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Floyd
Mayweather Jr VS The
Big Show
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Floyd
Mayweather Jr. Accepts One-on-One Match with Big
Show®
February 19, 2008
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Floyd
Mayweather Jr. Accepts One-on-One Match with Big
Show®
Anaheim,
CA, February 19, 2008 — On last night’s
RAW®, Big Show provoked WBC Welterweight Champion
Floyd Mayweather into accepting a future one-on-one
match, only one night after their initial showdown
at No Way Out®. What began as an apology by
Big Show to the greatest fighter in the world
turned into a second standoff when Big Show stopped
the boxer in his tracks as he and his entourage
were leaving the ringside area. After hearing
Big Show’s antics from inside the ring,
Mayweather stormed back into the ring to accept
his challenge.
Last
night’s standoff comes off the heels of
Big Show’s surprise arrival at No Way Out.
Mayweather, as Rey Mysterio®’s guest,
showed why he is considered the greatest fighter
in the world by landing a lightening fast combination
of punches on the Big Show.
Photos
from Sunday’s No Way Out and Monday Night
RAW are available at www.wireimage.com.
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Mayweather
wrestles for $21m - 27th Feb 2008
(Credit:
HeraldSun.com.au)
Manager
Leonard Ellerbe has defended a decision to have
his unbeaten boxer, Floyd Mayweather, take part
in a professional wrestling program in Florida
next month.
Mayweather,
considered by some to be the best pound-for-pound
fighter in the world, claims to have been offered
$US20 million ($21.45 million) to take part in
Wrestlemania XXIV on March 30 in Orlando, Florida.
The
unbeaten World Boxing Council welterweight champ
will battle 2.1 metre World Wrestling Entertainment
star "Big Show".
Mayweather
will be conceding around 113kg to the wrestling
giant but Ellerbe says the move is all about underlining
Mayweather's credentials as an entertainer rather
than just a boxer, just as he did when the champion
appeared on "Dancing With The Stars"
in November.
"This
is a tremendous, tremendous event, it's entertainment,"
said Ellerbe.
"Like
anything, it's also a business and it's my responsibility
to continue to expand his fanbase and take the
Mayweather brand to another level."
Mayweather's
manager insisted the diversion to the scripted-WWE
event had nothing to do with helping to promote
the boxer's proposed rematch with Oscar De La
Hoya this September.
Ellerbe
dismissed the suggestion that Mayweather was risking
an injury that could derail his plans for an even
bigger payday.
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