Mayweather: Maidana needs to make major changes

By Boxing News - 09/09/2014 - Comments

LAS VEGAS (Sept. 9, 2014) – With weeks of hard training behind them, we enter fight week for Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Marcos “El Chino” Maidana at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Take a look back at some of the best verbal sparring that has gone on between Mayweather, Maidana and their camps:

Floyd Mayweather, Eleven-time, Five-division World Champion

From the press tour:

“My hand got raised so I don’t need to make any adjustments. He needs to make some major changes and probably get a new trainer if he wants to have a chance against me.”

From his media conference call:

“I didn’t say it was tough or it was hard to make adjustments. I said I took my time. If you look at the interviews, I said he came out kind of wild, and I took my time and kept my composure. I can make adjustments and I can adapt to any style.”

From his media day:

“Watching a fight from the outside is totally different than from what’s going on in the inside. He may have been attacking but I was countering, throwing body shots. That affected his thought process and he fought different after that.”

Marcos Maidana, Former Welterweight World Champion

From the press tour:

“Floyd can say whatever he wants about me. He knows that I gave him the toughest fight of his life. The only difference is this time I will knock him out.”

From his media conference call:

“This time around I’m training to win. I know what to expect. I know Mayweather now, his style, what he brings to the table. I’m coming to win. I have more concentration, no excuses whatsoever.”

“Yes, this fight I’m not going to respect him. I’m not going to respect him. I’m going to go at him, and I want him to fight like a man. Stop crying like a little [expletive] and fight.”

From his media day:

“Right after the fight, I honestly felt that I had won. I was the aggressor and the one looking to attack. But, the judges saw differently but I am still happy with the way I fought. I absolutely thought I won the first fight, and I will win again on Sept. 13.”

Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions

From the press tour:

“The last fight produced a winner, MAYHEM will produce a champion.”

“MAYHEM: Mayweather vs. Maidana 2. Pitting Floyd, a fighter who has everything to lose, against Maidana, a fighter who has everything to gain.”

From Mayweather’s media conference call:

“Floyd is not about crying and complaining, but a lot of these situations with dirty fighters that come up, he just takes the high road to it. He preaches all these kind of things to members of his team, people in camp; it’s all about just being positive and turning a negative situation into a positive.”

From Mayweather’s media day:

“Maidana has done a lot of trash talking because of that supreme confidence that he has. He is going to come in tremendous shape and Floyd will have his hands full. It’s going to be great. This fight will be better than the first fight.”

Robert Garcia, Maidana’s Trainer

From the press tour:

“You’ve been bringing up stories about dirty fighting, dirty this, dirty that. Guess what? This fight is going to be rougher for you. You better be ready.”

From Maidana’s media conference call:

“Maidana is going to come in with an aggressive style that nobody, not even the best boxer can get away with, and Mayweather’s not going to get away with it.”

From Maidana’s media day:

“I don’t like the way that Floyd talks about my fighter. On the media tour he was telling everyone that my fighter fights like an MMA fighter and was constantly disrespecting him and I didn’t appreciate that.”

ESPN’s Coverage of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana 2 SportsCenter and ESPN Deportes in Las Vegas

ESPN3 Coverage of Weigh-in, Press Conference
Pre- and Post-Fight Analysis on ESPN.com

ESPN will present extensive pre- and post-fight coverage across its platforms in English and Spanish of the 12-round Floyd Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 KOs) vs. Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) Welterweight title rematch scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Highlights:

Television

· SportsCenter:

o Pre- and post-fight analysis and interviews throughout the week led by host Robert Flores and boxing experts Dan Rafael, Teddy Atlas, and bilingual reporter Bernardo Osuna from Las Vegas.

o Live interview with Mayweather on Thursday (6:20 p.m.).

o Live coverage of Friday’s weigh-in (approx. 6:15 p.m. ET).

· ESPN Deportes:

o A Los Golpes (Tuesday, Sept. 9, 10 p.m.): Osuna and David Faitelson will provide the latest news and information about the fight from the show’s new state-of-the-art studios in Los Angeles.

o Golpe a Golpe (Thursday, Sept. 11, 10 p.m.): Jorge Eduardo Sánchez, Claudia Trejos, Osuna, and analysts Juan Manuel Márquez, Joe Cortez and Faitelson will provide the latest news and analysis from Las Vegas.

o Golpe a Golpe weigh-in show (Friday, Sept. 12, 6 p.m.): Sánchez, Trejos, Osuna, Márquez, and Faitelson will provide interviews, highlights and analysis live from the weigh-in Las Vegas. The show will include a live interview with Maidana.

o Golpe a Golpe pre-fight and post-fight show (Saturday, Sept.13, 7 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 14, 2 a.m.): Sánchez, Trejos, Osuna, Márquez, Faitelson, and Cortez will provide pre-fight coverage live from Las Vegas. ESPN Deportes will then air a special post-fight show.

o ESPN Deportes news and information platforms will also have pre- and post-fight news, interviews and analysis throughout the week.

Digital

· ESPN3:

o Coverage of the Wednesday, Sept. 10, press conference (4 p.m.) and Friday, Sep. 12, weigh-in (6 p.m.) will be live on ESPN3 via WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One to fans who receive their Internet or video subscription from an affiliated provider.

· ESPN.com:

o Comprehensive coverage, including pre- and post-fight features, videos and blogs from Rafael and Brian Campbell.

o “Fight Credential,” ESPN.com’s home page for all Mayweather vs. Maidana coverage, will be updated with features, video, photos and social media from all platforms throughout the week and through the fight.

o Making the Rounds, ESPN.com’s original boxing show, will be in Las Vegas providing the latest news and analysis. The show will be hosted by ESPN Chicago’s Ray Flores, with analysis from Rafael and Campbell.

o ESPN3 live streams of Wednesday’s press conference and Friday’s weigh-in.

Schedule of Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 Coverage Across ESPN Platforms:

Date

Time (ET)

Coverage

Network/Platform

Tues, Sep 9

10 p.m.

A Los Golpes

ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN

Wed, Sep 10

4 p.m.

Mayweather vs. Maidana Press Conference

ESPN3, ESPN.com

Thurs, Sep 11

6:20 p.m.

Live SportsCenter Interview with Mayweather

SportsCenter

10 p.m.

Golpe a Golpe from Las Vegas

ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN

Fri, Sep 12

6 p.m.

Mayweather vs. Maidana Live Weigh-in

ESPN3, ESPN.com, SportsCenter

Golpe a Golpe: Weigh-in Show

ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN

Sat, Sep 13

7 p.m.

Golpe a Golpe: Pre-Fight Show

ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN

2 a.m.

Golpe a Golpe: Post Fight Show

ESPN Deportes, WatchESPN

Pre- and Post-Fight Coverage on SportsCenter

SportsCenter