Tickets for the May 1 mega fight between 32-year-old Floyd Mayweather (40-0, 25 knockouts) and 38-year-old WBA welterweight (147 pounds) super world champion, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, will go on sale at 10 a.m. West Coast Time, and, 1 p.m., East Coast Time on Tuesday, March 2, according to a release from Golden Boy Promotions.

The first day of ticket sales coincides with the first day of a three-day press tour scheduled to begin in New York, and then travel to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, and to end in Los Angeles, on Thursday.

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Philadelphia welterweight (147 pounds) contender Mike Jones remained undefeated with Saturday night’s 10-round, unanimous decision over Puerto Rico’s Henry Bruseles at the Bally’s Park Place Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.

Judes Waleska Roldan, and, Alan Rubenstein both saw it, 99-92, for Jones, with Luis Rivera scoring it, 97-92, for the winner, a 5-foot-11, boxer-puncher in a talented division.

The 26-year-old Jones (pictured above, punching Bruseles) rose to 20-0, even as he fell short of earning his 17th knockout and his fifth stoppage in his past six fights.

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A native of Ghana who is preparing for a March 13 challenge for the WBO welterweight (147 pounds) crown held by seven-division champion, Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), of the Philippines, Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 knockouts), of The Bronx, N.Y., has been speaking with FanHouse from his training quarters facility at Fort Lauderdale’s Contender Gym in Fla.

The bout against Pacqauiao is the biggest in the career for the 32-year-old Clottey (pictured above, with trainer Lenny DeJesus), whose only losses were to former world champions, Carlos Baldomir, Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto.

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His name is non-discript, but his skills are not.

“We have a boxer-puncher who can basically do everything. He’s tall, has a long reach, and he likes to keep moving and keep guys on the end of his jab,” said Doc Nowicki, manager of undefeated Philadelphia welterweight (147 pounds) Mike Jones.

“Mike likes to keep moving. He likes to wear them down and knock them out. We’re in the right weight class, which is huge,” Nowicki said of the 5-foot-11 Jones. “Mostly all of the big names are right there. And you know what, he weighed in [on Friday night] at 146.5, and he didn’t have a problem doing that. He’s right there.”

The 26-year-old Jones will be after his 17th knockout over the course of 19 victories without a loss, and his fifth stoppage in his past six fights when he enters the ring opposite Puerto Rico’s Henry Bruseles on Saturday night at Bally’s Park Place Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.

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Friday’s conference call with reporters was intended to promote seven-division champion Manny Pacquiao’s March 13 defense against Joshua Clottey at the Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium in Arlington, Tex.

But it seemed that from the opening caller, the WBO welterweight (147 pounds) titlist, his trainer Freddie Roach, and their promoter Bob Arum, spent an awful lot of time answering questions about Floyd Mayweather.

And each of the three participants took his best shot.

“Mayweather against Manny is a no-contest,” said Arum, adding, “Manny would wipe the ring of Floyd Mayweather.”

“Maybe he’s afraid of me,” said the 31-year-old Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 knockouts). “Or maybe he’s not ready for this type of fight.”

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Southpaw junior welterweight (140 pounds) “Vicious” Victor Ortiz (pictured at right) scored a 10th-round knockout over Hector Alatorre in Thursday night’s main event of Golden Boy Promotions’ Fight Night Club, a once-monthly boxing show that began at Los Angeles’ Club Nokia at LA Live near the Staples Center.

In victory, the 23-year-old Ortiz, of Oxnard, Calif., scored his second straight knockout, and the 21st of his career to improve to 26-2-1.

The 28-year-old Hector Alatorre, of Tulare, Calif., slipped to 16-9, with five KOs.

Ortiz next looks to a May 15 clash with 37-year-old former world champ, Nate Campbell (33-5-1, 25 KOs) — this on the uncdercard of a main event featuring England’s 23-year-old, WBA junior welterweight king, Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KOs), in defense of his title against New York’s 29-year-old Paulie Malignaggi (27-3, five KOs) at The WaMu Theatre in New York’s Madison Square Garden.

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When seven-division champ, Manny Pacquiao, defends his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) title against Joshua Clottey on March 13 at The Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium, in Arlington, Tex., his trainer, Freddie Roach, will have a vast advantage in experience over his counterpart for the second straight fight.

For while Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 knockouts), of the Philippines, will be in his 22nd bout with Roach, a four-time Trainer Of The Year, Clottey (35-3, 20 knockouts), a Bronx resident who is from Ghana, will be taking instruction from his former cut man, Lenny DeJesus.

DeJesus will be working as Clottey’s chief second for the first time — this after having served as an assistant to Kwame Assante during Clottey’s June, split-decision loss to then-WBO king, Miguel Cotto (34-2, 27 KOs), of Puerto Rico.

“We’ve watched a lot of tape on Clottey. We know his characteristics, we know his mistakes, and we know his habits. I do feel that Manny Pacquiao, the way that he’s fighting, and the way that he’s training for this fight, and the gameplan on how to beat Clottey is in place,” said Roach, who, with Pacquiao, is 19-1-1, with 15 knockouts since June of 2001.

“I know that Clottey is a big, strong guy, and I respect him, he’s a great fighter, and he’s a really tough guy,” said Roach of Clottey, who weighed 154 pounds on Thursday, while Roach expects Pacquiao to weigh “around 149 on the night of the fight.”

“But Manny Pacquiao, I feel, is going to overwhelm him with his speed and his combinations,” said Roach, “and I do believe that we will be the first person to stop him before the 12th round.”

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A native of Ghana who is preparing for a March 13 challenge for the WBO welterweight (147 pounds) crown held by seven-division champion, Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), of the Philippines, Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 knockouts), of The Bronx, N.Y., spoke to FanHouse on Friday from his sleeping quarters near his training facility at Fort Lauderdale’s Contender Gym in Fla.

This is the second of four diaries translated from Clottey that is appearing regularly on FanHouse as the 32-year-old fighter enters the most lucrative and biggest fight of his career.

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Four-time Trainer Of The Year, Freddie Roach, is well aware of the many boxers would gladly take a lucrative payday for fighting Manny Pacquiao.

FanHouse caught up to Roach at his Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood to discuss it.

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England’s WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion, Amir Khan, will defend his title against New York’s Paulie Malignaggi on May 15 at The WaMu Theatre in New York’s Madison Square Garden, both fighters’ promoters told FanHouse on Friday.

The 23-year-old Khan (22-1, 16 knockouts) is coming off of December’s first-round knockout of New York’s Dmitriy Salita (30-1-1, 16 KOs), the former Olympic silver medalist’s fourth straight victory since being stopped in the first round by Breidis Prescott in September of 2008.

Khan (right) earned his present title with July’s unanimous decision overAndriy Kotelnik.

The 29-year-old, slick-boxing Malignaggi (27-3, five KOs) is coming off of December’s unanimous decision over Juan Diaz, which was a rematch of his disputed loss in August.

“Khan-Malignaggi, both sides have agreed to fight at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden, so that’s all done. We’re working on the press tour for that as well,” said Richard Schaefer, president of Golden Boy Promotions, which handles Khan.

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