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FIRST WORD I’M HOPING IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A BORING FIGHT. I MEAN, BOTH FIGHTERS ARE MOVING AROUND. SO WE’LL SEE.”
Boxer Manny Pacquiao on the Aug. 26 fight between his longtime rival, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and UFC star Conor McGregor. Pacquiao, speaking to reporters in Brisbane, Australia, while promoting his world welterweight title defense against Jeff Horn, said he didn’t think McGregor was “comfortable in pure boxing. ... So the advantage is with Floyd.”
SECOND WORD “I WANT TO BE 100% COME TRAINING CAMP. THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT I WILL BE. SHOOT, IN TWO WEEKS, I’LL BE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.”
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton on Monday to the team website, which posted video showing the 2015 NFL MVP throwing for the first time since he had surgery on his throwing shoulder March 30.
THIRD WORD “I’M DEFINITELY EXCITED TO ... SEE WHO’S GOING TO BE THE NEXT OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN THE 100, 200 METERS. THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG STARS COMING UP. IT’S EXCITING TO SEE WHO IS REALLY GOING TO STEP UP TO BE A CHAMPION.”
Three- time Olympic 100- and 200- meter champion Usain Bolt, who is competing in his ninth and last Golden Spike event Wednesday, running the 100 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
LAST WORD “THE GLOVES ARE OFF.”
Toto Wolff, Mercedes head of motorsport, talking to the Associated Press about the Lewis Hamilton- Sebastian Vettel drama in Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Vettel swerved sideways into Hamilton’s Mercedes, prompting Hamilton to say Vettel “disgraced himself.”