A long time resident of Sin City, undefeated super star boxer, Floyd Mayweather has been known to place an outrageous wager on a basketball game from time to time. ?As far as sports book betting,? said Mayweather after the LA press conference that announced his May 5th showdown with Puerto Rican super welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto:? I like to bet on NCAA football, NCAA basketball, NBA and NFL; that?s my specialty, that?s what I do.? If you want to bet on boxing Mayweather is seven to one favorite to beat Miguel Cotto, but Floyd is not planning to leave this contest with Cotto to chance.
?I think it?s about your skills,? said Mayweather who has been undefeated in forty two professional fights:? When it?s all said and done it?s about your skills.? Mayweather is considered by most experts one of the most skilled fighters of our or any other era in boxing. Perhaps the only concern for Mayweather fans is that he will be moving up in weight for the challenge. ?Now does weight play a major factor if you are talking about fighting a guy at 168 pounds and you are 147? Absolutely,? explained Mayweather, 35:? If it?s a jump that large than yes, it makes a difference.? Advertisement
In other words, it would be no on fighting Sergio Martinez. ?I can?t say that,? replied Mayweather:? I can?t say what the future holds for Floyd Mayweather. Do I want to test the waters someday and go to 160? If it?s possible, yes.?
Meanwhile Floyd will challenge Miguel Cotto for his WBA 154 pound title on May 5th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ?I think Miguel Cotto has been watching me for a very long time,? recounted Mayweather:? Miguel Cotto had a chance to sit at Top Rank when we both were fighters at Top Rank and he used to sit right there and watch me train every day and watch me box, and even some of his movements, I see it, comes from me. I am thankful that fighters can pick up staff from me and use it and be successful. He is a solid guy. He is a good fighter.?
Best known for his defensive wizardry, Floyd has been more offensive in recent fights.? I think my defense really frustrates guys,? Mayweather said:? I think when you are on the outside looking in, you say all you have to do is do this, but it?s different once you are in there with a technician of my caliber. I am glad I am a defensive fighter. If I wasn?t defensive fighter I wouldn?t be sitting with you guys right now. Nobody from 96 Olympic team was a defensive fighter. There is nobody left, but one fighter, Floyd Mayweather.?
However Floyd is not planning on using his defensive skills with Cotto.? Every time I went out in all forty two fights,? said Mayweather (42-0,26KO?S):? I was looking for a knock out, but you got fighters that?s comfortable, after they see that they don?t have a chance of winning, then they go into survival mode, just to tell the world, you know what, I fought Floyd Mayweather. He didn?t knock me out. I went the distance.? It seemed to be the case when Floyd faced veteran Sugar Shane Mosley. After getting badly hurt in the second round Floyd adjusted and made Shane Mosley fight to survive the rest of the way.
?Now Ortiz came looking for a knock out,? continued Mayweather:? He got knocked out. I could see Ortiz as the fourth round started, I started running combinations off. I could see he was a beaten fighter after three. Every fighter that faced Floyd Mayweather, they always come out strong in the first two or three, but then? Like I said I was built for that moment. Was Ortiz going to get knocked out? Yes, with or without the 4th round. Right hand hook he was going to get knocked out regardless. So every time you got a fighter that?s looking for a knock out, he is going to get knocked out, but if you got a guy that comes just to say he was in the ring with Floyd Mayweather than the fight is going to go the distance, because he is in there just to try to survive.?
Multi division world champion from Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto has never been known to shy away from the fight. So then if Floyd is true to his words fans are to expect another scintillating knock out on May 5th.
My colleague, Gabe Montoya of Maxboxing.com had a question of the afternoon. He asked Floyd how it feels to knock somebody out. ?After you?ve been there so many times,? replied Mayweather:? It?s normal because I?ve been doing it for so long.? It is simply a job for unbeaten super star.. So far Floyd Mayweather has been betting a thousand. Don?t miss his forty third professional fight in Las Vegas.
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