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Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, delaying scheduled qualifying for the race .Qualifying, which was originally scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET, was delayed until 3:15 p.m.
“This morning we saw a third car get into the wall, turn backward and lift into the air. We’ve said all along we want to go faster, but we want to do so safely,” Mark Miles, the CEO of Hulman & Company, the parent company of IndyCar, said in a statement.Indy 500 Live Stream
“As a precautionary measure, IndyCar will require that the cars qualify today in the same aero setup that they will run in the Indianapolis 500 next weekend. Also, for today, boost levels will return to race conditions. Given these changes, we have elected to not award points for today’s qualifications.

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“Safety for drivers and fans is the top priority for IndyCar and we will continue to be proactive in our research and development to improve all safety aspects of our sport.”
Each of the 34 cars will be given one qualifying attempt and the top 30 spots will then be locked in. If time and weather permit, a 45-minute qualifying session will determine the final three starting spots in the May 24 race, and which car will be headed home.
Carpenter, who is trying to become the first driver to win three consecutive Indy 500 poles, spun into the Turn 2 wall and flipped over before the car came to rest on its side.
He was checked and released from the track’s infield medical center a short time later.
“It caught me by surprise,” Carpenter said. “I wasn’t expecting to swap ends. The car was actually feeling pretty good, better than it did yesterday. Things are a little unpredictable right now.”Indianapolis 500 Live Stream
Carpenter’s crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was similar to that of his CFH Racing teammate Josef Newgarden.
Newgarden lost control, hit the wall, and flipped his car on Thursday, a day after Helio Castroneves also went airborne during a crash that first raised questions about the safety of the new superspeedway aero kits.
Carpenter, Newgarden and Castroneves all drive Chevrolet cars.
Sunday’s crash prompted a closed-door meeting between IndyCar Series officials and team owners from the Chevrolet-powered teams as track workers tried to fix the damaged catch-fence.
“Chevrolet met with IndyCar this morning and the decision was made to run race-level aerodynamics and engine boost during qualifying in an effort to reduce speeds and increase downforce. We continue to review all available data from the crashes. Safety is our priority,” Jim Campbell, Chevrolet’s U.S. vice president for performance vehicles and motorsports, said.
That was followed by meetings with officials from Honda Performance Development and Honda team owners, who are reportedly unhappy about being forced to make last-minute changes to their cars in response to what they perceive as a problem unique to the Chevrolet cars.
“Even though we have every confidence in our design, we support IndyCar in their efforts to improve safety,” HPD president Art St. Cyr said in a statement.Live Stream Indy 500
IndyCar Series officials refused to single out Chevrolet’s aero kit, which features an unusually small rear wing with no traditional end plates, as the cause of the three crashes this week that ended with cars upside down and airborne.
As the series’ only owner/driver, Carpenter was in the unique position of attending the manufacturer meetings with IndyCar as a Chevrolet team owner.
“There’s a lot to understand and I don’t think it’s fair to say that this is an aero kit issue,” Carpenter said.
“We have multiple variables going on this year. We have new tires, there’s a new underwing [floor] with a huge hole in it, and aero kits.
“It’s all just speculation at this point and we really need to learn what’s causing this.”
Pippa Mann was the only driver to crash a Honda this week in practice, but that car remained upright on the track.
“Ultimately if we are not certain what is causing this, we can’t say for certain if this is a Chevy problem or a Honda problem,” Miles said. “We’re left in a situation where we need to be cautious.
“This is a complex technical situation, but ultimately, the decision was based on that.”
Saturday’s session was rained out after only two drivers completed the four-lap qualifying procedure. A third driver, Scott Dixon, finished one lap before the yellow flag came out because of light rain. They wiped out the averages of both qualifiers, Carlos Huertas and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
Organizers then revised Sunday’s schedule to give drivers two short practice sessions in the morning.They couldn’t be ignored. And the why wasn’t the issue hours before qualifying.
“It wasn’t a matter of the crashes,” defending series champion Will Power said. “We used to have crashes every single day here with the old car, but it was more the fact that when you crash, you take off. The cars were flipping over. That was the reason for the change. They had to do something.”
IndyCar spent six years birthing aerodynamic body kits as a means of bringing ingenuity and innovation back to the old test track turned greatest American racing venue.
It got what it wanted and currently that is a problem. But it’s perhaps not one the series could have foreseen.
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The ability to manipulate a myriad of chassis pieces has given teams a multitude of options to not only strike upon a Eureka moment that produces a trophy but a moment of horror that yields injury, especially at a flat, sharp-turned venue devised for the cars of early last century.
And there was no way to test how all that would transpire in Indianapolis until teams began putting a toe over the unseen line of no return, Power said.
“How can you understand what a car does backwards at 220 mph?” he pondered.
Power believes the culpability for the crashes ultimately lies with the teams, and all three high-profile incidents “were people taking big risks on trimming out too much.”
CARPENTER: Misses out on third straight Indy 500 pole
But he, like most of his peers – even Honda drivers Graham Rahal and, less vocally, Hunter-Reay, who think the changes broaden their performance shortfall with Chevrolet – agree that something had to be done. None of the three crashes had injured a driver. There was no assurance for the fourth.
“It’s unfortunate as Honda cars we had a really good balance and we had to change,” said Hunter-Reay, who noted he went from roughly 1 mph slower than pole-winner Scott Dixon on Saturday to almost 3 mph slower Sunday. “But in the name of safety … I’d like to get all the information first before I comment on it.”
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Rahal Letterman Lanigan team owner Bobby Rahal, whose organization utilizes Hondas, and who saw driver Paul Dana killed after a morning warm-up crash in 2006:
“I don’t think anybody wants to risk killing some guy because every time one of these things gets up into a fence, chances are there you’re going to hurt a driver,” he told USA TODAY Sports. “I don’t think anybody wants to risk that. … Nobody can definitive say it wouldn’t happen to a Honda if it got backwards. If not somebody would say, ‘Oh, (Honda) paid the penalty.’ I would sure rather pay that penalty than somebody getting hurt.”

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Venue: MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Date: 2/3 May. Time: 21:00 local time/05:00 Sunday BST
Coverage: Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website
on Behalf of By Ben Dirs, BBC Sport in Las Vegas
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao weighed in as 11,500 fans watched on ahead of the most lucrative fight in history in Las Vegas on Saturday.Mayweather vs Pacquiao Live Stream
Entry to the weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday was $10 (£6.60), although tickets were changing hands on the resale market for $800 (£530).
The fight is set to generate an estimated $400m (£265m).
American Mayweather scaled 146lb – one pound under the welterweight limit – and Pacquiao of the Philippines 145lb.
The pair will fight for the WBC, WBA and WBO welterweight titles.
“I believe that with my skills, I’m going to be victorious,” said the 38-year-old Mayweather, who is unbeaten in 47 professional fights.
“I don’t take anything away from Manny Pacquiao, he’s a solid fighter and it will be an intriguing match-up.
“But after Saturday, I’ll still be ‘TBE’ [The Best Ever].”
Pacquiao, who has 57 wins and five defeats from 64 pro fights, said: “It’s a great responsibility for me to give enjoyment to the fans. The fans deserve to have a good fight, whether they are a fan of Mayweather or Pacquiao.
“The Lord will always be with me and strengthen me and deliver him into my hands.”
Asked about the difference in size – Mayweather is 5ft 8ins and Pacquiao 5ft 6½ins with a reach difference of five inches in favour of the American – the Filipino southpaw added: “I’ve been fighting bigger guys – Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito… it doesn’t matter to me.”
The MGM Grand was abuzz the day before the fight, with people queuing to get into the Garden Arena hours before Mayweather and Pacquiao, 36, stepped on the scales.
It was the first time tickets had been sold for a weigh-in, with proceeds going to charity, and those that bought them were given a two-hour show.  Pacquiao was introduced to the stage first and looked relaxed, taking pictures of himself and waving to the large Philippine contingent.
Mayweather, on the other hand, was booed to the stage and looked tense, as he has done all week.
Pacquiao mouthed “thank you” to his rival as they engaged in the traditional stare-down, as a good-natured build-up continued.
“I don’t know what he exactly said. No, I didn’t respond,” said Mayweather,
The MGM Grand Garden Arena holds 16,000 but as few as 500 tickets for the fight went on sale to the general public.
Tickets are changing hands on the resale market for as much as $350,000, while some have been prepared to pay $3,500 to watch the fight in one of 10 closed-circuit venues along the Las Vegas Strip.
Given the astronomical numbers involved, the fact this is a match-up between two of the greatest boxers ever has been forgotten by some.
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Mayweather and Pacquiao have won world titles in five and six different weight divisions respectively. Whoever wins this weekend will be able to claim they are the best fighter of their era.
Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, admitted the remorseless hype had been hard to cope with.
“I’ve always liked big fights because I like big challenges,” said Roach, who was in Oscar De la Hoya’s corner when Mayweather beat him in 2007. “But, with this one, I might have bitten off more than I can chew.
“We’re fighting a very good defensive fighter, but I’m one of those guys that believes offence wins fights. I think we’ll overwhelm him with speed.”
Roach felt both fighters had “declined a little bit”, adding: “I’ve been watching Floyd’s legs and they’re not as good as they used to be. He doesn’t move as fluently as he used to.
“We can knock him out late, but I really want to beat him on points. Either way, no problem.”
Roach said Mayweather’s Blog relatively subdued mood in the build-up to the fight could be a sign that he is apprehensive about facing Pacquiao.
“At the first press conference, I told him we were going to kick his ass,” said the 55-year-old American.
“I thought I was going to get something back, but we got nothing. He’s been so nice, I really don’t think he wants to be here.”
Mayweather responded: “The camp went extremely smooth. I don’t need to trash Manny Pacquiao, I know what I can

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Why all the hype?
In short, because Mayweather and Pacquiao are widely recognised as the two best boxers in the world – and it is a rare thing to have two all-time greats fighting in the same weight division at the same time.
Back in the 1980s, arguably the sport’s last golden age in the United States, such match-ups were regular occurrences.
Fighters such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler were household names.  But boxing’s disappearance from terrestrial television, the proliferation of governing bodies and boxing’s internecine politics saw the sport recede from the public consciousness.
Boxing needed two genuine superstars to make it the biggest sport in the world again and it found them in Mayweather and Pacquiao.
What have they won?
Mayweather, 38, is unbeaten in 47 professional fights stretching back to 1996 and has won world titles in five different weight classes.
Pacquiao, 36, is a six-weight world champion (some say eight, although that includes a couple of minor belts) but has been beaten five times in 64 fights since turning pro in 1995.  Between them, they have victories over a host of fellow boxing greats, including Oscar de la Hoya, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto and Britain’s Ricky Hatton.
How big is it?
In financial terms, the biggest ever. By miles. Given the myriad revenue streams involved, it is impossible to say how much each fighter will walk away with once the fighting is done.
But it is estimated that once the accountants have done their work, Mayweather will pocket about £90m ($140-$150m) and Pacquiao £60m ($90m-$100m).
That the fight will generate so much money is largely down to the fact that American boxing fans will have to pay almost $100 (£65) to watch the action.  Mayweather-Pacquiao will shatter the records for pay-per-view buys (2.5m for Mayweather versus De la Hoya in 2007) and pay-per-view revenue ($152m for Mayweather versus Saul Alvarez in 2013).
The live gate at the 16,000-capacity MGM Grand Arena will be $74m, more than triple the previous record and more than this year’s Super Bowl, which was watched by 70,000.
Tickets on the resale market are changing hands for six-figure sums, with most of that money finding its way back to the boxers.
Throw in foreign television money, sponsorship and merchandising and you’re looking at double the gross domestic product of the Pacific nationWhat else is at stake?
In boxing terms, Mayweather’s WBC and WBA welterweight titles and the WBO title owned by Pacquiao.
Also on the line is Mayweather’s unbeaten record, while you could argue that Pacquiao doesn’t have as much to lose.
Their fight will also go a long way to defining each other’s careers: whoever wins will be able to claim they were the greatest fighter of their era, rightly or wrongly. As for the loser, there will be an awful lot of soul-searching to do.  Mayweather has banked more than $400m from boxing over his 19-year career and has been the highest-earning athlete in the world for the past three years. Pacquiao’s feats in the ring across two decades have earned him $263m.
Mayweather’s primary residence is a 22,000 square-foot, custom-built mansion in Las Vegas, although he also has a house in Miami.
He also owns two fleets of cars – a black fleet in Vegas, a white fleet in Miami – and his collection includes a couple of Bugattis worth more than $1m each.
He is also the proud owner of a 14-passenger private jet. Oh, and he only wears his trainers once.  PacMan still has a relatively modest abode in his home town of General Santos City, although he did recently splash $12.5m on a gaff in Beverley Hills.
Have they always been so lucky?
Both men had troubled childhoods. Mayweather was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, into a family of boxers – father and trainer Floyd Sr was a welterweight contender and uncle Roger a world champion.
But his mother was a drug addict, while Floyd Sr was once shot in the leg by a fellow drug dealer while holding his son in his arms.  Pacquiao’s family of seven lived in a cardboard shack in the poverty-stricken province of Sarangani  in the Philippines.
He scrounged for food and on some days only drank water. He quit school at 10 and ran away at 15, after his father ate his dog.
For a while, Pacquiao slept rough on the mean streets of Manila.
But like many poor boys before and since, Pacquiao turned to boxing to feed his family, fighting for $2 a pop in the early days.
Is there more to the fight than cash?
Mayweather says no. And not surprisingly, there are those who find Mayweather’s slavish devotion to Mammon  somewhat distasteful.
As such, his fight against Pacquiao – who was raised a Christian but was only recently born again – is being billed by some as a battle between good and evil.
Some commentators have noted that this fight lacks greatness because it lacks a cultural dimension.
This is wide of the mark. Mayweather is rampant capitalism personified, as much a reflection of his era as Muhammad Ali in the 1960s As well as being a terrible braggart, Mayweather, a father of four, has also been a very bad boy. In 2011, he was sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend at the time.
However, his stint behind bars was delayed on the grounds that the cancellation of his scheduled bout with Puerto Rico’s Cotto would have cost the city of Las Vegas in the region of $100m.
Pacquiao is a more likeable individual. Witness his recent duet with movie star Will Ferrell on an American chat show, or a very amusing advert for a footwear company. Despite his many millions, Pacquiao just seems like a nice, humble bloke.
But Pacquiao has a dark side. He has admitted to adultery in the past – his wife, Jinkee, mother of his five children, was moved to tears when talking about it in a recent documentary – and in 2013 his assets were frozen in the Philippines after it was alleged he owed $50m in taxes. It should be noted, both men do a lot of work for charity. Will it be a good fight?
The smart money is on the fight going the full 12 rounds – and on Mayweather being awarded the decision. And many think those 12 rounds will disappoint.
Mayweather is essentially a defensive boxer and has never been overly concerned about entertaining the fans. Pacquiao, on the other hand, is an all-action fighter – which could play right into Mayweather’s hands.
If Pacquiao chooses a plan of all-out attack, then Mayweather could pick his rival off and win easily. If Pacquiao is more educated, which is more likely, then things could be more intriguing. If both men show each other too much respect, then we could be in for a very dull 12 rounds indeed.
Who wins? According to almost every expert you talk to, Mayweather. Hatton, who lost to both men, calls Mayweather “a genius”.
Hatton’s fellow Brit Amir Khan, who wants to fight the winner, also believes Mayweather will be too clever.
However, Pacquiao does have some heavyweight backing, with former world champions George Foreman and Mike Tyson both picking him to win it.
What next?
If it’s a decent fight, then they will probably do it all again in September.
Mayweather says he only has one more fight left in him – although with Rocky Marciano’s record of 49 fights undefeated in his sights, he might fight on.
Whether Pacquiao chooses to fight on might depend on if he loses and the nature of that defeat.

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Welterweight titleholder Manny Pacquiao’s training camp came to end on Monday as he, trainer Freddie Roach and the rest of their team broke camp at Roach’s Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California.They boarded their team bus for the four-hour drive to Las Vegas, where Pacquiao will fight fellow champion Floyd Mayweather on Saturday night (pay-per-view, 9 ET) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in their long-awaited fight.Mayweather vs Pacquiao
Pacquiao sparred four rounds on Monday, worked the mitts with Roach, and then hit the road for Vegas.
“Our long, international, boxing nightmare will soon be over,” said Roach. “Boxing has been held hostage by Floyd Mayweather and his antics long enough. Manny is going to stand up to Floyd on [Saturday] and put a bully in his place. On paper — and in the sports books — Manny shouldn’t stand a chance. But neither did David against Goliath. Just remember, Manny has always come out on top when he was the underdog] and you don’t have to look any further than his victories over [Lehlo] Ledwaba, [Marco Antonio] Barrera and [Oscar] De La Hoya.
“As Manny said earlier, ‘It’s time for Floyd to lose.’ Manny is on a mission. This fight is his crusade. The fans of the world are rooting for Manny to win just like they willed this fight to happen. He is their champion. This will be their victory.”
Mayweather does not need to lengthy trip to Las Vegas for fight week. He lives in Las Vegas, about 15 minutes from the MGM Grand.Top Rank promoter Bob Arum changed plans on Monday, deciding to add a public appearance for superstar Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday.
Pacquiao still will not participate in the arrival ceremony at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to formally kick off fight week for his much-anticipated welterweight title unification bout against Floyd Mayweather.
Pacquiao will instead make an appearance at what Top Rank is calling a free “Las Vegas fan rally” on Tuesday at 11 a.m. PT at Mandalay Bay’s South Convention Center — Bayside C. Doors open at 10 a.m. PT.
Pacquiao, Arum, trainer Freddie Roach, adviser Michael Koncz and assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez — as well as Pacman, the fighter’s beloved Jack Russell Terrier and team mascot — will all be on hand”We have an obligation to the fans and the press,” Arum said. “We just don’t think the grand arrivals are secure enough. It’s like a mob scene in the (MGM Grand) lobby, particularly for this fight. Instead, we’ll have a big ballroom, all roped off. We’ll all be there and we’ll have the rally and then we’ll go with selected press to sit with us and answer their questions.”
Arum had said Friday that Pacquiao would not participate in Tuesday’s official grand arrival ceremonyTypically, the fighters in major bouts make a “grand arrival” through the casino lobby to see the fans, take pictures and do television interviews before being whisked away to meet with Internet and print reporters.
However, the grand arrivals for this fight will instead take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, site of the fight.
Arum had said he canceled Pacquiao’s appearance because Pacquiao could do “without all the hoopla.”
Arum further said it was unnecessary because Pacquiao is not even staying at the MGM Grand.
Instead, he is staying down the Las Vegas Strip at Mandalay Bay, the MGM property where he always stays when he fights in the city.
“The reason we didn’t announce this on Friday (after pulling out of the grand arrivals) was that we didn’t know if we could get the facility at the Mandalay Bay,” Arum said. “If we didn’t have a facility we couldn’t do it. Mandalay Bay gave us a beautiful ballroom and we’re working on sealing it off. We’ll have Filipino music and entertainment. Manny will come in to see the fans. It will be very nice and very organized.”
Arum has been feuding with MGM Grand officials over a variety of issues, one reason many believe he yanked Pacquiao from the grand arrivals at the casino.
Mayweather’s grand arrival ceremony at the MGM Grand is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. (doors open at 1 p.m.) inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena with entertainment from Doug E. Fresh and performances by comedian Ricky Smiley and the famed Southern University “Human Jukebox” Marching Band.
Then, at 2 p.m. PT, Mayweather will make what Mayweather Promotions said will be an “unforgettable entrance.”
“We’re not interfering with Floyd’s arrival at all,” Arum said. “There’s plenty of time to see both of them.”
Arum said one issue still being argued about between Top Rank and Mayweather Promotions is the order of the televised undercard fights.
Mayweather Promotions wants its televised undercard bout featuring junior featherweight titlist Leo Santa Cruz, who is moving up to featherweight to face journeyman Jose Cayetano in a 10-round nontitle bout, to come right before the main event.
Top Rank wants its pay-per-view bout featuring featherweight titleholder Vasyl Lomachenko defending his world title against Galamlier Rodriguez to be in the co-feature slot.
“The contract between the companies says the order of the fights will be mutually agreed on,” Arum said. “We say Lomachenko should be the semi-main event and they’re saying Santa Cruz should be the semi-main event and, so far, we haven’t agreed on anything

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The lionisation of Floyd Mayweather can make for a strange and tawdry spectacle. He is venerated by his disciples as a man of mystique, even when he plays up to his vulgarian nature by stepping out of his Bugatti festooned in more gold than Mr T, or by throwing hundred-dollar bills at the camera while encircled by a phalanx of acolytes that would embarrass the President.mayweather vs pacquiao
“No one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali were better than me,” he boasted this week. Labouring his point, he and his truckload of sycophants wear T-shirts marked ‘T.B.E.’ – ‘ The Best Ever’ – with his professional win-loss record of 47-0 stitched on the back. Next week, as the drum-beat swells for his showdown with Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, he will embody the ostentatiousness of Las Vegas better than Liberace.
What puzzles most about the cult of Mayweather, though, is not the bombast or the entourage, but the followers. Katie Couric, normally one of the saner voices in America’s television firmament, was reduced to crawling groupie-dom when she interviewed him recently, simpering about the “pure physicality” of his trade. Tom Brady, quarterback for New England and as wholesomely apple-pie as they come, sent him a gushing good-luck message on FaceTime for the Pacquiao fight. “Can’t miss this one, man,” he said. “Brady, my guy,” replied Mayweather, with an indulgence to suggest they would have chest-bumped there and then.
All who genuflect at his feet seem remarkably unbothered by a streak of Mayweather malevolence that extends far beyond the ring. For all his stabs at statesmanship in the joint press conference with Pacquiao, it pays to recall that he once baited the Filipino in strikingly different language. In 2010, he released a racist video rant describing his adversary as “that little yellow chump”, vowing that he would force him to “make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.”
Beyond the bigotry, Mayweather might care to be reminded one day that his notion of where sushi comes from is out by at least 2,000 miles. But from Pacquiao’s perspective, the memory of that outburst is nothing but a motivation, casting this confrontation as a straightforward case of good versus evil, of a model of humility versus a wearisome braggart who has also been involved in seven instances of alleged physical assault, against five different women.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, acknowledges that his fighter’s pent-up animosity towards Mayweather only magnified the intensity of the sparring sessions. “Manny is really against domestic violence,” Roach told USA Today. “It is a big issue in the Philippines, and being a congressman he can control some of that stuff. That is a plus for me, that Manny does not like him. The killer instinct is going to come back a lot faster.” Dwelling on Mayweather, he added, darkly: “It’s hard to say these things in public. But I know he is a bad guy.”
So bad, indeed, that Roach has even considered enlisting a couple of Nevada policemen to tell Pacquiao more about Mayweather’s litany of transgressions. Among them, his notoriety as an alleged woman-beater is a subject frequently glossed over, not least by Couric, who during their cosy chat referred to “reduced misdemeanour charges” and allowed his preposterous response to them to pass without interruption. “I’m black, I’m rich, I’m outspoken,” he blathered. “Those are three strikes right there. Did I kick, stomp and beat someone? No. Did I restrain a woman that was on drugs? Yes. So if they say that’s domestic violence, then you know what? I’m guilty.”
This does not quite tally with the testimony of former partner Josie Harris, who claims she suffered physical abuse from Mayweather on six occasions, the worst coming in September 2010. That night, she told police, she was viciously beaten, while one of Mayweather’s accomplices prevented their 10-year-son Karoun from trying to help her. The account was supported by Karoun himself, while hospital tests indicated that Harris had suffered bruises, contusions and a concussion sustained from a blow to the back of the head
Is this seriously the type of man Brady should embrace like some fellow frat boy? Is he the kind of figure to whom Couric, one of the most admired US broadcasters and a prominent advocate for women’s rights, should throw the feeblest of softballs? It is important to stress that Mayweather, much like Pacquiao, was born into acute poverty and hardship. Growing up in a ghetto of Grand Rapids, Michigan, he lived with six members of his family in one room and watched his father shot in front of him. Floyd Snr, his coach since he threw his first punch, was later sentenced to 5½ years in prison for drugs trafficking.
one of this offers mitigation, however, for the behaviour that put Mayweather in a Nevada detention centre for two months in 2012 – a laughably lenient punishment imposed by a judge who even allowed him to postpone the sentence so that he could earn £30 million from fighting Miguel Cotto. Ultimately, one can only conclude that he is given a free pass so often because his apologists are rabbits in the dazzling headlights of a power gleaned purely from money. “Money isn’t everything – it’s the only thing,” he has said, ever since sport’s wealthiest man transformed his image from ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ to ‘Money Mayweather’. “I’d rather be hated for who I am than be loved for someone I’m not.”
Perhaps, as his cheerleaders would argue, this is some brilliant expression of his essential authenticity. Or perhaps it is all an elaborate trick to conceal the thug within.

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Floyd Mayweather has stepped up his preparations for his fight with Manny Pacquiao – taking to the pool to help get in prime shape for the big-money scrap.
The American took to Instagram to post a video of himself firstly practising boxing exercises in the pool, before swimming a couple of lengths.Mayweather vs Pacquiao live stream
There is now less than a month to go before the pair clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2, with the fight set to cost £60 on US PPV television, smashing box office records.
The Filipino has also been stepping up his training, posting a video of himself and his team out running with his dog ahead of the showdown.
The fight will be the richest in boxing history, with the WBA, WBC and WBO crowns all up for grabs.
Kell Brook will be the only other world champion at welterweight after these belts have been unified, setting up a potential mega fight for the Brit further down the line.
Many suspect the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao boxing fight to be the biggest event in combat sports history, and both world champions are training diligently to put on a show in front of the millions watching both in attendance on May 2nd in Las Vegas, Nevada and those watching on pay-per-view (PPV).
With the fight less than a month away, sparring has heated up for both men as they train for the biggest fight of their lives.
While you would likely suspect both boxers to be training with other elite pugilists in order to emulate each other’s styles, you may be shocked to find out that Pacquiao is actually sparring with a former UFC fighter.
Who could it be? Maybe Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Georges St-Pierre?
Nope. “Pac Man” is training with Dashon Johnson according to ESNews.com, who went 0-2 inside the Octagon after racking up nine victories in a row in the Xplode Fight Series against cans.

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