By Lem Satterfield, FanHouse
As the video began, Floyd Mayweather drove up to his own gym in a white, sports car and enters his Mayweather gymnasium.
"It's another Day, Baby," said the unbeaten six-time titlist, who wore a white, Reebok T-shirt with "Money Mayweather" on the back.
Nearby, cameras flashed after the 33-year-old Mayweather (40-0, 25 knockouts) has donned blue boxing gloves, which he alternately slammed against the red, "mits," that were held by his uncle and trainer, Roger Mayweather, before a horde of reporters and media members during last week's open workout.
Sweat glistened from his face, head, and exposed, muscular arms as Mayweather switched his attention to the dangling, black heavy bag, that appeared to be as long as his body is tall.
Mayeather banged away under the watchful eyes of his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., and advisor, Leonard Ellerbe, as part of his preparation for a May 1 clash with 38-year-old, WBA welterweight (147 pounds) champion, Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs), to be televised on HBO pay per view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"Mosley keeps talking about his power, and how strong he is, but this is not a weight-lifting contest, this is a boxing match," said Mayweather, who is coming off of September's 12-round, unanimous decision over WBA and WBO light weight (135 pounds) king, Juan Manuel Marquez.
"If this was a weight-lifting contest, yeah, then Mosley may win," said Mayweather. "But it's obvious, that if you look at the two fighters' records, and the two fighters' bank accounts, you can see which fighter is a lot smarter, and that would be me."
Mayweather's comments were made in a video detailing his workouts as he gets ready for Mosley, who is coming off of a January, 2009, ninth-round knockout of Antonio Margarito that earned his present title.
"There's a difference between being talented and gifted," said Mayweather at one point. "I'm God-gifted."
The video includes Mayweather addressing, among other things, the Olympic style blood and urine random drug testing that is being conducted by the United States Anti-Doping Agency which both he and Mosley must endure at Mayweather's insistance.
"I'm just trying to clean up the sport. You've got a lot of fighters dying in the sport of boxing. You've got a lot of fighters going into comas, and we don't know what fighters are taking," said Mayweather, referring to a move that marks the first time boxing has drawn blood to specifically test for illegal drugs.
"And not everything shows up in the urine," said Mayweather. "There's a lot of things that fighters are taking that is only in the blood."
Mosley admitted having used the steroids, "the cream," and, "the clear," prior to defeating Oscar de la Hoya in 2003 in connection to the BALCO drug scandal.
"Just like with the BALCO thing, and Shane," said Mayweather. "That's why I got USADA on board, with the Olympic style drug testing. So there's no cheating on my side, and there's no cheating on Shane's side."
The video also shows highlights of Mayweather's decisions over Marquez and de la Hoya, as well as his knockout of Ricky Hatton.
Mosley's knockouts of Margarito and Fernando Vargas are also shown, as is an interview with Floyd Sr.
On several occasions, Mayweather ignored questions about WBO champion, Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs), the seven-
division king with whom Mayweather's negotiations for a mega fight collapsed over random drug testing issues.
"My main focus, always, is to focus on who I'm facing. A lot of times you've got guys who are media creations. With me, it's hard work and dedication and just beating guys, day in and day out. That's how I've gotten to this point," said Mayweather.
"You don't get to this point by just fighting nobodies. They say that Floyd's ducking and dodging, but you don't get ranked pound-for-pound or known as one of the greates fighters that ever lived by fighting nobodies," said Mayweather.
"It just so happens that I make them look like nobodies. I make 'A' fighters look like 'B' fighters. It's not my fault that I'm that good."
Source: boxing.fanhouse.com
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