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Floyd Mayweather: “To go down as a legend, you have to face the best in your era and Marquez is one of the best in my era.
“I have been around the sport and I have experienced many different styles, and I will adjust and adapt. Now I am back and September 19 is another big day for me.
“You can expect blood, sweat and tears on Saturday night. I predict one hell of a fight.
“I have a lot of respect for Marquez. He hasn’t said anything bad about me, so I have nothing bad to say about him. How can I say something bad about someone who respects my fight game?
“This isn’t going to be difficult. Nothing is difficult. I just had to get back into the groove. I had to keep working hard. I love to box. I love to go into combat.
“Roger watches all of the tapes, but Roger doesn’t tell me how I am going to beat him. He says to me that I just need to fight and adapt. And if I ask him, ‘How am I going to do that?’ Roger responds, ‘because you are great.’
“I am not like other fighters. Other fighters have been beat. There is no blueprint to beat me. There is a blueprint to beat Marquez, because he has been beaten before.
“I am a strong individual and only the strong will survive. I have the skills to pay the bills. It is not about who is the biggest. It is about who is the most skilled. When I get in the squared circle, I am going to do what I have to do to win.”
Juan Manuel Marquez: “Everyone knows I don’t like talking outside the ring, but I want to say three things. First, I am prepared physically and mentally. Second, I want to thank all of the Mexican people for supporting me and third, I want to dedicate this fight to the Mexican people who are going to be here and all of the Mexican people around the world.
“I want to thank God for helping me train very hard with no injuries. It is a great challenge for me and I am training very hard for this fight.
“In my mind, Floyd Mayweather is the number one pound-for-pound fighter, and to be number one, you have to fight number one.
“Mayweather is illusive and a counter puncher. I am going to go after him. There is a chance he might try to come after me, but I know I am going to go after him.
“This fight is a different weight for me. I worked very hard. I built up my speed and my strength.
“I know people are betting against me, but it doesn’t matter to me. I have my mind and I have my concentration, and I have the motivation to win.
“This fight is the most important fight of my career, and I am going to put everything in the ring. I don’t like to make predictions; I let my fists do the talking.”
Roger Mayweather, Mayweather’s Trainer: “Do you know what great means? Great is Michael Jordan, Floyd Mayweather, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Robinson.”
Nacho Beristain Marquez’ Trainer: “There are not too many fighters who have had the privilege of fighting a great athlete like Floyd Mayweather. Now it is my fighter’s turn. Juan Manuel Marquez is a great athlete in his own right. He has great technique and work ethic in everything that he does.
“I also want to say that Juan Manuel Marquez and I have always admired Mayweather because he is such a bright fighter and outstanding fighter. I feel that he is the number one pound-for-pound fighter along with Bernard Hopkins.
“We have worked so hard for this fight and we believe that we have the chance to win.
“I want to give the highest esteem to Mayweather’s team because they have a great athlete and a great fighter and I hope that he stays humble. He has a great personality and I admire him very much. His uncle and father are great trainers and I admire them as well. Me myself being a trainer, I admire him very much.”
