Nats Finally Swing Trade To Add Arms To Their League- Worst Bullpen. The Nationals, owners of the very worst bullpen ERA in all of baseball, made a move today to fortify their relief pitching, snagging a couple arms from Oakland’s not- actually- all- that- much- better bullpen: Blake Treinen is young and throws hard, and has been an important part of Washington’s bullpen since 2. ERA, 1. 6. 19 WHIP, and - 0. WAR in 3. 7 innings as one of Washington’s most- used relievers. He bombed spectacularly as Washington’s closer this season, and has been kicking around and generally failing in various other relief roles in the time since. The inclusions of Neuse and Luzardo—Washington’s second- and third- round picks in the 2. God professional- grade relievers. Madson’s had a good season in Oakland, posting a 2. ERA and . 7. 88 WHIP in 3. Washington’s. Doolittle gives the Nats a lefty reliever who is neither the scattershot Enny Romero, nor the junk- balling Oliver Perez. Dolittle hasn’t given up a hit to a left- handed batter in 2. ESPN. Washington’s offense is terrifying—even with prolonged injuries shelving Jayson Werth and Adam Eaton, the Nats are second in MLB to the Astros in hits, runs, and total bases, and they put up another 1. Reds—but their bullpen has been a source of misery for years, and never more than in 2. It has been GM Mike Rizzo’s routine to shop for veteran bullpen arms mid- season, adding guys like Jonathan Papelbon and Mark Melancon in recent mid- summer deals, but none of those moves have thus far taken the Nats anywhere close to the promised land. Maybe this is finally the year (it’s not). The pay-per-view fight between Mayweather and The Ring #1-ranked contender Arturo Gatti took place June 25, 2005 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where fans heavily. Founded in 2004, 24 Wrestling is your source for daily pro wrestling news coverage. Lobov' lineup set for Nashville with 13 bouts. Fox Sports Videos. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both. Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor is a 12-round super welterweight matchup that pits the legendary boxer Mayweather against the all-time MMA great McGregor.Boxing News - Latest Boxing Headlines & Results Summer sizzles when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: MIGUEL COTTO VS. YOSHIHIRO KAMEGAI AND REY VARGAS VS RONNY RIOS is seen SATURDAY, AUG. The HBO Sports team will call the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed- captioned for the hearing- impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino. The doubleheader will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather is undefeated in his professional boxing career and a five- division world champion, having won fifteen world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes (twice at welterweight). Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U. S. Sports, ranked Mayweather as the best pound for pound boxer in the world twice in a span of ten years. He topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 5. Forbes list again in both 2. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., was a former welterweight contender who fought Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard. His uncles (Jeff Mayweather and Roger Mayweather) were professional boxers, with Roger – Floyd's former trainer – winning two world championships, fought Hall of Famers Julio C. Mayweather was born with his mother's last name. Mayweather attended Ottawa Hills High School before he dropped out. Boxing has been a part of Mayweather's life since his childhood and he never seriously considered any other profession. He had plenty of food. He had the best clothes and I gave him money. He didn't want for anything. Anybody in Grand Rapids can tell you that I took care of my kids. When she got mad at me I'd go to my mom's house. My life was ups and downs. The right hand (as in the orthodox stance) is used as it normally would be: to block punches coming from the other side, such as left hooks. From this stance Mayweather blocks, slips and deflects most of his opponents' punches (even when cornered) by twisting left and right to the rhythm of their punches. In the second round, Mayweather outpointed Artur Gevorgyan of Armenia 1. In the quarterfinals, the 1. Mayweather narrowly defeated 2. Lorenzo Aragon of Cuba in an all- action bout to win 1. U. S boxer to defeat a Cuban in 2. In his semifinal bout against eventual silver medalist. Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, Mayweather lost by a controversial decision (similar to Roy Jones Jr.'s highly controversial decision loss to Park Si- hun at the 1. Summer Olympics). Three of Jetchev's countrymen were in gold medal bouts. Judge Bill Waeckerle (one of the four U. S judges working the games for the International Amateur Boxing Federation) resigned as Olympic Games and federation judge after Mayweather lost the decision, which was loudly booed by the crowd at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The judges failed to impose a mandatory two- point deduction against Todorov after he was warned five times by the referee for slapping. You know and I know I wasn't getting hit. They say he's the world champion. Now you all know who the real world champion is. Mayweather's trainer at the time was his uncle, Roger Mayweather; his father was still imprisoned after his conviction for illegal drug trafficking in 1. The latter took over as his son's trainer when he was released from prison (after Mayweather Jr.'s 1. Sam Girard). He will probably win two or three world championships; I think he will go on to be the best ever. Hernandez. In 1. 99. Mayweather decisively won his first world title (the WBCsuper featherweight (1. The Ring world #1- ranked super featherweight Genaro Hern. It was Hern. I give him respect. He is a true champ. Olympian to win a world title. The second defense of his title was against the Argentine Carlos Rios, which he won in a unanimous decision. Mayweather, fighting past the eighth round for only the third time in his career, won on the judges' scoring 1. Juuko could not beat the count of 1. Mitch Halpern, and the fight ended in Mayweather's favor 8. Mayweather said after the fight, . A few months after the fight, the rift between father and son grew when Mayweather also fired the elder Mayweather as his trainer. During the 1. 0th round, when Mayweather overheard HBO announcer Jim Lampley say that the champ had switched to a southpaw stance for the second time in the bout he leaned ringside and said . After a six- month layoff, Mayweather was still elusive. During the sixth round, Mayweather dropped Vargas with a hook to the ribs. Corrales. In one of the more definitive and memorable fights of his career Mayweather fought the hard- hitting, former IBF super- featherweight champion Diego Corrales (3. KOs). Coming into the bout Mayweather and Corrales were undefeated, and neither fighter had touched the canvas. Mayweather was The Ring's #2- ranked super featherweight in the world (and #7 pound- for- pound), while Corrales was the #1- ranked super featherweight in the world and #5 pound- for- pound. After the fifth knockdown, Corrales' cornermen climbed onto the apron and stopped the fight, thereby establishing Mayweather as a claimant to boxing's mythical pound- for- pound title. At the time of the stoppage Mayweather was ahead on the scorecards, leading by 8. Larry Merchant stated, . Harold Lederman remarked,Jim (Lampley), I gotta tell ya, I'm terribly impressed, I don't think I've seen an exhibition of boxing like this since Willie Pep, this kid is unbelievable, great legs, great speed, unbelievable ring- generalship. I mean he's got tremendous presence in that ring, Floyd Mayweather knows where he is, every minute of this fight.. Corrales landed 6. Mayweather landed 2. He landed an average of six punches a round, according to Compubox stats – the only time that a fighter has registered single digits in the 2. Compu. Box has been tracking punch statistics. Freitas fight) his first professional defeat and defeat Casamayor via controversial decision in a rematch of their first bout. Afterwards, Bob Arum was ecstatic about his new star. His power was unexpected. Tim Smith of the New York Daily News remembered an encounter with the trainer in an article. One of the last times I saw Futch was before the Floyd Mayweather Jr.- Diego Corrales junior lightweight title bout in Vegas. Futch was talking about how much he admired Mayweather's style, how Mayweather was such a beautiful boxer, able to slip along the ropes and avoid punches. Corrales said he was going to neutralize Mayweather's hand speed by hitting Mayweather on the arms. Futch had a way of cutting to the heart of a matter. I don't know anyone in boxing who won't miss him. I don't know anyone in boxing that can take his place. Calling it . He wasn't hit, but was given a standing eight- count by the referee. This was Mayweather's eighth defense of the WBC super- featherweight title, which he had held for more than three years. He won when Ch. Mayweather had such difficulty making weight for this fight that he did not eat for four days before the weigh- in.! And now I become his number- one fan. Mayweather did not get a chance to fight Tszyu, but went on to fight Ricky Hatton (who defeated Tszyu and won his Ring light welterweight championship). By the end of 2. 00. Mayweather was still ranked The Ring #1 super featherweight and #5 best pound- for- pound boxer in the world. Castillo IIn his first fight as a lightweight, Mayweather took on World Boxing Council (WBC) champion and The Ring #1- ranked lightweight Jos. Despite both fighters officially meeting the 1. Mayweather came to the ring weighing unofficially 1. He defeated Castillo, winning the WBC and vacant The Ring and lineal lightweight titles with a 1. MGM Grand Garden Arena before a crowd of 6,9. With Mayweather's win, he became the first lineal lightweight champion since Pernell Whitaker. The Associated Press had Mayweather winning, 1. After round one Larry Merchant pointed out, . We'll see if something's wrong with it, he seems to be rotating it, trying to keep it loose. George Foreman noted likewise, adding . Later in the fight Harold Lederman alluded to it, saying . With Castillo repeatedly hitting on the break, this led to a large number of his punches landing. George Foreman agreed with the decision (. Too officious. Mayweather won the fight by using his jab effectively and staying away from Castillo for much of the fight. ESPN's Max Kellerman disputed Lederman's scoring, writing in his boxing column: . Mayweather is so seldom hit cleanly in his face, that when a clean shot is landed against him it registers all out of proportion in the observer's mind. Meanwhile, the three clean shots Mayweather just landed against his opponent do not make the same kind of impression. Mayweather also outscored Castillo in jabs thrown and landed. Lederman's scoring for this fight may be seen as inconsistent; in both Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor fights Lederman had Taylor winning 1. Hopkins landing more overall punches and significantly more power shots during both fights. My left wasn't as strong as I wanted it to be, but I didn't want to have no excuses, you know, like other champions, you know, when they get hurt they won't even show up to the fight. I get hurt I keep fighting, you know, I want to bring the fans a victory. Castillo IIDue to the closeness of their first bout, Mayweather accepted an immediate rematch with Jos. Before the rematch, Mayweather reiterated that he had torn his left rotator cuff two days before the first fight and could not throw a jab or a left hook. He had surgery following the controversial decision over Castillo, and said his shoulder had fully healed. There were no knockdowns or notable exchanges in the fight; the judgment was close, with Mayweather winning 1. The Associated Press had Mayweather winning 1. Mayweather (3. 0–0) fought a tactically- sound 1. Sosa (3. 5–3–2). His next fight (on November 1 of the same year) was in his hometown of Grand Rapids against WBC #1- ranked contender Phillip N'dou, whose record was 3. KOs. During the run- up to the fight Nelson Mandela invited N'dou to his office for a pep talk before his departure for the U. S., advising him to . South African president Thabo Mbeki, in a note, said he had . When told of his opponent's high- level support Mayweather responded, . He dominated his opponent, before flooring him with a series of rights in the seventh round. N'dou got up on shaky legs, forcing a stoppage at 1: 5.
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