Victorious Mayweather Ignores Dad's Advice

Floyd Mayweather has scoffed at claims he is showing signs of ageing,AFPreports.

The 37-year-old American, still undefeated after 47 professional
fights, says he has kept his record intact because of his ability to
make mid-fight adjustments.

Mayweather won his rematch against Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas on
Saturday night, beating the Argentinian by unanimous decision to
retain his WBC and WBA welterweight titles.

It was the fourth fight in a six-fight contract with Showtime. He said
afterwards he was not planning to fight again until 2015 and he could
even wait until September.

"I can't say what ageing feels like. I felt like the winner," said
Mayweather, who turns 38 in February. "I can make adjustments
instantly and that is one of the pluses on my side."

Mayweather, who is trained by his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr, said he
ignored his dad's advice and decided to play it safe in the final
round.

Before the eleventh round, Mayweather's father told him to stay out of
trouble and save energy and then come out firing in the twelfth to
make a good impression on the judges.

"I decided to do it the other way. I wanted to box in the eleventh and
move in the twelfth.

"I had a brilliant game plan, even in twelfth round. If I knew I had
the fight in the bag, why would I try to go out there and fight
toe-to-toe? I would mess up my legacy. Why would I mess up my legacy?"

Talking about the biting incident, he said: "I think [Maidana] needs
to move over to MMA. It is extremely dirty."

Unlike their first fight four months ago, Mayweather and Maidana did
not attend the post-fight news conference together.

Wearing dark sunglasses and sporting a swollen upper lip, Mayweather
looked more beaten up this time. He said Maidana hit him with one of
his hardest punches in the third round.

"I've been in the sport 18 years. Boxing is wear and tear on your
body. It is another fight, another victory, and time to move on."

He deflected questions about whether he planned to fight Manny Pacquiao next.

"In the past, if you look at Pacquiao when he fought (Juan Manuel)
Marquez, he was too focused on Floyd Mayweather instead of the guy in
front of him and you saw what happened," he said, recalling Pacquiao's
defeat.

"I never think about Pacquiao. That's not my focus. I could care less
what Pacquiao does. If it happens, it happens."