Yes. Someone did say that they weren't paid anything to switch gloves. Two people in fact. Robert Garcia (Maidana's Trainer) and Sebastian Contursi both confirmed in two separate interviews that Maidana wasn't paid any money for the gloves situation. They were accusing him of try to cheat. Why would they pay him to not cheat? It makes absolutely no sense.
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I wonder if Floyd would still be undefeated if he didn't have tons of advantages for each fight.Comment
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Although neither side would disclose the terms of the deal -- or even admit that there was one -- sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com that Mayweather agreed to pay Maidana an additional $1.5 million to change gloves. That doubled Maidana's official purse, which was $1.5 million on his Nevada contract. However, sources told ESPN.com that Maidana was guaranteed $4.2 million and wound up earning at least $5.7 million, including the payment for the gloves change.Comment
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While the fight has not been officially announced, a rematch between the sports pound for pound king Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Marcos “Chino” Maidana looks likely to take place on September 13th at a site yet to be determined. Mayweather himself said he would be fighting Maidana a second time when he was interviewed at the BET Awards red carpet last week.
Their first encounter proved to be an exciting affair but the big story heading into the fight was there was probably not going to be a fight at all as Team Mayweather had an issue with the gloves Maidana was going to use in the fight. The padding in Maidana’s custom Everlast MX gloves were called into question by Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe and even a second pair approved by the commission was rejected by Team Mayweather.
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Come on guys gloves really .......how many gloves u think theyve tried on worn trained in fought in yet one pair on one night means he lost bfor he stepped in the ring right......?
Excuses ppl maybe if dana landed a punch that shook floyd id say ok u might have a story but he didnt not once so why complain bout gloves when dana couldnt hit floyd hard an clean anyway.Comment
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Come on guys gloves really .......how many gloves u think theyve tried on worn trained in fought in yet one pair on one night means he lost bfor he stepped in the ring right......?
Excuses ppl maybe if dana landed a punch that shook floyd id say ok u might have a story but he didnt not once so why complain bout gloves when dana couldnt hit floyd hard an clean anyway.Comment
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i think at that point mayweather and his team lost trust in maidana and his team and thought some shady stuff was possibly going on...but maidana did end up wearing everlast pro lock gloves in the fight!so he did wear everlast gloves against floyd.Comment
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