By Mark Vester
According Leonard Ellerbe, the adviser for Floyd Mayweather Jr., the fighter didn't know about the rematch clause with Shane Mosley until the contract was finalized for their May 1 mega-fight. Ellerbe is speaking out in response to the comments which were made a few days ago by Naazim Richardson, the trainer for Mosley.
Richardson explained a possible scenario where Mayweather would fold in a few rounds, mentally giving up because he knows a rematch clause is there, and another payday.
“We could get through five rounds of this thing up 5-0. At that point, Mayweather may just say, ‘Forget it, I've got a rematch guaranteed. Try again next time,’” Richardson said to the Los Angeles Times .
Ellerbe claims the rematch clause was put in the contract at the request of Team Mayweather - and not the fighter himself.
"As a whole, is a normal piece of business. Operating at this level, if you don't have the procedures in place to protect your fighter, you shouldn't be operating at this level, because there are variety of issues that arise during the course of a fight that can cause you not to be declared the winner, such as an injury, a cut, a no contest or a disqualification,” Ellerbe said to the Grand Rapids Press.
“Those are unforeseen circumstances that can happen in a fight and you have to be able to protect against those kinds of things. Floyd didn't know about the rematch clause when the fight was made, nor did he have to. He takes care of what happens inside the ring."
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