{"id":18811,"date":"2012-05-06T20:16:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T01:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=18811"},"modified":"2012-05-06T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T01:16:41","slug":"boxing-news-floyd-mayweather-jr-shocking-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=18811","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News: Floyd Mayweather JR. Shocking Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Floyd Mayweather, JR.:<\/strong> \u201cTonight we gave the fans what they wanted to see. We matched the best with the best. Cotto was a very tough competitor and he won some rounds. He pushed me to the limits and this is what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiguel Cotto fought his ass off tonight and I want to congratulate him and his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve seen me in flashy cars, but I want you to know that I do give back to the community. This is what it\u2019s all about. It\u2019s not about making a lot of money. It\u2019s about giving back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want be on TV and not give you guys [the fans and media] what you deserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cCotto is a good puncher. He didn\u2019t win more than 30 fights for nothing. I was the first fighter to fight him at a weight that he was comfortable with. I actually came into the fight weighing 147.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings happened tonight and we both had to fight. But the main thing is that we got the victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think tonight was a cool fight. The fans were happy. It\u2019s about impressing fans and giving them what they want to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sensed that sometimes Miguel was breaking down and then he would come back sharp. Miguel Cotto is in shape. The right hook and the uppercut were working for me tonight. I had watched tapes of Shane Mosley [when he fought Cotto] and I saw that the right hook was working. And I also watch Zab Judah use the uppercut against him too. So I knew I was going to use those shots tonight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew the right hook was going to be my money shot. A lot of times and these days you don\u2019t see fighters using the right hook, only the left. But tonight I wanted to use the right hook and that is what I did.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight I got a few bumps and bruises, but that is part of the sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have made it a very easy fight, but I was going for the knockout. Cotto was in tremendous shape. He was tough.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur game plan is always to win. Cotto surprised me and his record reflects where he is today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about winning and that\u2019s what I did. I\u2019m not going to fold to pressure. Cotto can keep his head high as we are both winners tonight in our own way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Floyd Mayweather, JR.: \u201cTonight we gave the fans what they wanted to see. We matched the best with the best. Cotto was a very tough competitor and he won some rounds. He pushed me to the limits and this is what it\u2019s all about. \u201cMiguel Cotto fought his ass off tonight and I want to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6188,910],"class_list":["post-18811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-floyd-mayweather-jr-boxing","tag-miguel-cotto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18811"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}