Bets of 1K, 5K or 25K. Anyone interested? :wave:
Wow, I just found this from the same place as that Margarito article I posted, it's a great read:
(Excerpt: Las Vegas Times, 'Is Money May the Million Dollar Man?')
Floyd Mayweather has seemingly mulled retirement for years now. Only the very biggest fights could find the boxer motivated to fight- garnering him the name 'Money'. Medical documents recently attained from an unnamed source at the Nevada state boxing commission tell a very different, very strange, story.
Apparently, starting in 2000, after a fight with Emmanuel Augustus Floyd Mayweather and friend Leonard Ellerbee visited the Switzerland San Raffaele Scientific Institute; a clinic long known for its experimental gene therapy and stem cell research. The young boxer met with a consultant of Dr. Yunpok-Du-Heim concerning the possibility of receiving injections of experimental genes.
Unlike such substances as Anabolic steroids, which are banned in boxing, gene therapy is such a new science there were no current medical guidelines at the time of Mayweather's visit to the Institute.
That December, two months after his initial visit, Floyd received a spinal injection treatment and gene bath that the San Raffaele Scientific Institute presents as doing the following:
Fast twitch muscle fibers are known to control the ability for muscles to contract quickly- in other words, controlling speed. Our new experimental gene treatment genetically enhances a patients fast twitch muscles. Rather than focusing on enhancing slow-twitch fibers, enhancing fast-twitch muscle fibers has been seen to drastically increase endurance and speed.
Using our patented- genetic enhancement, test subjects have seen reaction time in simple motor tests increase from .5 of a second to .003 of a second for the same fast-twitch response.
Basically, genetically enhancing fast twitch fibers through our treatment puts a patient's muscles in a constant state of increased-repair, as if no damage or use ever occurs.
Floyd began receiving the institute's gene therapy treatments before his legendary fight with Diego Corrales - and another trip to Switzerland in August of 2002, a few months before his second fight with Jose Luis Castillo, coincide with an increased performance in the rematch; in which observers found Floyd to be faster and sharper.
In October 2007 the Nevada state boxing commission began a formal investigation into the legal and athletic ramifications of Floyd's unusual gene treatments. Burt Ryans, a ringside physician for the commission, had a few choice words on the matter, "Anyone who watches Mayweather fight knows he's too fast- and we've known why for years and been unable to nail the cheating bastard. He goes over to Europe and injects himself with Cheetah genes. Seriously- he's no longer a regular, human athlete. If boxers can't use steroids I think we should strip all of Floyd's achievements since his first gene injection!"
The official review threatened to become public and damage Floyd's reputation following his victory against Ricky Hatton- at which time Mayweather decided to retire. No investigation is pending for fighters who are no longer officially active in the sport. Ironically, Floyd, long known for brittle bones, may be suffering from a side effect of the gene-therapy that drains calcium production from the body in alarming rates.
The status of Mayweather's medical clearance would be pending investigation should he choose to return.
When you met Gerald McClellan after his Roy Jones fight, you claim he said his ribs were still sore despite it being 2 months later. Where did this meeting occur and How was he apart from that?
Well the fight is a little over 3 weeks away and it seems like everyone believes Shane is going to get beat. Aren't you in the slightest bit nervous? Shane is going to give you good angles and has a better chin then Cotto. Don't you worry that Shane will be able to box straight foward and not fight on reverse like Cotto did? Aren't you afraid of Shane coming in taking a few shots with his hand speed advantage, getting out, hitting the angles, and dropping more combos?
How does it rank against Hopkins v Pavlik? Hopkins is past 40 but Mosely seems to have lost alot most in his recent win over Mayorga.
Discuss
I am looking forward to or want to see the following fights in 2009.
Vitali vs Haye
Wlad vs Haye
Pac vs Hatton
Pac vs Floyd
Mormeck vs Adamek
Paul Williams vs Kelly Pavlik
Margarito vs Mosley
Bradley vs Hatton
Calzaghe vs Dawson
Dawson vs Johnson
Kessler vs Taylor
What a ridiculous event. All the rules about K-1 fighters being such better strikers than MMA fighters were just broken.
Kawajiri massacred Takeda
Mousasi destroyed Musashi
Overeem KO'd Hari!
Crocop stops Choi with leg kicks.
MARK HUNT IS KNOCKED OUT BY MANHOEF!
Aoki owned Alvarez in just over a minute.
The only bad thing was the cancellation of the JZ vs Hansen bout, which was probably the best fight on paper. And it sounds a bit worrying - Hansen failed his pre-fight medical and has been hospitalised for a "head injury", and that is all that is known. My initial thought was that it was a Kimbo-Shamrock situation....like Hansen tripped and cut his head, but the fact he's been hospitalised sounds a bit troubling. Hope he's ok.
