Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains mum about his plans for his next fight in September, but Marcos Maidana and his camp are still hoping that the unbeaten champion will keep his word.
Mayweather, who scored a close split decision win in their action-packed showdown last month, previously said that he is open to facing Maidana again, but he has yet to talk about his future plans.
Sebastian Cortusi, Maidana's manager, told BoxingScene that he is planning to sit down with Mayweather's influential adviser Al Haymon this week to talk about the possible rematch between Maidana and Mayweather.
"I have to talk to Al Haymon this week and sit and discuss what's ahead, if Floyd's going to keep his word and give Maidana a rematch, but we haven't discussed that yet," Cortusi said.
Cortusi admitted, though, that negotiations will be harder this time since they ended up on the wrong end of the decision in their previous showdown.
One concern for Maidana's camp is the issue about the gloves that are allowed to be used on fight night. The Argentine was forced to wear a different set of gloves after Mayweather complained about the lack of padding in Maidana's preferred gloves.
"It's going to be a hard one," Cortusi said. "The bad thing about that is that this time, Marcos is not currently a world champion, so that makes us a little weak when it comes to negotiating, but I think Maidana is going to perform much better than he did last May with or without the Mexican gloves."
Cortusi also played down criticisms about Maidana's style, which prompted many to think that the Buenos Aires native is a dirty fighter. He said that Maidana just gave Mayweather a dose of his own medicine.
"I just laugh at it," Cortusi said of the accusations. "You're facing Floyd Mayweather, who is the king of the elbows, and you gotta do what you gotta do. He also gives you the shoulders, forearms and elbows -- it's tough. So if they say Marcos was dirty, then Floyd was dirty."
And if Maidana fails to land a rematch with Mayweather, he will likely face Adrien Broner, who is also aching for a rematch after losing to the Argentine in December last year.
