Floyd paid Maidana 1.5 mil to not wear MX gloves?

[PranMatic]

Yup--this is what is meant by "A" side. Maidana's team should've bowed their backs when Floyd sprung this on them on the eve of the first fight. Floyd would've looked weak, and the hate would've made a future fight massive. So, it's technically maidana's team at fault here.
This is the United States of amnesia. People forget that Floyd has done tons of shady ****. Did he school Gatti? Yes. But go back and watch the first round. The ref clearly yells "stop punching", both fighters stop, and Floyd takes a full force punch at a completely unprotected Gatti. Go back and watch it again. That type of full-force, unseen punch is a game-changer at this level ("but it's pruhtek yoself at aw times, Larry", and blah, blah (Floyd knew what he was doing))
Floyd used to keep two or three fighters up in the air, and drag his selection out until less than two months before the fight date.
He knew he was giving them far less time to get ready for the biggest fight of their life.
Completely unprofessional nonsense with Marquez.
Not fighting manny in '09 when the drumbeat was loudest.

Strategically smart? Sure.
Shady as ****, and deserving of ridicule from people who prefer a fair contest? Yup.

Amen brother, those are the reasons why I won't put Floyd in top 10 of GOAT discussions. Best fighter of our era, no doubt. Ridiculously talented without question. But those sissy ass moves by him first with Marquez, then by "delaying" the fight with Pac after he was knocking guys out left and right and paying 1.5 mil to madiana.

Floyd played the fight game well knowing that 10, 15 years from now peeps will most likely forget all this, but he didn't deceive me and most educated boxing fans