Keidel: Mayweather-Berto Bout Still Clouded By Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Jason Keidel More Columns The boxing cognoscenti is scratching its head over Floyd Mayweather’s choice for his next opponent. Andre Berto, a once-promising prospect who won his first 27 fights (22...
View ArticleBoxing Analyst Steve Farhood: ‘I’d Put Floyd Between Top Ten And 15 All Time’
By Jason Keidel More Columns Steve Farhood, whose career as a boxing pundit goes back to cigars and fedoras, has been a writer, editor, and ringside reporter for nearly four decades. Having been a...
View ArticleKeidel: Mayweather’s 49-0 Mark Will Be More Impressive Than Marciano’s
By Jason Keidel More Columns Pundits see peril in comparing eras. How would Koufax have fared against Ruth? Could Lombardi’s Packers have tamed Joe Montana and Bill Walsh’s West Coast Offense? Could...
View ArticleAndre Berto: My Life As The Guy That’s Going To Beat Floyd Mayweather
My first memory of boxing is walking into the gym and walking out with a bloody nose. I remember sparring for the first time and getting beat up, and that’s when I really found out that I loved the...
View ArticleFloyd Mayweather: “What I’ll Miss Most Is All The Jealous Haters”
By Ryan Mayer, CBS Local Sports Floyd “Money” Mayweather has been training for what he’s said will be the last fight of his career against Andre Berto on Saturday, September 12 on Showtime. As a part...
View ArticleRing Announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr.: ‘If Floyd Underestimates Berto, He Could Be...
By Jason Keidel More Columns In an attempt to surround Mayweather’s career from a myriad of expert angles, CBS Local Sports chatted with Jimmy Lennon Jr – the Hall-of-Fame ring announcer whose...
View ArticleKeidel: How Can Andre Berto Beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.?
By Jason Keidel More Columns What does it take to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr? Since he hasn’t lost as a pro, any answer is purely speculative. When I spoke with Al Bernstein, he wasn’t sure if...
View ArticleLive Q&A With Boxing Hall Of Fame Announcer Al Bernstein
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports As we make our way closer to the final fight of Floyd Mayweather’s career, pundits from across the boxing world have weighed in with their opinion on the controversial...
View ArticleLive Q&A With Best Selling Author/Showtime Boxing’s Mark Kriegel
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports In just a few days, Floyd Mayweather will take to the ring for one last time to defend his Welterweight title against Andre Berto on Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las...
View ArticleShowtime’s Mark Kriegel: ‘Floyd’s The Opposite Of Tyson, He’s A Real Tough Guy’
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Leading up to the Sept. 12 bout between Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto, CBS Local Sports has been hosting boxing personalities on our Mayweather-Berto live blog for a...
View ArticleShowtime’s Al Bernstein: ‘Ray Robinson Is The Best Who Ever Lived. End Of Story’
By Jason Keidel More Columns Since the passing of boxing’s Bon Vivant, Burt Sugar, we have leaned on a conga line of luminaries to frame the state of boxing, its future and, with Floyd Mayweather...
View ArticleBest Of Twitter Live From Mayweather-Berto In Las Vegas
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports Updated: 9/12 – 11:08 p.m. ET Nobody knows exactly what to expect when Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto meet in the ring this evening, but we definitely knew that the...
View ArticleMayweather Dominates Berto, Moves To 49-0
Ross Kelly, CBS Local Sports In a fight that went as many expected, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26 KO) defeated Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KO) by unanimous decision to move to 49-0. In the final fight of...
View ArticleThe Best Twitter Reactions To Mayweather-Berto
Ross Kelly, CBS Local Sports As expected, Floyd Mayweather easily dominated Andre Berto to improve to 49-0. Floyd has touted this as the last fight of his career (sure Floyd) and he hand-picked someone...
View ArticleKeidel: Does Anyone Really Believe That Floyd Mayweather Jr Is Retiring?
By Jason Keidel More Columns Now that the curtain has closed on his legendary career… Wait, does anyone really believe that Floyd Mayweather Jr is really retiring? The lone, bedrock certainty of any...
View ArticleKeidel: Mayweather Is Great, But Far From The Greatest Ever
By Jason Keidel More Columns Pantheon – noun a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian,used as a church since a.d. a public building containing tombs or memorials of the...
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