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I like that Dana White ignored the Bellator PPV entirely on twitter and only talked about the boxing card last night.

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Las Vegas (AFP) - Unbeaten American welterweight king Floyd Mayweather reportedly will next fight on September 13, which would rule out England's Amir Khan as an opponent for religious reasons.

Khan, whom Mayweather had avoided when he selected Marcos Maidana to fight in a bout he won earlier this month, had said earlier that he could not fight in September because he would be celebrating Ramadan, a fasting month for Muslims.

"If Amir Khan wants to fight Floyd Mayweather, we're going to fight September 13," Ellerbe told ESPN.

They do a really good job of building up fights

I wish boxing was still interesting to me. I grew up watching boxing with my dad and uncle. Tysons fights were a different level. They seemed unreal. I remember seeing my dad when Tyson lost to Buster Douglas and my dad was in shock. It took me years to understand why.

Since the dawn of the UFC, boxing has died imo. Without the knees, bows, kicks, grappling and submissions, it is infuriating watching.

The last boxing card I purchased was Mayweather Mosley. As someone who loves Sugar and hates Maywether, I was completely disappointed.

War Bernard Hopkins

Boxing will always have the potential to make a comeback. A great boxing card will always outdraw a great MMA card. It's just they are so few and far between.

Yeah but even the "great" boxing cards aren't that great. That last Maywether fight, the main was good but I have heard alot of people say that the entire undercard was boring. Name one fighter from the undercard without looking it up. That is the problem is that they never create new stars. They ride the older guys into the sunset. Once guys like Maywether, Pacman, etc retire, there won't be any more huge boxing ppvs. The UFC is great at building up new talent once their fighters are past there prime. I'll give Chuck Liddell as an example. He was a huge star and a house hold name. He lost the belt and had a few wins with a few brutal ko's and then retirex. E ergo e thought it was the end of the UFC. But now there are guys like Jon Jones, Gus, and even Ronda.

Who is boxing building g up to replace a Maywether? Tim Bradley? Yeah right

Don't agree at all that there won't be any more massive boxing fights after Floyd/Pac retire, most predicted the same thing after Tyson & De La Hoya hung up the gloves, boxing has a knack of thrusting a couple of new guys into superstardom.

Chavez Jr & Canelo are huge stars in their own right too, headlined near 1m drawing PPVs which is more than any current top MMA guy can say (not to make it an MMA vs Boxing argument), hell there is a super-middleweight fight over here thats sold out Wembley with an 80k attendance solely because the first fight ended in a Montreal Screwjob finish. Germany continually packs huge arenas for Klitschko squash matches.

Doesn't take much to ignite public interest in a hot feud, phoney or not. Cotto & Margarito, two non-English speakers, got over half a million American people to watch their fights, because these niggas hateddd each other bad. Plus you'll always have the racial/patriotic element with black guy vs white guy, Mexico vs Puerto Rico, etc etc etc.

Well I am n talking from an American viewpoint.

If there was a dominant US HW champ he would be a superstar

Deontay Wilder could be that guy.

His record is papered but he has legit power. Scary guy.

I want to see Khan get a crack at Mayweather just to see Floyd murder him, can't stand that wee prick.

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T.I. & Floyd Mayweather Get Into Brawl on Las Vegas Strip, 50 Cent Offers Mock Advice
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Earlier this month, boxing champ Floyd Mayweather defeated Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Now he’s reportedly been spotted brawling with T.I. in a local Fatburger.

On early Sunday morning (May 25), witnesses at a Fatburger on the Las Vegas Strip say Mayweather was eating inside the restaurant when T.I. walked in and started to exchange hostile words, TMZ reports. Soon after, the rapper allegedly swung at Mayweather and a fight broke out, resulting in the minor injury of a restaurant employee. Bodyguards for T.I. and Mayweather stepped in and the two celebrities left the scene before police arrived.

At one point during the melee, Mayweather was heard telling T.I. to “control your bitch.” While it’s still unclear was started the brawl, it’s been reported that T.I.’s wife, Tiny, had been hanging out with Mayweather earlier that night.

T.I. and The Game in Heated Standoff With Police Outside L.A. Club: Watch

Just last month, T.I. and fellow rapper the Game got into an intense standoff with gun-wielding Los Angeles PD after they mistakenly believed cops beat up their friends outside a popular nightclub.

Meanwhile, 50 Cent mocked the Las Vegas brawl on Instagram, telling the boxing champ in a mock phone call that his “uppercut ain’t gone mean sh*t when nig**s start shooting.” Watch it below.