Mayweather out in Pound for Pound rankings

Floyd Mayweather Jr has been dropped from the pound-for-pound rankings of the prestigious “Bible of Boxing”, Ring Magazine.

The Ring’s rankings continue to have “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao as No. 1 with WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina replacing Mayweather at No. 2 and Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire moving up to No. 3.

Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez who may face Pacquiao in a third fight sometime in November is at No. 4 followed by Thai veteran Pongsaklek Wonjongkam.

Rounding off the top ten are heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, Timothy Bradley, Giovanni Segura , Andre Ward and Miguel Cotto.

Pacquiao who is also the reigning WBO welterweight champion is No. 1 in the welterweight divisional rankings with Victor Ortiz at No. 2 and former three-time champion Shane Mosley who faces Pacquiao at the MGM Grand on May 7 at No. 3 and Andre Berto at No. 4.

Ring Magazine editor-in-chief Nigel Collins told the Inquirer some two weeks ago that Mayweather had until May 1, 2011 which marks the one-year anniversary of his fight with Shane Mosley, to sign for a match or be removed from both The Ring’s divisional and pound-for-pound ratings.

Collins said “ If that happens, he won’t be reinstated in either of the ratings until after he fights again.” Collins did what he said Ring would do.l

He said then “ Where Floyd would fit at that point, is difficult to say. A win over low-level or undersized opponents would not earn him as high a spot as he now holds. It would take a clear-cut win over a high quality adversary to accomplish that.”

There were no indications that the undefeated Mayweather planned on fighting anytime soon or even signing for a fight in order to hold on to his pound-for-pound rating.

Collins also indicated that it would also be “difficult to know exactly how the pound-for-pound ratings will look without Mayweather.”

However, he stated that it would be “fairly safe to say that Sergio Martinez (WBC light middleweight champion) who is currently No. 3 on the PFP list and (WBC/WBO bantamweight champion) Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, currently No. 4 would both move up and become No. 2 and No. 3.”

Pointing to the May 7 showdown between Pacquiao and former three-time champion Shane Mosley, Collins said “of course, if Shane Mosley springs an upset in his upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao, there would be a massive reshuffling.”

The Ring’s editor-in-chief noted that "if Pacquiao prevails (over Mosley) and Mayweather stays inactive, Manny, who is No. 1 at 147 pounds, could capture the vacant Ring welterweight championship by fighting Victor Ortiz, who would advance from No. 3 to No. 2 without Mayweather in the ratings.”

Ortiz captured the WBC crown last April 16 with an impressive twelve round decision over Andre Berto.

Mayweather set for ringside seat at “Pacman” fight

The rumours coming out of the Floyd Mayweather camp is that the five-weight world champion is likely to travel the short distance from his home to the MGM Grand on Saturday night, to get a close up view of his possible future opponent Manny Pacquiao.

The 34 year-old has long been linked with a mega-fight with the WBO welterweight champion, who takes on Mayweather’s last opponent “Sugar” Shane Mosley on May 7th. The “Pretty Boy” had no trouble dispatching the aging legend and apart from a shaky second round moment, won every session against the Californian.

Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) has been out of the ring over a year now and has been moved down to number three in the pound for pound rankings. His uncle Roger recently declared that his nephew is ready to return to the ring and will do so sometime in the next couple of months.

His next outing though, is set to be a scouting mission against the seven-weight world champion, who has looked unbeatable for over six years. Mayweather attended Victor Ortiz’s crowning night against Andre Berto in Connecticut a couple of weeks ago, where he was roundly booed by the pro-Pacquaio crowd and the only thing that could stop the boo’s is if he signs to fight the Filipino Congressman in the near future.

Money Mayweather's felony hearing postponed!

Representatives of former pound for pound champion Floyd Mayweather were in court for the second time this week earlier today, this time regarding the evidence hearing for his domestic abuse case, and for a third time the hearing was pushed back.

The preliminary hearing was initially scheduled for January and later March, and with the latest postponement is now set to take place on July 29th.
The case, which carries a maximum sentence of 34 years in prison all told, dates back to September of last year when Mayweather had a late night altercation with former girlfriend Josie Harris.

During the incident he allegedly assaulted her, threatened his children and stole a cell phone, leading to felony and misdemeanor charges including domestic abuse, grand larceny, coercion and robbery.

Mayweather is also facing a separate charge of misdemeanor battery over a later altercation with a security guard working for the homeowners association of the Las Vegas community where he lives. During this incident Mayweather allegedly poked the security guard in the face after a heated discussion over parking tickets.

Floyd Mayweather still Undefeated!

The WBC Welterweight champion Floyd "Pretty Boy" Mayweather proves to the world that he is still the no. 1 pound for pound boxer of the world after a classic clashed with undefeated challenger Ricky "The Hitman" Hattonof England. The WBC champ and with his unique style put Hatton into a difficult time of getting his belt. From the start of the bell the fight was full of action wherein the challenger stalking the champion so that he can connect a good punches but it seems Mayweather really studied the style of Hatton, that is why the challenger cannot make a bang.

At the round ten Ricky Hatton surprised by a explosive left hook form Pretty Boy that send him into the canvass. The referee counted him off, surprisingly with courage, The Hitman stoop up and beat the count from then the referee continued the figth and once again the challenger caught by strong combinations that force the referee to stop the fight. Floyd Mayweather won via 10 round TKO that remains his clean record of being champ and undefeated.