Word: welterweight
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What's the best part of being a fighter? "When you're in that ring, you can float," De La Hoya says. "You can move around on your toes and feel invincible." Worst part? "The diet," says the welterweight (147 lb. max) who follows a strict organic regimen. "It's horrible...
...penitential brightness of the ring Oscar De La Hoya, the most popular fighter in the world, and Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing's best, pound for pound, awaited their fate as the judges handed in their scoring cards. But there was more to it than just the super welterweight belt: the world was judging the sport of boxing...
...months leading up to the super welterweight (154-pound) clash, motor-mouthed "Pretty Boy" Mayweather - who outside the ring carries $30,000 in pocket money and decorates himself with $1 million in diamond-encrusted jewelry - embraced the role of Iago, continuously woofing at his opponent. Seeking to irritate De La Hoya and fire up the partisan crowd, Mayweather came into the arena cheekily wearing a white sombrero and the red and green colors of Mexico on his trunks; his corner men wore T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Mayweather Loves Mexico." Meanwhile De La Hoya, the "Golden Boy" the superstar...
...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...
...Casta?o was a swift, violent man, built like a scrappy welterweight fighter, and you'd be a fool to take him straight on. I met him once, in 2000, and it was the strangest assignment I've ever done. Not dangerous, as I had expected, but strange...