominance that about the only one complaining about the decision was Maidana.

"I was pressuring him and I was the aggressor," Maidana said. "I won the fight."

Mayweather earned at least $32 million for the rematch, bringing his total purses to more than $100 million in the last year. Though he wasn't marked up, he was upset over the bite.

"We were tangled in the center of the ring and I didn't realize what it was. Then I saw that he bit me," Mayweather said. "After the eighth round my fingers were numb, I couldn't use my left hand."

Maidana denied he bit Mayweather.

"How can he say I bit the glove with my mouthpiece?" Maidana asked. "I'm not a dog."

The fight was a marked contrast to their first bout in May, when Maidana roughed Mayweather up in a close fight. Mayweather won that bout, but it was close enough for Mayweather to offer an opponent only the second rematch of his career.

Maidana won't get a third fight after failing to land any big punches.

Two ringside judges scored it 116-111 for Mayweather, while the third had it 115-112. The Associated Press had it 117-110.

"I felt sharper in the first fight, my rhythm was off," Mayweather said. "I got hit with some shots tonight I shouldn't have gotten hit with. But that comes with the sport."

Mayweather complained long after the first fight that Maidana was a dirty fighter, and complained even more when Maidana seemed to try to hit him below the belt in a clinch in the eighth round, then apparently tried to bite him.

Mayweather immediately jumped back and gestured to referee Kenny Bayless that Maidana bit him on the wrist. He went to his corner and showed Bayless where the bite was, then went over to the Showtime announcers table to complain.

Maidana would later be penalized a point for tackling Mayweather as he tried desperately to find something that would work.

By the end of the ninth round, Maidana was so out of sorts he went to the wrong corner when the bell rang.

Maidana spent many of the early rounds trying to figure out a way to get inside like he did in May. Mayweather kept him at a distance, circling around and landing left jabs and hooks, then scampering out of the way before Maidana could respond.

Punch stats showed Maidana throwing far more punches (572-326) while Mayweather landed more (166-128). Mayweather's was hit with only 22 percent of punches while landing 51 percent of his own.

"I do have some bumps and bruises," Mayweather said. "But I listened to my dad (trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr.) who always said hit and not get hit. That's the way you last in this sport."

Mayweather was a 6-1 favorite in the fight, even though Maidana gave him a tough time in their first bout. He showed why in the early rounds as he moved and boxed while Maidana chased him futilely around the ring.

Mayweather was determined not to let the fight become anything like the first, when Maidana went after him wildly and mauled him at every opportunity. For the second fight, Mayweather came out boxing and did so beautifully during the opening rounds.

Maidana was more cautious early than he was in the first fight, willing to take his time to find Mayweather. He finally began to pick up the pace in the fourth round, trapping Mayweather on the ropes and landing some shots to his body and head.

Mayweather, though, showed he learned his lessons from the first fight, when he was cut over his right eye and took a lot of shots to the top of his head. A defensive wizard, he fought moving sideways and backward, throwing his left jab out and slipping the big punches thrown by the Argentine challenger.

From Y! Sports
Post Merge: September 14, 2014, 05:22:03 PMPacquiao fight, 'let's make it happen' says Mayweather

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - It took just minutes after Floyd Mayweather Jr had scored a dominant win over Argentine Marcos Maidana on Saturday before the undefeated welterweight champion faced the inevitable question.

Will Manny Pacquiao be his next opponent?

Still in the ring, still covered in sweat, Mayweather had barely time to catch his breath following a bruising 12-round battle with the hard-hitting Argentine when he was asked about the fight that has fascinated and obsessed the boxing world.

Mayweather's unanimous decision over Maidana that improved his perfect record to 47-0 immediately renewed speculation about a long-awaited super-fight between the 37-year-old American and the Filipino great.

"I got to go back and talk to my team, I'm not ducking or dodging no opponent," Mayweather said from the ring. "If a Pacquiao fight presents itself, let's make it happen."

A duel between the defense-minded Mayweather and the aggressive Pacquiao, the biggest drawcards of their generation, has long been savored by boxing fans, if only to decide the mythical title of the world's best pound-for-pound fighter.

Filipino Pacquiao lost some of his appeal after successive defeats to American Timothy Bradley and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012, prompting talk of his possible retirement, though he has since bounced back with two impressive wins.

Five-division world champion Mayweather had been expected to meet Pacquiao in 2010 until negotiations collapsed over the American's demand for random drug testing.

Mayweather, who has hinted at illegal methods by often questioning how Pacquiao could have won world titles in an unprecedented eight weight classes.

"I don't think about Pacquiao, I don't even know him. I wish him the best but that's not my focus," said Mayweather. My focus is Floyd Mayweather that is how I got to where I got to.

"I try not to focus on anyone else's business.

"If it happens it happens. You guys can keep asking the same questions over-and-over and I will give you the same answers.

"That's not my focus.

"My business model is I am my own boss. I call my own shots."

Mayweather announced last week that he will retire in 2015 when his Showtime contract ends in two more fights.

His next fight is expected to come in May but Mayweather said no date has been set and would consider a number of opponents, including Pacquiao.

"We don't know what the future holds for Floyd Mayweather," said the champion. "What realistic is I am 47-0.

"As of right now I want to enjoy my time off. We don't know who we going to be fighting.

"We're not in a rush. We take our time that's how we got to where we got to.

"We not sure what the game plan is."

From Y! Sports

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Mayweather claims Pacquiao could be one of his two next opponents

Boxer Floyd Mayweather, fresh off his lopsided victory over Marcos Maidana, denied he is trying to safeguard his undefeated record by avoiding Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather has admitted he handpicked opponents in the past but says there is nothing unscrupulous about not fighting Pacquiao, one of the few fighters who can match the American's hand speed.

"I am not ducking or dodging no opponent," said Mayweather, who turns 38 in February. "If a Pacquiao fight presents itself then let's make it happen."

Mayweather said Saturday after beating Maidana for the second time in four months that he is open to a fight against Pacquiao, but it would have to be on Mayweather's terms.

On Sunday, Stephen Espinoza, vice president of sports cable channel Showtime, told the Los Angeles Times that Pacquiao is "absolutely" his first choice as Mayweather's next opponent.

Mayweather is in the middle of a six-fight deal with Showtime.

In the past, Mayweather (47-0) has always tried to sidestep questions about facing Pacquiao, who is getting set to fight in Macau in November against Chris Algieri.

"Pacquiao needs to focus on the guy in front of him. Then we'll see what the future holds," Mayweather said.

Pacquiao and Mayweather have held talks about staging a mega-fight before but they always broke down before a deal could be signed.

It is unlikely Pacquiao would agree to the terms that Maidana did for his rematch, allowing Mayweather to handpick his referee, Kenny Bayless, and change two of the three judges from the first fight.

Mayweather says Pacquiao is too worried about fighting him and forgets to train for his regular fights.

"In the past, if you look at Pacquiao when he fought (Juan Manuel) Marquez, he was too focused on Floyd Mayweather instead of the guy in front of him and you saw what happened," he said, recalling Pacquiao's knockout defeat.

"I never think about Pacquiao. That's not my focus. I could care less what Pacquiao does. If it happens, it happens.

"I want to enjoy my time off. We don't know who we going to be fighting. We are not in a rush. We are the A side and we are going to take our time."
Another possible opponent is British boxer Amir Khan, who sat ringside at Saturday's fight.

"Of course, Amir Kahn would be a potential opponent," said Leonard Ellerbe, chief executive of Mayweather Promotions. "Amir Khan is a very good fighter, just like a lot of other potential opponents."

From Y! Sports Philippines

[Itachi101]

natalo si donaire 6th round knock out 1 second na lang nadali pa

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Walters destroys Donaire in 6 rounds

WBA Super World featherweight champion Nonito Donaire (33-3, 21 KOs) tasted defeat tonight in losing by a 6th round knockout to the unbeaten Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KOs) at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California.

Walters, 28, knocked Donaire down with a chopping right hand in the 6th round that sent Donaire down face first on the canvas. Donaire made it back up to his feet at the count of 8, but the referee Raul Caiz Jr halted the fight at 3:00 of the round anyway after seeing how hurt Donaire was.

Walters also knocked Donaire down in the 3rd round with a big right uppercut to the head.

In the 2nd round, Donaire staggered Walters with a big left hook to the head in the final seconds of the round.

Walters landed 85 of 284 punches, according to CompuBox. Donaire landed 40 of 169 punches.

Donaire said after the fight “He beat the [expletive out of me. The size he had. I couldn’t move. He knocked the [expletive out of me]. I can’t compete against guys like Walters.”

As far as his future, Donaire said he’ll think about what he’ll do next. It’s possible he could move back down to super bantamweight. He doesn’t have many options at featherweight unless he wants to go after WBC champion Jhonny Gonzalez.

With this win, Walters will likely be facing WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko next. That’s a fight that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said he wants to make next.

From Boxing News 24

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Malakas po talaga ang kalaban ni donaire, pero sayang kung napatumba nya sana ng 2nd round hayahay sana po ang buhay nya...

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Manny Pacquiao appears arrogant playing basketball before bout

A study published in 2010 conducted over a 17-year period discovered that the most common injury to afflict an NBA player is a lateral ankle sprain. More than 13 percent of all injuries studied in those 17 years were sprained ankles.

A sprained ankle is exactly the kind of injury that Manny Pacquiao risked when he played seven minutes as a player-coach for the Kia Sorento in the Philippine Basketball Association. Pacquiao had two turnovers in a game his team won 80-66 over the Blackwater Elite.

Pacquiao is supposed to defend the WBO welterweight title against Chris Algieri on Nov. 22 at Cotai Arena in Macau, China, in a bout on HBO Pay-Per-View. He has two main jobs now: Train for the fight and help to sell the pay-per-view.

He went on a 27,000-mile tour with Algieri and promoter Bob Arum in August, making stops in Macau, Shanghai, Singapore, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York. All of that money is down the drain if Pacquiao were to get injured.

It would have also cost Algieri the fight of his life and all of the fighters on the undercard a significant payday.

Pacquiao said after the game that he would stick to his coaching duties and not play until after the fight, but it was incredibly arrogant of Pacquiao to even attempt play pro basketball so close to a major fight. A sprained ankle almost certainly would have postponed or canceled the card and would have made a lot of people that he works with in the fight business extraordinarily unhappy.

He's not the first player to try to do such a thing. Roy Jones Jr. actually played a minor league basketball game in 1996 on the same day he fought Eric Lucas. The difference was, however, that the bout was an HBO card and not a pay-per-view event. While it would have been disastrous had Jones been injured, it would have not come with the financial cost that would occur had Pacquiao been injured and forced to pull out of the Nov. 22 match.

Part of the reason for his success as a boxer has been because of his amazing conditoning, and playing basketball is a big part of that. He loves basketball and plays the game regularly.

Algieri wasn't thrilled about it when he met with a small group of reporters Saturday in Carson, Calif., before Gennady Golovkin defeated Marco Antonio Rubio at the StubHub Center.

"I don't know if it's arrogance or just silly and stupid," Algieri said. "During the press tour, I actually got on a horse at one point. As soon as I got up there, I was like, 'This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea because I'm getting paid after the fight.' I don't know if it's the smart thing to do, but ... "

When he was first asked about it, Algieri shrugged and said he didn't have much to say. But he made it clear he would have preferred Pacquiao to be careful and chosen to skip the game.

"A lot of people ask me about his basketball and if that's what he chooses to do, that's fine," Algieri said."As long as he doesn't get hurt, I don't really care."

Had Pacquiao sprained an ankle, you can bet a lot of people would care, and a lot of them are very influential. You can bet that Ed Tracy, the CEO of Sands China, which has largely financed the bout, would have been over-the-top angry. So, too, would have promoter Bob Arum, who has paid Pacquiao millions and always advanced him money when Pacquiao needed it.

It appears everyone has dodged a bullet this time. Hopefully, there isn't a next time to worry about.

From Y! Sports

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Pacquiao knocks Algieri down 6 times, dominates

MACAU (AP) -- Manny Pacquiao couldn't resist having a little fun after getting the signature win he desperately needed for the fight boxing fans desperately want to see.

No reason not to enjoy himself after sending Chris Algieri to the canvas six times Sunday night in a performance that will once again heat up talk of a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

''He's going to fight me? Yes! Yes!,'' Pacquiao said, jumping up and down in the ring Sunday after tearing apart a reluctant Algieri on his way to a lopsided decision win. ''I am ready to fight him next year.''

Pacquiao was playing off a new commercial where he celebrates after thinking Mayweather has agreed to the match. But he might have boosted his stock enough to entice Mayweather into the ring finally.

''I really want that fight,'' Pacquiao said. ''The fans deserve that fight.''

Pacquiao got the big knockdowns he was looking for, battering Algieri around the ring at will Sunday in a lopsided welterweight title fight.

Pacquiao chased Algieri from the opening bell, knocking him down repeatedly and dominating. About the only thing Pacquiao didn't get was his first knockout in five years, settling instead for a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision against an opponent who seemed unwilling to engage.

By the time it was over, Algieri had gone down six times. And Pacquiao had dispelled notions he might be on the decline.

''It's not just his hand speed,'' Algieri said. ''He's a great fighter. He does everything well. Manny has perfected his style of boxing.''

Pacquiao prayed in his corner while waiting for the decision. But it was Algieri who never had a prayer.

Pacquiao knocked Algieri down once in the second round, two more times in the sixth and twice more in the ninth. After a final knockdown in the 10th round, he seemed to back off in a fight that had long been decided.

Two ringside judges scored the bout 119-103 while the third had it 120-102. The Associated Press had Pacquiao winning 120-102.

Pacquiao went into the fight saying he needed a power win to entice Mayweather to fight him. He vowed to put on a performance like some of his earlier fights and did, never letting Algieri get close.

Some of the sold out crowd of 13,202 at the Venetian Macau may have wondered whether Algieri deserved this fight, as he spent more time trying to stay away from Pacquiao than trading punches.

But while Algieri could run, he couldn't hide. Pacquiao caught him repeatedly with power punches and dropped him as he tried to back away.

''The master boxer was given a master class by professor Pacquiao tonight,'' trainer Freddie Roach said. ''I was disappointed in Algieri's performance tonight. All he did was run.''

Pacquiao's second fight in China was held at midday to accommodate the pay-per-view sales in the U.S., but the time of day didn't matter much to the Filipino fans who cheered on their 35-year-old national hero.

Pacquiao knocked Algieri down in the corner in the second round, though Algieri claimed it was a slip. He easily fought his way through Algieri's tentative defense, landing punches on the inside and piling up points.

Algieri came into the fight with a reputation for his jab, but he refused to commit to it early and simply pawed at Pacquiao with his left hand. Still, Algieri's corner somehow thought he was carrying out the game plan just the way they had drawn it up.

''You're doing beautiful man,'' trainer Tim Lane told his fighter after the third round. ''Everything stays the same. Keep it up.''

By the end of the fourth round, Pacquiao had already thrown more than 100 more punches than Algieri. And Algieri rarely stopped to set his feet to punch, and kept trying to run away from the champion's punching power.

Unfortunately for Algieri, things then went from bad to worse. Pacquiao caught him with a big left hand that sent Algieri sprawling on the canvas in the sixth round, almost turning a reverse somersault before finally landing in the corner.

Pacquiao was right back on him, and Algieri went down again late in the round as he tried desperately to survive.

Still, Algieri's corner urged him to continue to do what he was doing, long after he needed a knockout to win.

''This is the way we want to be,'' Lane told him. ''This is what you wanted''

Algieri was an unlikely opponent despite being unbeaten in 20 fights after ending a kick boxing career to concentrate on boxing. He got the bout after being knocked down twice in the first round in his June fight with Ruslan Provodnikov and coming back to win a 12-round decision, and was supremely confident in the weeks before the fight that he would beat Pacquiao, too.

Oddsmakers made him a 7-1 underdog against the Filipino great, who came into determined to show he still had his punching power.

The bout was for a piece of the welterweight title held by Pacquiao, though it was fought at a catch weight of 144 pounds instead of 147.

From Y! Sports
Post Merge: November 23, 2014, 05:59:19 PMRoach: I'm watching tape to prepare for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight

MACAU -- Freddie Roach has spent the better part of the latter three months preparing Manny Pacquiao to face Chris Algieri. But Roach also reserved a bit of that time to watch some video of Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Roach said not long after Pacquiao's dominant victory over Algieri Saturday before 13,202 fans at Cotai Arena that he is at least guardedly optimistic a bout with Mayweather, the pound-for-pound king, may occur next year.

Roach said he facilitated a summer meeting at Arum's Beverly Hills, Calif., home between the veteran promoter and Leslie Moonves, the chairman of CBS Corp., in the hopes of them arranging a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather. Roach said Moonves was angry at Arum because Arum had promised Moonves that Pacquiao would fight three times on Showtime and he only fought once.

But Roach said he maneuvered to get the men together and talking.

Asked to rate his level of optimism, Roach smiled and said, "I'm watching tape again."

There is a long way to go between talks in the summer and the fight boxing fans have been desperate to see since 2010, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

Pacquiao said he's down for it.

"It's time to step up and say yes," Pacquiao said.

From Y! Sports

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That Allergy coach Tim Lane is a dumbass. Nabugbug na nga ang bata nya sa ninth, nagcomment pa na "We are exactly where we need to be."

Frankly, I was hoping Pacquiao lose this one. He doesn't deserve it.

[Itachi101]

paano ba yan balik pba na si pacman daw
parang walang kwenta yung laban kanina

[kingjames24szupladoh]

pati mga boxers atat na din sa Labanang Money vs Manny


Marquez joins clamor for a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, picks Floyd to win over Manny

[kingjames24szupladoh]

ayun sa wakas pumalag na din haha .


Floyd Mayweather to Manny Pacquiao: 'Let's fight on May 2'

[sneasel]

Hanggat hindi pa pumipirma sa contract si mayweather hindi ako maniniwala na gusto nyang labanan si pacquiao haha

[kingjames24szupladoh]

na moved daw ang gustong ate ni Gayweather , May 8 na lang daw .


may 8 happen or may 8 not haha .