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Fri May 08, 2009 12:05 pm EDT

Dawson camp: We have the best fighter in the world

By Steve Cofield

A surly Floyd Mayweather returned last Saturday to announce he's back and he wants his pound-for-pound title back. "Pretty Boy" is irked that all these other fighters are claiming that they're the man now. Add Chad Dawson's trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammed to the list of dudes who may be getting on Floyd's nerves:

"Chad throws combinations like the old Sugar Ray Robinsons," said Mustafa Muhammed. "You don't see that no more. These guys throw 1-2 and then they resort to holding."

Dawson and his boys don't believe a knockout is a must to prove you're a great fighter:

"The name of the game is 'I hit you but you don't hit me' not 'I hit you and you hit me back.' It don't work like that. That's not the game," said Mustafa Muhammed extolling the virtues of Dawson's defensive prowess.

Mayweather is actually pretty tight with Dawson. The New Haven-native mentioned that a pre-fight call from Floyd before his first matchup against Antonio Tarver gave him an extra boost of confidence. The fight is set for 9:30 p.m. ET on HBO live from the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.
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  1. Jimmy
    1. Posted by Jimmy Fri May 08, 2009 1:42 pm EDT

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    I hope Tarver wins, I still think Chad Dawson lost agaisnt Jonhson.
    I told every one before it came out in the press, Manny and his camp are afraid of Edwin Valero, here's out of F.Roach's mouth, “Valero’s a question mark. Why blow a fight with Mayweather for that?” Roach said.
    They know that Manny will do better against slower 147lb. than the quick, fast and strong Valero.
    Come on Manny, don't be afraid and fight Valero!
  2. sam99
    2. Posted by sam99 Fri May 08, 2009 2:01 pm EDT

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    pacquiao will kill valero,jimmy your comment before the of pacquiao and dela hoya fight is dela hoya will knocked pacquiao,and before the pacquiao and hatton fight you said that hatton will knocked pacquiao,you know what your prediction is always wrong.my suggest to you jimmy is its better to close your mouth because you look like a 4 yrs old mentally challenge boy......and for your information jimmy manny \will knocked valero in rnd 3 if you put him in front of manny.......i think you lost a thousand of$$$$$ in manny's fight....or are you a manager of juan manuel marquez?.....
  3. miguela COTTO
    3. Posted by miguela COTTO Fri May 08, 2009 2:17 pm EDT

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    jimmy is a president of manny pacquiao's haters association.....nutcracker is the vice president.....these two men will be very happy if pacquiao will lost in his fight,......
  4. miguela COTTO
    4. Posted by miguela COTTO Fri May 08, 2009 6:05 pm EDT

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    nutcracker read all your previous posts and then you know the answer why i called you a pacman haters vice president......crazy....
  5. Jimmy
    5. Posted by Jimmy Sat May 09, 2009 2:39 am EDT

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    Mayweather, Mosley, Cotto and Valero would give Manny a hard time. That' my opinion.
  6. Da_Bay_Beast
    6. Posted by Da_Bay_Beast Sat May 09, 2009 8:07 pm EDT

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    paul Williams will knock Manny out. Ask Freddie. That's the only one in that range of weights that Manny can fight in that Freddie won't put him in against. Manny has a shot at beating the others except for maybe Mosley(too big, too strong, and can take punches).
  7. Aussie Kulaps
    7. Posted by Aussie Kulaps Mon May 11, 2009 5:58 am EDT

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    This Jimmy is a Pacquiao Hater! I think Sam99 is right by saying that jimmy is Marquez manager (he probably lost a lot of money over all of manny's fight). I have a suggestion to you Jimmy, if ever Valero will get an opportunity to fight Pacquiao (which I doubt a million times) do not bet your underwear or false teeth on Valero because you will go home without an underwear or without a teeth. smile =)
  8. AndrewC
    8. Posted by AndrewC Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:58 am EDT

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    Mayweather Jr. is yakking it out that he is undefeated and the original pound-for-pound but lately yes he is the pound-not-found boxer because is he afraid that he cannot beat Marquez that's why he make this lame excuse of rib injury and cannot fight Marquez because he knows that he is not in-shape to beat Marquez, so his advisers made this rediculous excuse so he will not fight Marquez and fight another guy with less power ang less experience just to say that Marquez is the problem and not his. Mentally, mayweather jr. is not prepared to fight a very good Marquez and he is afraid that he might be knockout by this mexican guy. Just wait for another excuse that the camp of mayweather jr.
    will announce for the next time they open their mouth.
  9. raymond d
    9. Posted by raymond d Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:25 am EDT

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    I don't like Mayweather. I don't like his style.
  10. Paul H
    10. Posted by Paul H Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:32 pm EDT

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    mayweather is saying he will not fight pacquio because he doesnt want a 50-50 split of the purse money. i have a simple solution 60-40 to WHOEVER WINS!!!! IF Mayweather is so good then go and get your 60 percent. there will be some other excuse like glove size weight or maybe he wont like the budweiser endorsement in the middle of the ring so he wont fight him.
  11. Paul H
    11. Posted by Paul H Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    to da bay beast, im not on the pacquio bandwagon but he will not ever fight paul williams because manny will be disqualified for hitting the manute bol look-a-like with low blows everytime. r they even in the same weight division? dont think so.

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