Video: Floyd Mayweather and Robert Garcia talk about glove controversy

“We got past the gloves. We’re past the glove situation. The fight’s already happened, so we can’t dwell on the past.”

Floyd Mayweather

For his part Robert Garcia would comment: “These weren’t the ones we wanted to use. The commission accepted our Mexican Everlast gloves. They accepted them, but we were not allowed to use them. His gloves, when I was putting them on, I had to put a lot of Vaseline on them to make them slide in because they were just not comfortable.”

To which Mayweather would reply, “I have a life after boxing. “He have a life after boxing. This is already a brutal sport. Of course, we’re here to please the fans, but what about our health? When boxing is over, half of the boxers that’s in the fight game now cannot articulate well. So do we really care about the fighters’ health? Then they always asking questions like, ‘How did this guy die? Why is he in the hospital? Why did he lose all his money?’ He lost all his money because he can’t count all his money by people not caring. I’m here to protect the fighters. Not just me. This man, he also have a family.”

“THE MOMENT: Mayweather vs. Maidana” took place yesterday May 3rd, 2014. It was a hard fought battle, but Floyd “Money” Mayweather , who is now the WBC and WBA Welterweight World Champion, prevailed with a hard-fought majority decision victory over Marcos “El Chino” Maidana in the main event of the SHOWTIME PPV in front of 16,268 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Judge Michael Pernick scored the fight a draw (114-114) while Burt Clemens scored 117-111 and Dave Moretti 116-112.