Mayweather vs Cotto

After all the hullabaloo about David Beckham earning more than the gross national product of many third world countries, it turns out that he is not even the best paid sportsman on the planet.
Nor the second.

Those top two places belong – to the chagrin of those who condemn their sport as a throw-back to the dark ages – to boxers.

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In the fast-paced world of modern news reporting, it has to be accepted that there will be a much greater margin of error. In an era where journalists are plugged into social media, the temptation exists to post every thought on to a Twitter or Facebook timeline for public consumption. A minor buzz or rhetorical question immediately passes from hand to hand, becoming an actual news event-regardless of the level of accuracy behind it.

This may have been the case with the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero pay-per-view card May 4 and the subsequent reports of disappointing preliminary sales figures.

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LAS VEGAS — When it comes to professional boxing, the father-son dynamic as fighter and trainer rarely seems to work with precision or without drama. History is replete with disasters. Saturday evening, in a moment of especially high anxiety and tension, fathers and sons will be matched in opposite corners featuring two families who have experienced vastly different outcomes.

In the case of Floyd Mayweather and Floyd Mayweather Jr., this marks the first time they have worked together since 2000 when the father quit. Their rocky and often-tempestuous relationship over the years is well documented.

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When Floyd Mayweather enters the ring to fight Robert Guerrero on May 4, it will be the first installment of the six-fight deal he signed with Showtime last February. At 36, Mayweather would seem to be entering the homestretch of his Hall of Fame career.

These fights will comprise the final chapters of Mayweather’s story. So with each new opponent that the pound-for-pound king faces, it’s only natural to speculate on how the fight will impact his legacy.

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If you’re looking for reasons that Floyd “Money” Mayweather will be upset by Robert Guerrero, don’t count Mayweather’s nearly year-long layoff as one of them. It won’t be an issue.

When Mayweather steps into the ring to take on the latest challenger to his undefeated record on May 5, it will be 364 days since his May 4, 2012 bout with Miguel Cotto. By contrast, Guerrero fought twice in that same time span.

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