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"THE MOMENT: MAYWEATHER VS. MAIDANA" SHOWTIME PPV® FEATURED FIGHTERS QUOTES Quote Highlights From Floyd Mayweather, Marcos Maidana, Amir Khan, Luis Collazo, Adrien Broner, Carlos Molina, J'Leon Love And Marco Antonio Periban's Respective Media Conference Calls FLOYD "MONEY" MAYWEATHER, 10-Time Five-Division World Champion & WBC Welterweight World Champion "On May 3, I've got to go out there and take my time, keep my composure and be me. Everybody thinks he's just going to be a pushover, but I don't think so. That's why I'm training hard and I'm pushing myself to the limit every day. "I know Maidana is going to come and bring his best, so I know that I cannot overlook him. I'm in training every day and dedicating myself. "I think Maidana is more confident now than he was when he faced the kid from St. Louis, Devon Alexander. I think he's more confident now, so I think he's more ready and tough. If you have more confidence it's going to make you fight harder. "Of course I want my name to go down in history as the best, but also making smart business moves to be very lucrative and build your portfolio is important. "I've been in so many career-defining fights I can't really choose one particular that defines my legacy, but all of them played a major role. "We must realize that I am the bigger guy even though I walk around at 150. I go no higher than 152. I'm naturally the bigger guy because I've been at 147 almost 10 years now, so I'm naturally the bigger guy. "I can feel when a guy's gonna punch. I can feel it. I don't even have to see it; I can feel it. "Maidana punches extremely hard if he has an 80 percent knockout ratio. That's obviously his best attribute, but a lot of times when a guy's swinging a lot of big shots and they're not landing, you get fatigued like that. "I haven't been hit by Maidana yet, so I can't really say if he's the hardest puncher I've faced. I may be the hardest puncher he ever fought. He hasn't been hit by me yet, so we'll just have to see if he's the hardest puncher. "Boxing is always very, very important to me and always will be because this has put me in a position to have everything that I have. I want to help this sport live on. I want to help this sport continue to grow. That's what it's about. "I think that I don't get my credit that's due because I think that I make A-level and B-level fighters look ordinary, but that comes from just having a sharp mind and just really pushing myself in training "When I was young I always loved to entertain, I always loved to promote. We've done house parties when we were young teenagers, 13, 14. I know how to promote and make sure the party was packed, so promotion has always been something I am good at. "It's about being a smart. I don't go into a fight thinking about losing. It's about winning at life. The most important thing is winning at life. "Before I became a champion, I worked hard. Now that I am a champion, each fight I have to work harder and harder to stay in this position." MARCOS "EL CHINO" MAIDANA, WBA Welterweight World Champion "I'm very happy to be part of this event. I have prepared myself for the best part of my career. "I'm going to go out to win it. Others haven't been able to do it, I'm training to do it. I'm training to be the first one to do it. "All I've got to say for people doubting me is to order the fight because they're going to enjoy a good fight. They're going to see me beat Floyd Mayweather. "I feel better now that I've been working with Robert Garcia. I feel much better. My punches are connecting even stronger now because the punches are being thrown in a better location and with precision. "I'm fighting and beating great fighters, most of them have the same style, very similar style and defensive, but I already beat Broner the way I did and I think I can do the same with Mayweather, but until I'm in the ring we'll look for things that no one has seen. "With Broner, everybody thought I had to knock him out and I beat him with a decision. I am preparing myself to go 12 rounds if it's necessary. I'm preparing to hurt him every time I throw punches and if a knockout comes, then great, but I am preparing myself to win after 12 rounds. "This is the most important part of my career. The fight with Broner gave me a lot of exposure, but this fight itself is the biggest fight of my career and it would be a tremendous upset and that's what I'm training for, to upset the world and to do it for my country. It would be huge for my country." AMIR "KING" KHAN, Former Unified Super Lightweight World Champion "I'm looking forward to the big fight against Luis Collazo. It's my first fight at 147. I'm excited, I really believe that I belong in the welterweight division; it's going to be my division for my future career. "I really believe we can steal the show, and that's all we want to do. Whenever I fight I want to give it 100 percent. I want to give the fans what they want to watch, and I really believe that this fight could be the one that could steal the show on the night. "We've been working on just being patient, being smart, using the feet and the hands at the right time, using the defense and the offense at the right time, and my trainer Virgil Hunter has been changing me up. He's making me understand the sport of boxing. "This is a tough sport when you go into the ring with the likes of these tough guys like Collazo, and the fighters that you're going to be facing, you have to be 100 percent ready. So I really believe I'll be a better fighter at 147, I'll be stronger, and I'll keep a lot of my energy and strength and power in the shots. "You'll definitely see a different Amir Khan coming into this fight because I've had a lot of time to work on things, and work on new strategies, and also work with my trainers, Virgil Hunter and also my strength conditioner, Tony Brady. So, I know I'm going to be ready in this division, and I can't wait to step in the ring. "Collazo's a one-of-a-kind fighter. He has his own style. I respect the way he fights and he always causes big problems to his opponents, and he does really well in the ring. I'm not going to compare him to any opponent I've faced before. "Physically I think I'm a better fighter, and like I said, moving up to the next weight category is only going to make me a better fighter. We don't want to go in and take easy fights, we want to fight the best out there, and it shows that Luis Collazo is one of the best out there by knocking out Victor Ortiz in his last fight, and proving himself. "I really believe that I needed a long break off, and taking that time off sometimes makes you metaphysically and mentally a better fighter. I expect time will tell; we'll see how much I've become a better fighter on the night of the fight. "[On Collazo's knockout of Victor Ortiz] It shows that he's got power, he's got speed, he's got great movement. This is going to be a good fight, it's going to be a tough fight. We're going to be up against a tough Collazo; even the fights he's lost, Collazo's been very, very close. "It's all about putting a great performance on, putting a great fight on and giving the crowd what they want. The fans want to see a good fight, the fans want to see an exciting fight, and I think us two, the two styles we have will make this fight very exciting, and very good to watch." LUIS COLLAZO, WBA International Welterweight Champion "This is a fight that could take me to another level in the welterweight division, and I'm just very humbled by the opportunity. May 3 is going to be a great night of boxing. "Khan's got great speed, but I think he might be a little bit slower than Andre Berto was, and that was a big fight for me. Come fight night we'll definitely see if his speed is going to be a factor or not. "If he takes me lightly, more power to him. But come fight night I'm just going to try to capitalize on all his mistakes. That's my main thing, and I'm just working my butt off.
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