Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather guaranteed victory while Oscar de la Hoya promised to be faster and more aggressive in their final public comments before Saturday?s super-welterweight showdown.
Trading their final verbal jabs at a news conference here Wednesday, the US fighters kept to their pre-fight roles with Mayweather taunting a calm and composed de la Hoya in a face-to-face staredown.
?I said, ?I?m not worried about you.? I told him he?s facing the truth,? Mayweather said. ?He?s nervous. I see it in his eyes. The eyes tell it all. He is going to be a little shakey. He is nervous.
?I will dominate him. Don?t be surprised if I stop him. He is a quitter. I?ve never given up. This best fighter ever is Floyd Mayweather and I?m going to guarantee you a victory.?
De la Hoya, 38-4 with 30 knockouts, is defending his World Boxing Council super-welterweight crown while Mayweather, 37-0 with 24 knockouts, is considered the world?s top pound-for-pound fighter.
?I don?t see this fight going the distance,? de la Hoya said.
