April 16th, 2008
Entourage Economics As welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather showered fans with fistfuls of $100 bills two weeks ago at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, seven men, some in sunglasses, shadowed his every move. But this wasn’t the stereotypical athlete posse, best known for freeloading and waking up at noon. • Mr. Mayweather’s right-hand man, Leonard Ellerbe, is chief executive of a $140 million company, Mayweather Promotions, and starts his days at 5:15 a.m. Underperforming security guards, personal assistants and coordinators can be fired for offenses like ogling women or falling out of shape. “It’s no different than working for Xerox,” Mr. Ellerbe says. —HANNAH KARP, online.wsj.com
Hopkins: I’m A Legend Bernard Hopkins believes he will deserve a special place in the annals of sporting history for his achievements in the ring. • The 43-year-old dominated the middleweight division before his back-to-back defeats to Jermain Taylor - only for Hopkins to bounce back and destroy Antonio Tarver in the light-heavyweight division. —Source: www.skysports.com
Joe Calzaghe Ready For Las Vegas Bout With Hopkins LAS VEGAS- Joe Calzaghe said he would show America what he was made of when he makes his Las Vegas debut on Saturday against light-heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins. • “It’s the icing on the cake,” the 36-year-old undisputed world super-middleweight champion told reporters… — Kieran Mulvaney (www.reuters.com)
(Ellerbe: Photos by John Locher; Hopkins/Calzaghe: Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions.)
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