Fight Floyd Mayweather W UD 12 (12) Carlos Baldomir

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. had a more gratifying victory over Carlos Baldomir last night than most would think to imagine. Not only did Mayweather establish himself as the legitimate world champion at welterweight, he did it such an emphatic and dominant fashion. But his triumph over almost-Cinderella man Baldomir isn't what had the massive media gathering captivated at the post fight press conference; it was Mayweather read more ...

Four-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (36-0, 24 KOs) turned the 2006 Cinderella story of Carlos Baldomir (43-9-6, 13 KOs) into a pumpkin as he claimed Baldomir's WBC welterweight title with a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Baldomir unsuccessfully tried to neutralize Mayweather with pressure and a high punch output, but Floyd was much read more ...

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s advisor, took the podium to say: “Floyd has said that Baldomir has two options to go out on his face or on his ass. Well, there is a third way he can go out.” Just then a member of Mayweather’s camp waived the white flag insinuating that Baldomir may just quit. Insulted by the theatrics a fuming Javier Zapata, Baldomir’s trainer, took his glass of water and threw it at Ellerbe. In retaliation Mayweather read more ...

"He going to get a brutal beating, absolutely," promises Floyd Mayweather when he faces WBC welterweight champion Carlos Baldomir in an HBO-PPV clash on Saturday in Las Vegas. "That's what the fans want to see and that's what I want to give the fans....[Baldomir] is looking to get a knockout on me and he wants to be on the cover on all the newspapers the next day. But like I told him, 'you're going to get a chance to be on the cover read more ...

Round one of the Floyd Mayweather-Carlos Baldomir press tour got underway today in New York City. The $49.95 PPV card is billed as "Pretty Risky" and will take place November 4 at the Mandlay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. "I am not overlooking Carlos Baldomir," stated Floyd today. "Does he deserve the fight? Absolutely! Antonio Margarito doesn't deserve the fight. Carlos Baldomir deserves the fight. He has proven himself read more ...