Floyd Mayweather Jr. expressed confidence that he will emerge victorious again in his upcoming rematch against Marcos Maidana on September 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
In an interview with BoxingScene, Mayweather, who scored a majority decision win in their first fight on May 3, insisted that Maidana knows that he has no chance to win in the second showdown.
The reigning pound-for-pound king insisted that Maidana and his camp pushed for a rematch not for the sake of trying to win, but just to get another hefty paycheck.
"I know that if I lost this fight, then I wouldn't take it again," Mayweather said. "Maidana isn't stupid, the reason why he is trying to fight me again is because he is going to make more money fighting me than anyone else, even though he knows he will lose again."
Mayweather, the reigning WBA and WBC welterweight champion, added that he sees no need to make adjustment for the second fight, saying that it is Maidana who really needs to make changes on his fight plan.
"I don't have to make any adjustments going into this fight, but he does. I won the fight," Mayweather said. "If I spar against someone and they win three of twelve rounds against me, that's a bad day for me. I am a perfectionist and I set the bar so high. Maidana knows in his heart that he didn't win."
Mayweather has been throwing verbal jabs to Maidana and his trainer, Robert Garcia, and the Argentine said in a recent interview that he will let his first do the talking on the September 13 fight.
The 31-year-old Argentine, who went all out in their first fight before absorbing the close decision loss, said that he will look to silence Mayweather and make him pay for insulting him, while also insisting that he is not intimidated by the unbeaten champion.
"I'm going to shut his mouth. He doesn't respect anything or anyone. He might have money, but he doesn't have respect. He thinks he intimidates me? Nothing intimidates me. His talk can't hurt me, his punches can't hurt me. Come September 13, he'll be the one that's hurt," Maidana said.
