Floyd Mayweather Jr. is set to face Marcos Maidana on May 3rd, a man who shocked Mayweather's protégé Adrien Broner in December of 2013. "El Chino" entered the Broner fight as a heavy underdog, but emerged because he "wanted it more," according to Mayweather. Floyd had some advice for "The Problem" in an interview with Fighthype.com.
"I love Adrien Broner. I think he has a lot to learn, as far as he should spend less time on social media, less time trying to be a hip hop artist, and focus on his craft," the pound-for-pound king said.
Broner is notorious for his trash talking, obnoxious social media presence, and penchant for making immature videos and posting them on Youtube. In addition, he's an aspiring rapper with several freestyles online, and a collaboration track with Soulja Boy.
Mayweather said all that activity wasn't the reason he lost to Maidana, but it could be preventing him from achieving his full potential.
"Maidana was more aggressive, he wanted it more. Adrien Broner, you know we had talked about it in the past, and I love him and he's going to be world champion again, but I'm always preaching to him the same guys you beat earlier in your career are not the same guys you're going to face when you get to a certain level, or a certain status," Mayweather said.
While "Money" will go for a revenge win on May 3rd, he might keep his "lil bro" in the limelight by adding him to the undercard. Maidana had been in a race with Amir Khan for the shot to fight Floyd, with Maidana's resume and recent buzz winning out. Floyd then took to his own Twitter to issue a challenge to Khan-fight Broner and win.
"I don't have an easy fight on May 3, 2014, so I can't over look @ChinoMaidana but @AmirKingKhan, if you and @AdrienBroner end up fighting... ... each other on my show and you win (which you won't)... I'll fight you," Mayweather tweeted.
I don't have an easy fight on May 3, 2014, so I can't over look @ChinoMaidana but @AmirKingKhan, if you and @AdrienBroner end up fighting...
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) March 3, 2014
I don't have an easy fight on May 3, 2014, so I can't over look @ChinoMaidana but @AmirKingKhan, if you and @AdrienBroner end up fighting...
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) March 3, 2014
... each other on my show and you win (which you won’t)... I'll fight you. pic.twitter.com/7sZIKYWq1D — Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) March 3, 2014
No word yet on whether Khan-Broner will happen, but Khan did say Floyd was "full of s**t" on his own Twitter feed.
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