Chris Robinson catches up with trainer Roger Mayweather for the third volume of the ‘Roger Mayweather Mailbag’ series, as he speaks on such fights as Mike Tyson vs. a prime Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard saying he would knock out Floyd Mayweather, his thoughts on being on a reality show, who gave Floyd his toughest fight, and more
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Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley facing off in June of 2012 (Photo: Naoki Fukuda)
By Chris Robinson
Due to the contrasting styles of each man, as well as the added theatrics that have taken place outside of the ring this week, the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios matchup has taken over boxing’s center stage.
Set to face off with one another on Saturday night in Macau, China on HBO pay per view, Pacquiao and Rios will both be looking to bounce back from recent setbacks in a scene that will surely create serious drama and suspsense.
WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley, who defeated Pacquiao via split-decision in June of last year, showed great affinity towards the matchup during our conversation on Thursday afternoon inside of the Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas.
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Chris Robinson catches up with former three-division world champ and Mexican icon Marco Antonio Barrera, as he breaks down key aspects to the Nov. 23 Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios clash
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More all-access coverage from the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada as trainer Joel Diaz hits up Shawn Porter’s training camp to help with advice ahead of his match on Dec. 7 on Showtime against Devon Alexander.
Diaz helped prepare his fighter, Tim Bradley, towards victory over Alexander in early 2011
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Chris Robinson catches up with former WBO junior welterweight champion Mike Alvarado (34-2, 23 KO’s), as he speaks on his recent loss to Ruslan Provodnikov while also eyeing the Nov. 23 Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight
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Chris Robinson catches up with WBO welterweight champion TIm Bradley inside of the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada, as he speaks on this weekend’s big Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight
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More coverage from within the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada as Chris Robinson catches up with trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. and discusses the drama in Macau between Freddie Roach and Team Rios
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More coverage from the Mayweather Boxing Club as former IBF bantamweight champion Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko continues to put in hard work ahead of his HBO clash against Guillermo Rigondeaux. In this clip, Agbeko is seen working with lightweight prospect Leon Spinks III
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Chris Robinson catches up with middleweight prospect J’Leon Love (15-0, 8 KO’s) inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, as he discusses the camp drama taking place in Macau, China between trainer Freddie Roach and members from Brandon Rios’ camp
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Chris Robinson catches up with trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada, as he speaks on all of the drama taking place in Macau following the melee between Freddie Roach and Team Rios members Robert Garcia and Alex Ariza
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HustleBoss.com was on hand inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club as featherweight prospect Kevin Hoskins (7-2, 5 KO’s) put in work in advance of his forthcoming duel against Aaron Garcia, who he faces on Thursday, Nov. 21 in San Diego
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Post-aftermath reaction from Alex Ariza following his near brawl with trainer Freddie Roach in Macau, China ahead of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight
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More coverage from Macau, China as IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich (17-0, 8 KO’s) shakes out ahead of his rematch with Billy Dib, set for Nov. 23 on HBO pay per view
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All-access coverage from Macau, China as former lightweight king Brandon RIos and former eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao face off with one another at their final press conference heading into their fight on Saturday night.
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All-access coverage from the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada as brother Hasim Rahman Jr. and Sharif Rahman put in some rounds of sparring at the ‘Doghouse”
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All-access coverage from Macau, China as Top Rank correspondent Crystina Poncher talks with former lightweight champion Brandon Rios ahead of his Nov. 23 showdown with Manny Pacquiao
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Chris Robinson catches up with trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. in Las Vegas, as he speaks on the Nov. 23 Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios fight in Macau, China. Hear what Floyd Sr. had to say in this exclusive clip
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Eddie Mustafa Muhammad speaking inside of the Mayweather Boxing Club (Photo: Chris Robinson – www.HustleBoss.com)
By Chris Robinson
For the past 24 hours, the boxing world has been buzzing about the altercation that took place in Macau, China between Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach and members from Brandon Rios’ camp, including trainer Robert Garcia and strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza.
Pacquiao faces Rios this Saturday night in an HBO pay per view event that has seen its interest rise because of the theatrics.
In various videos that have circulated online, Roach could be seen exchanging words with Garcia and moments later getting kicked by Ariza as the dialogue continued to heat up.
The argument stemmed from Roach wanting to clear out Garcia and Rios from the gym the camps were sharing so he could work with his fighters. When Garcia attempted to explain that Rios was simply running a little behind schedule, Roach began to get irate.
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Various reporters speaks with Five-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach following his near brawl with members from Brandon Rios’ team ahead of the big fight with Manny Pacquiao this weekend.
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A near brawl breaks out in Macau, China (Photo: Chris Farina – Top Rank)
By Chris Robinson
The Manny Pacquiao vs. Brandon Rios event got a little more buzz late Tuesday when a near brawl broke out between trainer Freddie Roach and members from Rios’ team.
Pacquiao and Rios are set to meet this Saturday in the Cotai Arena inside of the Venetian Resort in Macau, China in an HBO pay per view duel.
The aforementioned altercation took place when Roach, longtime trainer of Pacquiao, and Garcia, Rios’ coach dating back to his amateurs, began exchanging words with one another due to Rios being a little late with his workout inside of the lone gym in the hotel.
Roach was ready to take over the facility with some of his fighters and when Garcia attempted to explain to him that Rios was a little behind with his workout due to some interview obligations with ESPN, the Five-time Trainer of the Year got irate and could be heard calling Garcia a ‘piece of sh*t’.
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