Khan lashes out at Mayweather, labels him “childish”

khan999999666(Photo credit: Sumio Yamada) By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like Amir Khan didn’t take the advice too well from Floyd Mayweather Jr. about him still needing to fight Danny Garcia again in order to clear up his disastrous 4th round knockout loss from three years ago in 2012.

Instead of Khan agreeing with Mayweather and thanking him for his advice, Khan lashed out at him, calling him childish and saying that he won’t go down in history as one of the great fighters. Why is Mayweather childish and not a boxing great? Well, because he told Khan that he still has Danny Garcia problems, and he passed him up for a big money fight on September 12th in favor of WBA interim welterweight champion Andre Berto.

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Berto bites the hand that feeds, calls Mayweather boring

_DSC0743(Photo credit: Idris Erba/Mayweather Promotions) By Chris Williams: You would think that with Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) being given a huge career high payday fight against unbeaten WBA/WBC 147lb champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) that he would be grateful and extremely thankful to Mayweather for bestowing his gift of a payday and perhaps a career lifesaver for him, but instead Berto is showing anything kindness in return for the honor.

Berto is now calling Mayweather a boring fighter, and seeing himself as the opposite of Mayweather. That’s obviously hard to stomach when you realize how many poor performances Berto has had in his last six fights.

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Mayweather: Nobody has to buy the fight

Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto(Photo credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME) By Chris Williams: The criticism that has been leveled down on the head of Floyd Mayweather Jr. since he announced his fight against Andre Berto has been nothing short of fierce from the boxing community. This hasn’t been lost on Mayweather, who took a moment to respond on it during yesterday’s kickoff press conference in Los Angeles, California.

Mayweather simply pointed out the obvious in saying that if fans don’t want to see the fight then they shouldn’t buy it. But as far as he’s concerned, he sees Berto as a tough opponent, and a fighter that will bring excitement in every moment of the fight. If boxing fans don’t agree with him, then they’re welcome not to buy the fight.

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Mayweather: Khan isn’t getting the fight because he has to get past Danny Garcia

Floyd Mayweather(Photo credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME) By Scott Gilfoid: Floyd Mayweather Jr. spelled it out tonight why he isn’t fighting Britain’s Amir Khan on September 12th by saying that Khan didn’t do what he had to do by facing Danny Garcia to try and avenge his earlier loss to him three years ago. With Mayweather saying that he’s not fighting Khan because he never avenged his loss to Danny Garcia, he’s shut the door on him ever fighting Khan. The reason why the door is permanently shut on Mayweather vs. Khan taking place is because Khan isn’t going to fight Garcia. If he was going to, he would have already done it by now, wouldn’t he?

Khan has been talking nonstop about how Mayweather is ducking him, and how he’s afraid to fight him because of his hand speed. But according to Mayweather the reason why he’s chosen not to fight Khan is because the guy simply wouldn’t even try and avenge his 4th round knockout loss from 2012.

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Mayweather talks Berto, Khan, Thurman & Spence

Floyd Mayweather(Photo credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) made it clear today at the kickoff press conference at the J.W. Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live that his fight against Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) on September 12th will be the last one of his long 19-year-old career. Mayweather says he values his health too much to continue on after this fight. He just walks to walk away after this fight, and he feel very satisfied with what he’s accomplished with his long career.

“I chose Berto because he’s very exciting. I’ve been getting backlash. No one is forced to buy the fight. Andre Berto is going to push Floyd Mayweather to the limit. Berto is a tough competitor. He’s a very tough guy, hungry. The difference between Berto and Manny Pacquiao is you guys put all the hype in Manny Pacquiao, that’s what the media did. This fight is a very interesting match-up. I said to myself who is always in an exciting fight? Who has fast hands? Who has always been in an exciting fight?”

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Berto’s trainer has simple game plan for him to crack the MayVinci code

floyd6666By Allan Fox: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs), says he’s going to have the 31-year-old Berto come into his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) with a simple game plan for him to crack the MayVinci code when they get inside the ring on September 12th.

Hunter doesn’t want Berto to have a complicated plan when he gets inside the ring with Mayweather, because he feels that those types of plans don’t work against a fighter like Mayweather. Hunter sees the simple plans on being the best against Mayweather.

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Mayweather should have dared to be great by fighting Gennady Golovkin, says Rafael

floyd300By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael believes that Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26 KOs) really dropped the ball and wasted what was a perfect opportunity for him to show his greatness by electing to face the middleweight division’s biggest star Gennady Golovkin (33-0 30 KOs) for his September 12th fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Rafael believes by Mayweather taking on the hard hitting Golovkin, he would be daring himself to be great by taking on a guy that is every bit as good in 160lb division as Mayweather is at 147 and 154.

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Khan says he’s disappointed in getting passed over by Mayweather

khan44By Scott Gifloid: After having chased Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the past two years in trying to get a big money cash out fight against him, Amir Khan got the bad news on Tuesday that Mayweather will be passing him up yet again in order to fight the 31-year-old Andre Berto in his next fight on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Khan says he’s disappointed in not getting the fight against Mayweather once again, but he feels there are still a lot of big fights out there for him that he can seek out.

Khan didn’t say whether he learned a lesson from this experience in him putting so much of an emphasis on getting one big money fight. If Khan hasn’t learned a lesson from this, then you can expect him to continue to wait around for Mayweather to finally give him a fight in the future if Mayweather chooses to continue fighting.

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Mayweather-Berto PPV price $64.95/$74.95HD?

Floyd MayweatherBy Chris Williams: Boxing fans will get a price break for Floyd Mayweather Jr’s upcoming fight against former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) on September 12th on Showtime pay-per-view. Instead of the fight going for $89-99, as was the case for Mayweather’s last fight against Manny Pacquiao, the price for the Mayweather-Berto fight is said to be $64.95/$74.95HD, according to Dan Rafael.

It’s still not official yet, but that’s the number that is being floated around. That’s a $25 discount from Mayweather’s last fight against Pacquiao. The drop in price brings the cost to where it was in Mayweather’s previous fights against Marcos Maidana and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, according to Fight News.

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Khan doesn’t need Mayweather, says Joshua

khanBy Scott Gilfoid: Most boxing fans would argue that Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) needs a fight against the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and/or Manny Pacquiao to take his career to the next level to increase his popularity in America, and get him to the level where his fights are shown on pay-per-view.

Without wins over the likes of Mayweather or Pacquiao, it’s likely that Khan will never become a PPV attraction in America. Heavyweight Anthony Joshua sees things differently. He doesn’t agree that Khan needs Mayweather for him to have a great career. Joshua thinks that Khan’s fight against IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook will be a huge fight.

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