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By: Mike Sloan: Floyd Mayweather is a man of many hats and you’ll never know what to fully expect when you’re in his presence. He could be the loquacious, boastful, trash-talking champion that has gained the ire of thousands or he could be the reserved, charismatic figure with that million-dollar smile that has also gained the ire of thousands of skeptics. 
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By Mike Sloan: Floyd Mayweather is a man of many hats and you’ll never know what to fully expect when you’re in his presence. He could be the loquacious, boastful, trash-talking champion that has gained the ire of thousands or he could be the reserved, charismatic figure with that million-dollar smile that has also gained the ire of thousands of skeptics.
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By:Mike Sloan: It’s safe to say that Chad Dawson and Bernard Hopkins aren’t exactly chums who exchange friendship bracelets. Dawson has claimed throughout the years that Hopkins has ducked him; Hopkins countered that Dawson’s name wasn’t big enough to warrant taking a pay cut to fight him.
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By Mike Sloanin Las Vegas:: Undefeated welterweight contender Jesse Vargas expected that on the undercard of the biggest fight of 2012 thus far, he was going to electrify the world with a brilliant performance against a tough, pretty-well-known opponent. Vargas had been training incredibly hard for Alfonso Gomez, a popular but limited perennial contender who gained a modicum of fame thanks to his role on the reality TV series The Contender.
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By: Mike Sloan: For DeAndre Latimore, he knows that a loss on May 5 is simply not an option. He’s one of the most promising young contenders on the circuit but he feels as though his road to where he is could have been easier.
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By: Mike Sloan: The biggest fight of the weekend in the sport of boxing is without question the showdown between undefeated Abner Mares and opponent Eric Morel.
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By: Mike Sloan: Brandon Rios has never lost a fight in his professional career. Most figure after tonight when he squares off against a fairly late-replacement opponent inside the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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By: Mike Sloan: There was a point in time when Michael Katsidis was a highly-touted contender without a blemish on his ledger. He wasn’t fighting the best possible opposition, but he was winning every time out and, damn, he sure was exciting to watch. Not many figured that the Aussie, a young lightweight at the time, would wind up becoming an all-time great
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SecondsOut breaks down the matchup and figures out who will win
By: Mike Sloan: A few years ago it would have sounded like something out of a science fiction movie or on an episode of the Twilight Zone, but Erik Morales is fighting Saturday and much of the boxing world is anxiously awaiting the bout. Once considered a fighter with more damage than the peak of Mount St. Helens and chastised for not finally hanging up his gloves for good, “El Terrible” somehow got the spark back and began
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By: Mike Sloan: Tonight marks the return to action of Wladimir Klitschko, one-half of the best heavyweight tandem on the planet and one of the best big men of the past decade. Every time the hulking Ukrainian fights, it’s a massive deal, particularly across Europe and this time around shouldn’t be any different. But unlike brother Vitali who dispatched the massively overmatched Dereck Chisora, Wladimir actually could wind up the loser.
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