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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is tired of sitting back and keeping quiet. The "Pretty Boy" is coming out of his shell and starting to sound like a miniature James Toney. Mayweather has been irate ever since Gatti's camp almost pulled the plug on the fight when they said the Mayweather camp did sign the contract quick enough to make the promotion of the fight and Gatti's training feasible for a June fight. BoxingScene caught up with Floyd Mayweather to get his thoughts on his upcoming fight with Arturo Gatti, his personal feelings about Gatti and potential fights with Zab Judah, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley and Kostya Tszyu.
BoxingScene: The fight is finally made, you waited a long time for this.
Mayweather: I waited a long time, I waited years. This guy ran and ran until he couldn't run anymore. Gatti is scared to death of me, he tried to make every excuse not to sign this fight. They call him the blood and guts warrior, but I had to chase him to make this fight happen.
BoxingScene: The Gatti camp had a lot of issues with your personal matters.
Mayweather: His whole camp was so concerned about my personal life, they said there wasn't enough time to promote the event, there wasn't enough time for him to train. It doesn't take 15-16 weeks to train for a fight. It takes 8 weeks to train for a fight and they said that there wasn't enough time for him to get ready for a fight in June. C'mon, Gatti and his camp wanted no part of me because they know that I will break him easy. I was the mandatory since Corley and he wouldn't fight me. I had to chase him down in order to make this fight happen. [details]
BoxingScene: The fight is finally made, you waited a long time for this.
Mayweather: I waited a long time, I waited years. This guy ran and ran until he couldn't run anymore. Gatti is scared to death of me, he tried to make every excuse not to sign this fight. They call him the blood and guts warrior, but I had to chase him to make this fight happen.
BoxingScene: The Gatti camp had a lot of issues with your personal matters.
Mayweather: His whole camp was so concerned about my personal life, they said there wasn't enough time to promote the event, there wasn't enough time for him to train. It doesn't take 15-16 weeks to train for a fight. It takes 8 weeks to train for a fight and they said that there wasn't enough time for him to get ready for a fight in June. C'mon, Gatti and his camp wanted no part of me because they know that I will break him easy. I was the mandatory since Corley and he wouldn't fight me. I had to chase him down in order to make this fight happen. [details]
If I remember correctly, Tsuzya beat R. Mayweather and De La Hoya beat Whittaker. Two of Floyd's idols. No wonder he was chasing them so bad, been calling them from 130lb I believe.
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