Marcos Maidana will look to become the first fighter to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr. when they collide on May 3 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and trainer Robert Garcia believes that the Argentine is ready to make history.
In an interview with BoxingScene, Garcia confidently said that they are not bothered by Mayweather's unscathed record, saying that they are ready to do what 43 other boxers failed to do before - to hand the undefeated champion his first loss.
Garcia said that Mayweather is bound to lose like boxing greats in the past. The 2012 Trainer of the Year insisted that even the best fighters before like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard looked invincible during their prime, but also suffered defeats.
"The very best fighters have lost. Leonard lost, Ali lost," Garcia stressed.
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Garcia also insisted that defeating the reigning pound-for-pound king is a daunting task, but not impossible, adding that Maidana has been training hard to prove his doubters wrong.
"Everyone thinks beating Floyd is impossible, but there will come a time where he's going to have to lose. For this fight, we are going to train hard. Maidana has the heart, the punch, and he won't be lacking anything [in training camp]. We are going to enter [this fight] with every desire to win," Garcia said.
The 39-year-old trainer cited Maidana's previous victory against then-unbeaten champion Adrien Broner.
Maidana was a heavy underdog heading into fight night with analysts saying that the 30-year-old Argentine has no chance against Broner, who is being considered as Mayweather's heir apparent.
Maidana defied the tall odds against him, scoring a convincing unanimous decision win in their WBA welterweight title showdown in December last year.
The Buenos Aires native floored Broner in the second and eighth rounds of that match en route to the victory that earned him a shot at Mayweather, who was then considering facing British boxer Amir Khan.
"Everybody thought that Broner was going to get the win over Maidana. Broner was the next Mayweather, and Maidana came to the United States and not only did he beat him - he humiliated him," Garcia stressed.
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