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...boxing is back, at least for a night. De La Hoya, who has won 38 bouts and lost only four, and Mayweather, undefeated in his 37 times in the ring, will square off on May 5 in Las Vegas for the super welterweight (no more than 154 lbs.) championship. The fight will be shown in a record 176 countries and may become the most watched pay-per-view matchup ever--at $55 a pop in the U.S.--perhaps topping the 1.99 million buys to see Mike Tyson bite off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear in 1997. Arena tickets...
...fight, De La Hoya's accurate blows and powerful left hook could wear Mayweather down--if he can catch him. Mayweather zips around the ring like a mosquito, throwing quick punches and darting backward before his opponent can counter. De La Hoya's trainer, Freddie Roach, is teaching his fighter to attack when Mayweather crosses his feet, which puts him slightly off balance. "Floyd is so fast, Oscar has to react to it right away," Roach says...
...that marriage is sacred and can only be preserved by abstinence is inherently rooted in religion,” Shapiro says. “By focusing on the sanctity of marriage, the True Love Revolution really ostracizes students who are saving sex for committed love, but not necessarily a ring...
...good riddance to Lowell’s wretched Unionists and to war-mongering Mather; let them be compensated for their bells that ring off-key and for their banishment to Central Square, respectively. I can’t wait to see what Harvard’s Houses-to-be across the river in Allston extract in exchange for their commute, which will arouse sympathy even from Matherites. The UC’s funding policies won’t change before Mather covers 650 innocent people in gallons of liquid soap, so scores will have to be settled some other way?...
...slot. A lot of it depends on whether the judge is ready, whether I’m ready.” Purdy was also sentenced to between two years and two years and one day in prison and $5,000 in fines early this month for running a prostitution ring out of his store and sharing in the prostitutes’ earnings, according to Middlesex County court records. The records also state that Purdy will not be allowed to leave custody until all fines are paid. Though the sentence for the prostitution charges was pronounced on April...