San Francisco, XWS LI (Lub Xya hli ntuj 6, 2015) – After pound for pound king Floyd “Nyiaj” Mayweather (48-0, 26 Kos) mentioned Karim “Hard nrhiav” Mayfield (19-2-1, 11 Kos) raws li ib tug ntawm nws tau tw rau nws zaum kawg ntawv cog lus tua nrog Showtime, lub San Francisco haiv neeg hais tias yog npaj txhij mus rau kauj ruam thiab muab Mayweather nws thawj tsis.

 

“Kuv yeej ib txwm npaj txhij mus tua leej twg nyob qhov twg,” hais tias Karim Mayfield. “The fact that the great Floyd Mayweather has mentioned me as someone he wants to fight in September is music to my ears. It would be an honor to fight Floyd in Las Vegas. He’s done a lot for the sport and he’s arguably the best fighter to ever lace em up. My last few fights have been at 140 phaus thiab kuv paub ntxiv hnyav yuav ua rau kuv ntau haib. I fought Francisco Santana at 152 phaus thiab muab nws nws tsuas KO tsis. Kuv haib heev thiab xis nyob ntawd hnyav. I know I would give Floyd all he can handle. Kuv tus kws qhia Ben Bautista and I have a game plan we know will be successful against Mayweather. I’d give Floyd his first loss in a highly explosive fight.”

 

Teem rau Cuaj hlis 12, 2015, Mayweather will fight an opponent TBA at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. Mayfield, nrog rau Lwm yam Berto (30-3, 23 Kos) yog neeg tua hluav taws Floyd Mayweather tau hais li tej zaum tw. Karim feels he’s the better option.

 

“Tsis saib tsis taus rau Andre Berto, nws yog ib tug zoo fighter thiab peb muaj ib tug kev sib nrig sib hwm rau ib leeg, tab sis nws tsis yog raws li check raws li kuv. Berto has two losses against opponent’s Floyd has already defeated. I’ve never been dropped, ntaus los yog nqaij ntuag vim yog nyob rau hauv ib yam ntawm cov kuv fights. Kuv coj ib tug ntxhib style no sib ntaus, ib tug style tus kiv cua xav pom Floyd tawm tsam. Nyob rau hauv tas li ntawd, the Bay Area is a big media market and I know all my fans here would rise up and support me. My brother La Ron and I, uas yog ywj siab, sold out my last fight in San Francisco. I’m confident we can bring a big crowd to Las Vegas. It’s only an hour fight away.”

 

Amir Khan (31-3, 19 Kos), uas tau begging mus tua Mayweather txij li thaum 2014, is another fighter campaigning to fight Mayweather. After sparring Khan on numerous occasions, Mayfield pom tau tias yog ib qho yooj yim Amir sib ntaus.

 

“Txhua lub sij hawm kuv sparred Amir Khan ntawm Virgil Hunter tus gym, Kuv muab ob txhais tes rau ntawm nws,” Mayfield tshaj tawm hais tias. “So bad that Virgil had to stop the sparring sessions. Khan has also been brutally knocked out twice by Prescott and Garcia. The man has no chin and he wouldn’t last twelve rounds with Money Mayweather. He’s definitely the safer route.”

 

Mayfield, who’s been in camp with Manny Pacquiao, Antonio Margarito thiab Danny Garcia mus rau npe rau ob peb, has all the experience needed to give the fans an entertaining fight. He’s beaten many undefeated fighters and has a unanimous decision win against Mauricio Herrera.

 

“Tsis muaj ib tug muaj peev xwm tsis kam kuv lub siab thiab kev txiav txim mus tua qhov zoo tshaj plaws,” Mayfield txuas ntxiv. “Kuv twb tau lub nplhaib nrog txhua leej txhua tus. Kuv soundly yeej Herrera, I whooped Pacquiao and Khan in sparring. Shawn Porter refused to step in the ring when he had the choice to fight me or Erick Pob Txha with only one day notice. Ib tug ntau ntawm neeg tua hluav taws tau ducked kuv vim hais tias kuv yog ib tug loj heev kev hem thawj rau leej twg.”

 

Mayfield feels the fans want to see Floyd Mayweather give an African-American fighter a chance to dethrone him. Mayweather’s last seven opponents have been either, Mexican, Argentinean, Filipino los yog Puerto Rico.

 

“Kuv xav tias nws yog lub sij hawm rau cov kiv cua los saib Floyd muab ib tug brotha txhaj tshuaj.” Mayfield xaus lus. “Shane Mosley thiab Zab Judah gave Floyd a run for his money. I feel I can do the same but come out victorious.”