After the Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana rematch was made official, "Money" still claims that his previous and now would-be opponent is a "dirty fighter."
During the first Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana fight in May 3rd, "El Chino" did achieve a small amount of success by pushing "Money" towards the ropes and fighting him close range.
However, the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world claimed that his opponent used some untowardly tactics against him.
"Is Maidana a better fighter than [Miguel] Cotto? No," Mayweather said in a report by Sherdog.com in mid-July. "Is Maidana a better fighter than Canelo [Alvarez]? No. Is he a dirtier fighter? Yes. He wants to hold; elbow. I didn't get a deep gash [over his right eye] from a punch. I got a deep gash from a head butt [in the fourth round]."
Rightfully so, Floyd Mayweather Sr. supported his son's claims, and even went as far as comparing the Argentine boxer to a mixed martial arts fighter.
"He hit him in the balls, he hit him all around, on his hips, hit him in the back of the head, head-butted his eye, and beat him in the back of the head," Mayweather Sr. said right after the Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana fight in May. "Man, c'mon. Maidana doesn't deserve (credit)."
In their recently concluded five-city pre-fight press tour, "Money" once again reiterated that "El Chino" had the upper hand by using some dirty, illegal tactics.
"I think it was just something different that people haven't seen in a long time," the younger Mayweather said. "But like I said, Marcos Maidana is a very, very dirty fighter. And Tony Weeks, he's still a great referee."
But Floyd Mayweather Jr. himself is not spared from the "dirty fighter" accusations, with pundits claiming that he uses his elbow illegally to his advantage.
But the highest paid athlete of 2014 by Forbes clarified such claims with Marcos Villegas of The Boxing Channel.
"A lot of times, you see pictures of me holding a guy like this, he can hold me away with a forearm," Mayweather explained. "You can hold a guy back with a forearm, I'm not hitting him with a forearm."
