LOS ANGELES (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a champion boxer and has tested his moves on "Dancing With the Stars." Now the man many consider the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world is preparing to drop the gloves and do some wrasslin'. A $20 million... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Tue, Feb 26 2008
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