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'Loud bang' sets off stampede at MGM following Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana showdown

Hoard of fans who stormed into the media center during stampede. After the decision was announced that Floyd Mayweather Jr. was awarded the majority decision over opponent Marcos Maidana Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a scary scene developed outside of the arena. As the crowd left the Grand Garden Arena a loud bang was heard, sending the crowd scrambling, and eventually trampling over one another according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Review-Journal report stated around 60 people were injured, with 24 of those being sent to the hospital. 25 ambulances were dispatched to the MGM to treat the wounded. The loud bang ended up being a partition at the Starbucks in the food court around the corner from the Grand Garden Arena falling over, which set off the sea off people to panic. While in the media center rumors of rapper Lil Wayne being involved in the riot and possible shooting floated around and these reports were found to be untrue. But Lil Wayne was involved in an incident that happened as Maidana's camp went by Lil Wayne and other members of "The Money Team' [TMT] and shouting match and near scuffle ensued. I was in the media center as the events were taking place and the frantic crowd went through the seven-foot tall barricade between the hallway and the media center, sending over a hundred fans pouring into the ballroom. The lack of security let the situation go on for several minutes and once some uniformed Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers arrived the fans were escorted out, settling the crazy scene.

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A few shots from last night's "The Moment" Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana headlined card.

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Hanging out in the media room until the big fights start.

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After Ishe Smith’s original opponent for his May 2 fight date, Erislandy Lara, opted out of the bout to pursue a fight with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, the fight card lost a lot of its luster. Despite losing out on a shot at another title and a name fighter, Smith obviously didn’t let that hinder his mindset going into his bout agaisnt Ryan Davis Friday night at the Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Jumping on Daivs (24-14-3, 9 KOs) right out the gates, it was clear that the fight wasn’t going to last very long with Smith on the attack. Just before the end of the second round Smith (26-6, 12 KOs) caught Davis with a vicious shot and couldn’t get up before the 10-count. Although the win was over a journey man fighter who will not do much for his career, Smith still did it in front of a national audience on Fox Sports 1′s Golden Boy Live which is always a good thing. Now Smith will have to wait and see what happens when Alvarez and Lara meet on July 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and maybe he’ll get a shot at whoever wins that bout. Also victorious on the night was TMT up-and-comer Mickey Bey (20-1-1, 10 KOs) who won a unanimous decision against Alan Herrera (32-6, 21 KOs) , surviving being knocked down in Round 7 despite dominating the bout. The scene was eerily similar to his only loss to John Molina last year, who caught Bey and ended the bout in the 10th and final round despite Bey dominating the bout.

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Getting ready for the TV portion of the Ishe Smith-Ryan Davis card That'll be on Fox Sports 1.

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Amir Khan discusses his bout with Luis Callazo and his year away from the ring at the final undercard press conference for "The Moment" PPV card Headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana.

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Photos from today's The Moment undercard final presser at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas

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Settling in at the Moment undercard final press conference at the Hollywood Theater at the MGM Grand in Las Vgeas

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Me (left side of the screen) in the media crowd at Floyd Mayweather's media day as seen on Showtime’s “All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana” episode 3.

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'The Moment' media day at Mayweather Boxing Club

Here are a few pictures I shot at the media day for "The Moment" pay-per-view card that will go down May 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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Floyd Mayweather tops ESPN's highest paid athletes list

With a nickname like "Money" you'd expect undefeated pound-for-pound great Floyd Mayweather Jr. to make a lot of it. Well it turns out Mayweather makes more money off non-endorsement deals than any other sports tar, as "Money" topped ESPN's "25 Top-Paid Athletes in the World" list. Raking in a whopping $72.5 million off his May 2012 bout with Robert Guerrero and his September fight with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez alone,makes the 37-year-old boxing great topping the list is even more impressive. Making most of his earnings off of pay-per-view sales from his Showtime contract, Mayweather doesn't make a single dollar off of endorsements. "Money" wasn't the only boxer to crack the top 50 list, as the heavyweight champion of the world, Wladimir Klitschko came in at No. 20 on the list netting $24 million last over the last year.

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Who should Manny Pacquiao fight next?

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What's next for Manny Pacquiao after dominating win over Timothy Bradley?

Courtesy: Top Rank After a fairly dominating victory Saturday against Timothy Bradley in their long awaited rematch, Manny Pacquiao has built up the buzz surrounding his name once again. After suffering two-straight loses, one to Bradley in June 2012 and the other the devastating knockout at the hands of longtime foe Juan Manuel Marquez in December 2012, many questioned if Pacman still had what it took to fight at an elite level. Now that Pacquiao has answered those critics with two impressive wins, besting Brandon Rios last year and Bradley last weekend looking ahead to Pacquiao’s next big bout is the next step. Word has already spread that Pacquiao will fight again in November and the opponent is not set in stone, but there is a favorite for the fall brawl. Marquez is who Pacquiao mentioned at the post fight presser as the guy he would like to face as long as he takes care of business against Mike Alvarado May 17 in their battle at the Forum in Los Angeles. Alvarado is a scrappy fighter and will give Marquez a test, so Marquez coming out on top is not a definite outcome. Alvarado would also become a person of interest for Pacquiao if he can beat Marquez next month, but he wouldn’t be a shoe in even with a dominating victory, but is as attractive as any opponent realistically. Another possible name that comes up is the hard-hitting Ruslan Provodnikov. Despite Bradley beating Provodnikov las year, the Russian is as exciting of a fighter as there is today and would be a great opponent to test Pacquiao's chin once again after the Marquez knockout. As attractive of an opponent Ruslan maybe, there is a major conflict when it comes to setting up this bout; Freddie Roach is the trainer for both Pacquiao and Provodnikov. Sure Roach would stick with Pacquiao if the bout ever comes to fruition and there are ways to work around having the same trainer, so although not entirely impossible, there is a slim chance this bout could ever be made. Then there is the fight everyone has been waiting to see against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fight that will likely never happen still gets brought up whenever either Pacquiao or Mayweather win, and each time both fighters’ camps claim to be open to sitting down with the other to negotiate a bout. With the last few years failing to produce the super fight, it is clear that despite the camps claiming to be game to set up a bout, the two sides aren’t really that open to sitting down with one another, and have publicly bashed each other in the process, making the possibility the bout ever gets made slim-to-none.

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Manny Pacquiao avenges 2012 loss beating Timothy Bradley via unanimous decision

Courtesy: Top Rank Manny Pacquiao left no question to who the victor was Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, as he got his revenge against Timothy Bradley in a unanimous decision win netting him the WBO welterweight belt. Pacquiao outpointed Bradley on the judge’s scorecards116-112, 116-112, 118-110 and there were no real problems with those scores, as there was in their first bout in June 2012 when Bradley was awarded a highly controversial decision. Through the first half of the bout Bradley put up a great fight, but was head hunting too much, as he made it clear he was going for a knockout victory. “That [knockout] was the only way I was going to win the fight,” Bradley said at the post-fight news conference. “I knew speed-for-speed, I knew rounds were going to be close and Pacquiao would use his experience… If I didn’t knock this guy I out I didn’t think I was going to win the close rounds” Although Bradley came out the gates early swinging for the fences, he whiffed on most of those power shots, as his counter-punch timing was just a little off. Bradley seemed to be going for a Juan Manuel Marquez-esque KO overhand right, but only connected on one of those bombs, which Pacquiao claimed hurt him. “My opponent was trying to knock me out and I’m trying to knock him out also,” Pacquiao explained. “A few times he hit me, a good right hook and left hook, but it’s OK, I managed through those punches.” Pacquiao took Bradley’s punches in stride and landed several power shots that hurt Bradley throughout, but neither fighter met the canvas. The “killer instinct” that many questioned if Pacman still had was on display and Pacquiao himself said it was back. “Yes [the killer instinct was back]. I tried to finish him a couple of times,” Pacquiao explained In Round 11 when the bout appeared to be coming down to the championship rounds Bradley didn’t seem interested in mounting a possible bout-stealing attack. Pacquiao took advantage of Bradely’s lackadaisical effort and pick-and-popped Bradley en route to easily winning the round. The final round was action-packed, but Bradley, again missed on most of his haymakers as Pacquiao landed several big shots on Bradley easily winning the round. A mid-round head butt did little to deter Pacquiao during the last few minutes of the bout, but the cut over his left eye required 32 stitches to close the gash. Of course at the post fight press conference the inevitable question of “When are you fighting Floyd Mayweather” popped up more than a few times to which Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum said they are always ready to strike a deal. “We’ve been over this a million times, our lines are open, if he [Mayweather] wants to fight, sit down like a normal human being at a conference table and negotiate a fricking deal,” Arum emphatically said.