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Floyd Mayweather

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    September 19, 2011

    Floyd Mayweather is Both Champ and Chump. And Larry Merchant is My New Hero.

      These days give me a good UFC card over a boxing match, but Saturday night was quite the intriguing spectacle inside the squared ring. Getting his ass whipped early by Floyd Mayweather, seems Victor Ortiz resorted to a head-butt. But then, after what looked like a kiss to Mayweather's& ... More >>

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    July 14, 2011

    Will Mexicans Ever Return to Mexico to Make it Better, and Do They Hate Manny Pacquiao?

      These days give me a good UFC card over a boxing match, but Saturday night was quite the intriguing spectacle inside the squared ring. Getting his ass whipped early by Floyd Mayweather, seems Victor Ortiz resorted to a head-butt. But then, after what looked like a kiss to Mayweather's& ... More >>

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    June 28, 2011

    Our Next American Sports Idol is ...

    ​Beats me. Monday I watched both Williams sisters lose at Wimbledon, a week after Andy Roddick bowed out. It leaves as the only American quarterfinalist gentlemen's 10th seed Mardy Fish, a 29-year-old doubles specialist who will hardly threatening Rafael Nadal's throne. We heard a b ... More >>

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    June 21, 2011

    The Top 10 Lamest "Rivalries" in Sports

    ​As I watched Mitch Moreland's gargantuan, 472-foot homer sail into the soon-to-be stormy June night, I was reminded that the Rangers-Astros' fight should be stopped on account of inhumane bludgeonry. Moreland's blast -- tied for third-longest in baseball this season -- capped an 8-3 Texas c ... More >>

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    February 17, 2011

    XLV Flopped at Cowboys Stadium, But How 'Bout UFC?

    ​Back in November in Cowboys Stadium, I went to the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito boxing match. In 2009 I went to UFC 103 at American Airlines Center. My judge's scorecard: UFC > Boxing. By embarrassing submission. Got to debating the other day what event -- other than Super B ... More >>

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    November 18, 2010

    Manny Pacquiao, oblivious to our losing football team, brings a winner to Cowboys Stadium.

    ​Back in November in Cowboys Stadium, I went to the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito boxing match. In 2009 I went to UFC 103 at American Airlines Center. My judge's scorecard: UFC > Boxing. By embarrassing submission. Got to debating the other day what event -- other than Super B ... More >>

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    November 11, 2010

    Boxing Ain't Dead Yet. In Fact, It's Alive and Well in Arlington.

    ​When's the last time you did something for the first time? Couple virgin voyages for me this week. Last weekend I went to a motorcycle gang party. (Scary.) And Saturday night I'm going to a championship fight. As in big-time boxing. (Psyched.) I'm more into UFC these days, but I'm looking f ... More >>

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    May 11, 2010

    Is Manny Pacquiao Coming Back to Cowboys Stadium in November? With Mayweather?

    Patrick Michels​Manny Pacquiao performing after his March 13 fight at Cowboys Stadium​That's what promoter Bob Arum suggests to Sports Illustrated today: Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring November 13, and right now, says Arum, "I have reserved the date and both the Dallas Cowboys Stadium an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Big Crowd Be Damned, UFC Still > Boxing

    Don't know any of these UFC dudes, but betcha they could all kick Pacquiao's ass.​Was way too inebriated busy Saturday night to catch the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. But from what I'm hearing it's about what I expected: Lotsa style. Zero substance. A ... More >>

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    March 4, 2010

    Deathmatch in the Death Star

    Don't know any of these UFC dudes, but betcha they could all kick Pacquiao's ass.​Was way too inebriated busy Saturday night to catch the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey fight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. But from what I'm hearing it's about what I expected: Lotsa style. Zero substance. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Then Maybe They Can Show the Fight on Cowboy Stadium's Big Screen in 3D

    Bob Arum​Boxing promoter Bob Arum should be in Arlington some time 'round about, oh, now, as he and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s manager, Richard Schaefer, and HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg visit with Jerry Jones to see what he's willing to part with in order to bring the Mayweather-Manny Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Whitt's End: 11.20.09

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Screw me. I've been inside Cowboys Stadium a dozen times now and never noticed there wasn't an American flag hanging somewhere. JumboJerry will do that for you. When during the National Anthem the ... More >>

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    September 24, 2009

    Ultimate Fighting Championship shows Dallas why boxing suddenly feels more like the ballet

    ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Screw me. I've been inside Cowboys Stadium a dozen times now and never noticed there wasn't an American flag hanging somewhere. JumboJerry will do that for you. When during the National Anthem the ... More >>

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    September 17, 2009

    Boxing's Worst Nightmare Comes to Dallas

    ​Okay, I'm sucked in. Not to the point of eating Creatine cupcakes, stocking my closet with Affliction T-shirts and putting Newy Scruggs in an arm bar, but I'm intrigued enough by the sport of Mixed Martial Arts that I'm journeying to American Airlines Center Saturday night for UFC 103. ... More >>

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    No Mas

    Jesus Chavez puts safety first in his superfeatherweight championship bout

  • Culture

    March 1, 2001

    Bull Rush

    For Jesus Chavez, the joy isn't the fight--it's being back in the ring

  • News

    May 18, 2000

    Knockdown

    Top-ranked boxer Jesus "El Matador" Chavez pummels opponents in the ring, but he's losing his biggest fight against a real heavyweight -- the INS

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Sweet Jesus

    "El Matador" could be a contender, but for the INS

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