Marcos Maidana said in a Floyd Mayweather next fight news that he is looking for a knockout in his rematch with the unbeaten champion on Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Maidana, who took a majority decision loss in their first fight in May, said that he will go for a knockout win, but will also be ready to go the distance in their second showdown.
"I'm definitely going to look for the knockout like I always do but I will take the victory any way I can," said Maidana, who holds a 35-4 record with 31 knockout victories.
The 31-year-old also added that he is not intimidated by Mayweather unlike in their first bout, pointing out that he is already aware of what the reigning pound-for-pound king can bring to the table.
"I'm well prepared and ready to show that Mayweather isn't all that everyone thinks he is," Maidana said in the Floyd Mayweather next fight update. "When I first analyzed Mayweather I thought he would be too fast to hit. But that wasn't the case during the fight, I was able to hit him and keep him against the ropes and I plan on doing the same thing again."
The Buenos Aires, Argentina native managed to slow Mayweather down in the first several rounds of their May 3 fight, but Maidana admitted that he got winded in the latter rounds.
In the upcoming rematch, Robert Garcia, Maidana's trainer, said that the former World Boxing Organization welterweight title will be in a much better shape.
Garcia admitted in a Floyd Mayweather next fight interview with USA Today that they made a mistake in May when they decided to bulk up for the bout because it affected Maidana's stamina - a mistake that they will avoid on Saturday night.
"We thought we'd need to be big to deal with Floyd's punches but Chino (Maidana) said the power wasn't there," Garcia said. "He got tired late in the fight. Now we want him to be strong late in the fight. We're not going in there to counterpunch."
Maidana will look to reclaim the WBO welterweight title and take Mayweather's World Boxing Council welterweight and light middleweight titles.
