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Floyd said he will fight Saturday, then in May and have his last fight next September. #boxing #Mayhem

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) September 9, 2014

By Dan Ambrose: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) will be finishing his boxing career next year in September in his final fight. Before then, he plans on fighting this Saturday of course against Marcos Maidana, and the next May before wrapping his 19-year pro career up in September presumably on the Mexican Independence Day holiday.

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By Chris Williams: Unbeaten boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) will have his WBA/WBC 147 welterweight titles up for grabs for his fight this Saturday against Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs), but not his WBA/WBC junior middleweight titles, according to Fighthype.com.

There was talk of Mawyeather having both his 147 and 154 pound titles on the line for the Maidana fight so that all the titles could be defended at the same time, but Mayweather didn’t like the idea of defending his 154 pound titles in that manner.

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By Chris Williams: This Saturday night WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) is going to be looking to improve upon the performance from his last fight against Argentinian slugger Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) when he gets him inside the ring for their “Mayhem” rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather wants to improve upon his performance from last time out, as does Maidana. Trainer Robert Garcia has been talking about the additional 4 weeks of training that will benefit Maidana, he hopes, for the rematch.

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By Chris Williams: In this Saturday’s Showtime pay-per-view rematch between WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) and Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs), Mayweather says he expects Maidana to come out and foul and be a dirty fighter when they get inside the ring at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather says he’s just going to need to stay calm and use his intelligence to box Maidana and minimize the things that he attempts to do.

The referee for the fight is Kenny Bayless and he’s got a track record of not putting up with too much fouling without him putting his foot down and taking control of the fight. Bayless is going to be tested in this fight just as referee Tony Weeks was tested last May in the original Mayweather-Maidana fight.

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By Gav Duthie: Everyone has an opinion on why Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao have not yet fought. It would be ignorant of me to try and convince anyone either way who is to blame as most are on one side or another and that won’t change.

If you blame Mayweather that’s fine, no problem, what I don’t like is the throw away comments about him ducking this or cherry picking that. With the exception of Pacquiao is there anyone else he should have fought in the past but didn’t? I thought I would have a proper look back at his career and assess the situation. 

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By Chris Williams: WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) reminded boxing fans and Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) last night that Maidana isn’t on the same level as him and he’s going to be taking a considerable step up in class when the two fighters meet in the center of the ring on Saturday, September 13th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mayweather respects Maidana 100 percent as a fighter and believes he’s a competent guy who would give anyone in the division problems at 147. But Mayweather doesn’t see Maidana as being an A level fighter like himself. He seems Maidana as strictly as a B level guy making a big jump up in competition, and like most B-level fighters that face Mayweather, Maidana is going to have some problems.

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By Chris Williams: Marcos Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) showed moments of self-doubt last Saturday night in episode 2 of All Access: Mayweather vs. Maidana 2 on Showtime. Maidana had a conversation with his trainer Robert Garcia’s dad in which Maidana wasn’t sure if he fought the right fight the last time he battled Floyd Mayweather Jr (46-0, 26 KOs) last May.

Maidana seemed to be looking for validation from Garcia’s dad for the way he fought. At the end of the conversation, Maidana said that he wants to hurt Mayweather this time. Maidana seemed like he was in a trance-like state when he made the comment, and you could see how much this fight means to him in their rematch on September 13th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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