“Sometimes I sit back and I ask myself questions like where was this guy Pacquiao when I was dominating in the 90's,” stated a somewhat defensive Floyd Mayweather Jr. when the subject of Manny Pacquiao's recent victories over Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya were brought up during a conference call with the media earlier today. Mayweather had a lot to say regarding those two performances and fired back at critics of his upcoming clash with lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez. Check out some of the highlights from the conference call.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.

“Everything is going great. Like I said, we had a freak accident [rib injury] in the past. The only thing we're trying to do is just move on. That was in the past. I'm a lot better now. I feel strong and I'm ready to fight!”

According to former champion Zab Judah, Golden Boy Promotions contacted him yesterday for a potential clash with WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. “So Richard Schaefer ya'll calls my dad today, him and Shelly Finkel. You know Shelly Finkel is a crook. So they called my dad today and tried to offer me a fight with Sugar Shane Mosley,” Judah stated in a recent video blog.

Judah, who was broadcasting a live stream on Ustream.com, received a phone call from his father and trainer, Yoel Judah, as we chatting with fans. “How much they offer the fight for Abba [Yoel Judah],” Judah asked, to which, Yoel replied on speakerphone, “$300,000 plus 500!”

“$500,000! Ya'll heard that? Are they out they mind? How I'ma fight an HGH patient for $500,000? Are you crazy? Never! Yeah, they missing a zero…That's bullshit! Nobody's fuckin' fightin' an HGH patient for $500,000. Come on, man! That's like fighting two people.

The WBC Board of Governors has approved by a unanimous vote that the November 14 welterweight clash between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto (contract weight 145lbs) will be the first ever for the WBC Diamond Belt. “The Diamond Belt has received a tremendous positive response from promoters and media around the world, and we at the WBC are very excited and proud that this important and historic fight will be the first for the Diamond Belt,” said WBC President Jose Sulaiman. “The WBC will not charge a sanction fee on this extraordinary occasion.”

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For the first time, Miguel Cotto revealed that his WBO welterweight title will be on the line when he meets Manny Pacquiao on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Previously, everyone but Cotto would confirm that the welterweight would be at stake at the catch-weight …

Usually in boxing, common sense comes to the fore in the end, when all parties concerned realise that the fight has to happen due to the sheer size of the event and of the money to be made from it. Let’s hope this turns out to be the case with Pacquiao-Mayweather just as it was with Hatton-Pacquiao - another fight that looked to be off for a while due to disagreements over the monetary share the two fighters were to be paid. In the end, both sides came to their senses, but in an interview today with The Philippine Star, Arum made it clear Mayweather and his team will have to make a big concession if the fight we all want to see is actually made.

“You can tell Floyd Mayweather that Bob Arum says he’s delusional,” Arum said. “Floyd is not the attraction. Manny is the attraction. Floyd’s got no idea what he’s talking about. Floyd must be hallucinating when he said he wants the bigger purse and wouldn’t agree to a 50/50 split. Even a 50/50 split with Floyd Mayweather is nonsense.”

By Robert Cassidy
I will tell you why.
Oscar De La Hoya is done. Even if he is not ready to admit it.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still retired. Joe Calzaghe has retired. Roy Jones Jr. should retire.
Bernard Hopkins is 44. Evander Holyfield is 46.
The heavyweight division is, well, a division no …