would he beat floyd mayweather?yeah, i look at it sometimes and i say the average is 15 punches a round, manny averages 85 a round. can the 85 lose to the 15? i don't think so. manny's accuracy and south paw style will give mayweather a fit, i feel. >> and it's the trump card with manny that he's developed now almost equal power both hands. >> yes. it took us about eight years to get to where manny hasn't lost a round and he's fought perfect fights since the david diaz fight. it took eight years of hard work, dedication and just competitive workout. i mean i was satisfied with his big left hand at one time, but then when we lost to morales, i said, well, i've got to make him a better fighter, it's my skbrajob to make him a better fighter. i said i'm not going to be happy until his right hand is equal with the left. >> there will be women watching this interview. they say why boxing, why do men want to do this to each other. >> it's not only for myself but, you know, i keep fighting because i want -- i'm happy giving

tenemos noticias de boxeo, y es que floyd mayweather jr.16 meses de vacaciones como lo hizo luego de superar a shane mosley en mayo del 2010. por el contrario, mayweather, que noqueÓ a vÍctor ortiz el 17 de septiembre, harÁ un pronto regreso al ring: el 5 de mayo en el mgm grand de las vegas, el oponente de mayweather no ha sido determinado, pero estan buscando hacer la mayor pelea posible y todo el mundo sabe que pelea es, manny pacquiao. el filipino enfrenta a juan manuel mÁrquez por tercera vez el 12 de noviembre en el mgm grand y es el gran favorito por la copa sudamericana, anoche universitario de deportes derroto 2-0 a vasco da gama de brasil, para hoy se juegan dos partidos, arsenal sarandi recibe a la universidad de chile y en ecuador, la liga universitaria a libertad. hasta aqui los deportes, tendremos mas esta noche solo a las once.

you are friendly with floyd mayweather i have heard. >> i went to his gym, yeah, watched him train. >o, is he -- >> i'm a big fan. i'm a big boxing fan. [ applause ] i'm a huge fan and i'm looking forward to manny's fight that's coming up and i'm like everybody else, i can't wait to see him and floyd get in the ring and do it once and for all. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you think they will? >> absolutely. absolutely. they have to. as a fan of the sport, it's like, you -- they have to do it. >> jimmy: especially before it's too late. they have to do it. >> as long as they don't lose a fight it's not too late. as long as they get in there, coming off wins, it's -- i know, i can't wait to see it i get excited just thinking about it. manny, come on now, you got to do this. i can't wait. >> jimmy: manny is backstage. >> i know. he's ready. dude, let's do this! [ applause ] >> jimmy: i wouldn't fight, either. i read an article in "rolling stone" and you have a lot of television sets in your house. i, too, have a lot. how many televisions do you have? >> i have no idea. >> jimmy: you can't count

manny pacquiao will handle marqucques quite easily all the focus will be on when will he fight floyd mayweather. more people are talking about the fight that isn't happening than the one that is. >> all right. very good. dan wetzel, appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> all eyes and ears on rome right now. it looks like silvio berlusconi has resigned as italy's prime minister. a live report from rome coming up. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. i was worried it would be hard to install. but it's really easy. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. yeah. you're not... filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. plug into the savings you deserve with snapshot from progressive. even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better... why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america. it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta... ask me about my tempur-pedic.

shoot me an email this morning or tweet me @williegeist 1 or do what floyd money mayweather does is text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read the best responses later. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, november 9th. there's a lot to tell you about. a live report from europe, the continent that's sorting through -- problems of a different country it seems every week. today we're on italy. plus, what in the name of the sunshine state is going on here? i'll tell you what's going on? florida governor rick scott is deejaying 0en a carnival cruise ship. an explanation if we can find one, later in the show. >>> but first, the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. a year ahead of the 2012 presidential election, there was another important election night on tuesday. democrats scored a number of hard-fought victories on the state level. in ohio, voters repealed a law passed earlier this year that limits the bargaining power of more than 350,000 unionized workers. the law was repealed by a large margin, 62% voting to take

everybody wondering if manny pacquiao is going to fight floyd mayweather the biggest fight in the sport third time last night that these two scared off in the ring, first was a draw and second a controversial decision, went to pacquiao and another controversial decision last night, went to pacquiao, and it was a very close vote and the judges, the crowd, not happy with what they saw. furious, pro-marquez crowd. they booed like crazy, they did not want manny pacquiao to win this fight, but there will be a fourth fight between these two. >> clayton: good, that will settle it. let's check with rick reichmuth. >> i've had a great conversation with the folks from dubuque and as soon as i was coming, they ran around the corner and i would have talked to them, and now i made fun of you for not talking, doesn't get any better and gonna little too far there. the eastern, western part of the country where the big storms are right now and we're going to continue to see awful the storms there. quite a bit of snow falling and frigid areas of colorado and utah, we'll see pt snow continuing to idaho,

floyd may werj, undone? part by the unusual methods he used to gain weight for the bout. >> there is knock down. >> mayweatherg an absolute shutout. >> on his current mission up the scale, the fighter has brought a new strength and conditioning coach into camp. 36-year-old hernandez. a graduate of texas a & m's science o pro gram who believes how to better handle the boxer's body to handle the weight. >> today he is doing a lot of different things, different strategies and he is really acting positive on it. >> a lot of drills, focusing on the hips, arms, shoulders. so we work with the muscles now. >> before afternoon training sessions, manny pacquiao relaxes at his apartment not far from the wild card. on this day, there is anticipation as well. the car-loving boxer has a delivery schedule. a ferrari 458 italian. sticker price, $300,000. >> right now you're not going to go anywhere. if you step on the gas, it's not going to do anything but rev the engine. [ reving the engine ] >> cristen the car with a ride to the wild card for training. when he arrives, his team is waiting outside the door. curious for a lo