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Troy Rowland considers himself "a down-to-earth, small-town guy," even though that town is Grand Rapids, Mich., hometown of the great Floyd Mayweather Jr.

But on Saturday in one of boxing's meccas, Las Vegas, the fighter with no nickname has a chance to make a name for himself against unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., son of a legendary Mexican great. Chavez-Rowland takes place on the undercard of Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand.

See what's on Rowland's mind in the video after the jump.

LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. stood on his triumphant post-fight podium Saturday night, flanked by the boxer who openly challenged him in the ring after his win by unanimous decision over Juan Manuel Marquez, and said he is ducking no one.

"Shane Mosley is a good fighter, and he's got an upcoming bout (vs. Joshua Clottey on Dec. 26) and I wish him nothing but the best," Mayweather said of the current WBA welterweight super champion, who jumped into the post-fight ring, grabbed the microphone like Kanye West and openly challenged "Money" to fight him minutes after Marquez had been dispatched.

Many believe that Miguel Cotto will be the strongest, fastest, and most importantly, best opponent Manny Pacquaio has faced as of late, and at last week's Yankee Stadium press conference to promote the Nov. 14 fight, Cotto sounded extremely confident he will be able to snap Pacquiao's recent winning streak.

FanHouse spoke to the Puerto Rican fighter about the biggest fight of his young career and what he needs to do defeat Pacquaio. The full video interview is below.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has become boxing's curious chameleon, and he's enjoying the public's fascination with his ever-changing persona.

No longer amateur champion "Lil' Floyd," he has long since stepped out of his father, Floyd Sr.'s, shadow. He's put "Pretty Boy" Floyd behind him; that was the moniker for a handsome, unscarred flash fighter in his second incarnation, the six-time champion who raised his professional record to 39-0 (25 KOs) before deciding in June 2008 -- almost on a whim -- to devote his life to professional wrestling, music, television and movie-making.

It was easy to walk away, when Mayweather had earned about $50 million in 2007 following a 10th round TKO of Ricky Hatton and a 12th-round split decision over Oscar De La Hoya.

When FanHouse spoke to Joshua Clottey at the Manny Pacquaio-Miguel Cotto press conference at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, the 32-year-old native of Ghana admitted feeling frustrated he wasn't the fighter facing Pacquaio in November. Had Clottey defeated Cotto in June, that match-up might have been a possibility.

Regardless, Clottey still has a marquee fight looming on the horizon. He said he has agreed to face Shane Mosley in December, and is just waiting for the contracts to be finalized. Check out the full interview below.

Top Rank founder Bob Arum has never been one to keep his opinions to himself, and when FanHouse caught up with him at the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto press conference at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, he was in rare form.

The 77-year-old boxing promoter criticized Floyd Mayweather for fighting "scared" and not being an entertaining fighter. Arum also seemed to squash any hopes of seeing a Mayweather-Pacquaio super-fight in the future. But his harshest words were saved for MMA, as Arum said the sport looks like "guys rolling around like homosexuals on the ground" and called MMA fans "a bunch of skinhead white guys." The full video interview is below.

Andre Ward and Edison Miranda are polar opposites outside of the ring. While Miranda loves to talk an enormous amount of trash to help sell a fight, Ward prefers to let his fist do the talking come fight night.

That's not to say that Miranda hasn't gotten under Ward's skin in the weeks leading up to their May 16 super middleweight bout on Showtime. He surely has, but regardless, Ward continues to brush his opponent's comments aside, while simply vowing to make him "pay for that" come Saturday night.

FanHouse spoke to the 2004 Olympic gold medalist about the Miranda's comments and his climb up the 168-pound ladder. The full interview is after the jump.

Following Chad Dawson's 12-round destruction of Antonio Tarver last October, there wasn't much interest in seeing a rematch. However, in the wacky world of professional boxing things like fan interest and common sense don't always come into play. Tarver excercised his rematch clause and there was nothing Dawson could do to avoid the fight.

Plus, Dawson, one of boxing's brightest young stars, will gladly remind you that he never ducks anyone.

FanHouse spoke to Dawson about being forced to fight Tarver again this Saturday night in his HBO debut and his thoughts on Bernard Hopkins' refusal to fight him. The interview is after the jump.

Are World Wrestling Entertainment stars the secret behind Manny Pacquiao's success? Probably not, but one thing's for certain, the consensus pound-for-pound boxing king loves having them around.

Current WWE star and former world champion, Batista, told The Sun (UK) on Friday that he will accompany Pacquaio to the ring prior to tomorrow night's IBO light welterweight title fight against Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas.

Saturday night's Manny Pacquaio vs. Ricky Hatton fight is a co-promotion between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions. Pacquaio is a Top Rank fighter, while Hatton fights for Golden Boy. Bernard Hopkins is the president of the east coast chapter of Golden Boy Promotions.

So naturally, "B-Hop" is predicting an easy victory for Hatton, right? Wrong.