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Prospect Kevin Hoskins Talks Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao

Super featherweight (130 pounds) boxing prospect Kevin Hoskins (3-0, three knockouts), who is only 20 years old, talks about growing up in West Los Angeles, where he views, among other things, a hawk devouring a pigeon in a tree and describes how he often witnessed similar scenes throughout his childhood.

"That's how life can be," said Hoskins, who endured gang-filled streets as a youth. "It's kill or be killed."

Hoskins talks about his admiration for six-time titlist Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs), whose May, 2009 victory over three-division, five-time champion, Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), he studies for inspiration.

Mosley has an HBO pay per view televised clash with eight-division king Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), who will defend his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against Mosley without his WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) crown being on the line.

Formerly promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, Mosley's clash with Pacquiao is being promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.

Hoskins returns to the ring on the under card of a Jan. 28 clash between heavyweight contender Chris Arreola (29-2, 25 KOs) and Joey Abell (27-4, 26 KOs) that will be held at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., and promoted by Goossen Tutor Promotions.

Boxing Prospect Talks Mayweather, West LA Streets & Gangs

Sergio Martinez Forgets Manny Pacquiao, Calls Out Floyd Mayweather

Sergio Martinez made a huge name for himself in 2010 and he hopes to only build on that success during the New Year. Maravilla has big goals in 2011. He not only plans to become the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world, but he also plans to knockout Floyd Mayweather.

Martinez has accepted the fact that he’s just too big for Manny Pacquiao. However, he believes he can reach an agreement with Floyd Mayweather before quarter four of 2011.

“I’m ranked number two in the pound for pound, behind Pacquiao and ahead of Mayweather. My goal is to be number one and that has been my dream since I was an amateur. I have to box against one of them. With Pacquiao it will be difficult because he is so much smaller. He wants me to go under 154-pounds and for me that is impossible. With Mayweather, I believe that we can reach an agreement by the end of 2011 and I would love to fight him for the sport, and the purse, which I reckon would be around $15 million from the pay-per-view,” Martinez said according to Jhonny Gonzalez.

Martinez is much bigger than Manny Pacquiao, but why is he so quick to rule out a possible matchup between the two down the road? Could he be scared of Pacman? Who knows.

However, I will say that a 2011 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Sergio Martinez is the next best thing if we can’t get a Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown. But I know neither fight will ever happen because Money May knows a risk when he sees one. Then he runs away and hides in jail.

Floyd Mayweather Bet $40,000 on the Miami Heat & wins big


Looks like Floyd finally has some good news. He declared a big win on Christmas Day basketball. Speaking on his Twitter page Floyd announced that he had picked Miami Heat to overcome the LA Lakers in their Christmas Day fixture, backing key player LeBron James to win the battle against five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant.