Floyd Mayweather Once Accused His Rival for Having “No Fckng Padding” in His “Fckng Glove”

Jun 25, 2022 | 5:30 AM EDT

Floyd Mayweather Once Accused His Rival for Having “No Fckng Padding” in His “Fckng Glove”

Jun 25, 2022 | 5:30 AM EDT

The five-division champion Floyd Mayweather is not one to hold back from controversy. During his first fight against the Argentine boxer, Marcos Maidana, on May 3, 2014, Mayweather accused Maidana of a serious offense moments before their fight.

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According to Mayweather, there was something wrong with Maidana’s gloves and he wanted them to change to the ones he was using.

Floyd Mayweather finds Marcos Maidana’s gloves to be faulty

The unbeaten boxing legend took on the two-division champion Marcos Maidana at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for the unified welterweight championship. However, moments before the fight, Mayweather marched into Maidana’s camp to make sure everything was alright.

Mayweather was worried that there was something wrong with Maidana’s gloves so he tried them on and exclaimed, “F*** no.” He went on to add that there is no padding in the gloves, he said, “I can feel my knuckle right here. Ain’t no f****** padding in this f****** glove.”

Furthermore, Mayweather assured Maidana’s camp that he would have to fight with the same glove as Mayweather to level the playing field. He said, “Put him on the same s*** as me. He’s fighting in the same s*** as me. We gonna be on an even playing field, you gonna put him in the same s*** as me.”

The history between Mayweather and Maidana

The duo went toe to toe against each other, not only once, but twice. Interestingly, Maidana remained to be one of the few fighters who had seriously hurt ‘TBE’. In the third round, Maidana hit Mayweather with a strong right hand, which allegedly knocked Mayweather’s tooth out. The Argentine boxer claims to wear the tooth as a necklace.

However, the 50-0 boxer narrowly won that fight, with both fighters putting on a masterclass performance. Following that, the duo fought again at the end of the year when Floyd Mayweather defeated Marcos Maidana once again.

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Darsh Karkera is a Boxing author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his masters in Clinical Psychology at CHRIST University, Bangalore. According to Darsh himself, the one and only one thing that fuels him, is sports. His boxing journey began watching Mike Tyson fights as a toddler with his dad and later on following the rise of Manny Pacquiao. Aside from work, Darsh is also a massive Sherlock Holmes fan, and given a chance, you might find him lurking around 221B Baker Street as part of his vivid imagination.

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Floyd Mayweather Once Accused His Rival for Having “No F*ck*ng Padding” in His “F*ck*ng Glove”

Floyd Mayweather Once Accused His Rival for Having “No F*ck*ng Padding” in His “F*ck*ng Glove”

Floyd Mayweather finds Marcos Maidana’s gloves to be faulty

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Floyd Mayweather Once Accused His Rival for Having “No Fckng Padding” in His “Fckng Glove”

Floyd Mayweather Once Accused His Rival for Having “No Fckng Padding” in His “Fckng Glove”