HBO's award-winning franchise "24/7" returned tonight with episode 3 of "24/7 Mayweather/Cotto", the all-access reality series following undefeated pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather and WBA jr. middleweight champion Miguel Cotto as they prepare for their May 5 Cinco de Mayo showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Episode 3 was not short on quotes from both fighters. "What's your budget Cotto? How much it cost to rent the house for the next couple of weeks? 10 g's? I got you 10 right there Cotto. I want you sleeping in comfort. Get him a down comforter too. Get him a new bed. From right now until May 4th, I want Cotto to be comfortable. I'm going to make him uncomfortable May 5th, but leading up to May 5th, I want him comfortable," Mayweather would comment. Check out what else he had to say in episode 3 of 24/7 Mayweather/Cotto.
FLOYD MAYWEATHER:
Giving back to the American citizens, giving back to the people that's less fortunate, we always going to support it.
People get a chance to see Floyd Mayweather; he's flashy, he talk a lot of trash, he's wild, he's all over the place, he gets nice cars, all he is is money, money, money, but I also give back a lot of money.
Like I always say, money don't make me. I make money, and, you know, When someone says, "I'm not materialistic," you gotta realize somebody broke made that up. Somebody who don't want to strive for shit made that up. You know, somebody who says, "Beauty is only skin deep," a ugly motherfucker made that up.
I'm a well-groomed individual and I like money, and with me being in this position, I'm going to give back to families.
Cotto, you making people look bad. Stop that, man. Y'all need to stop that shit. I ain't even going to speak on that one scene. I cannot believe this shit. Damn. I wonder what his wife say about that. Then he touched my man on the cheeks. He touched my man on his cheeks.
Matter of fact, he ain't touch his butt, he went for the dookie shoot. The kid went for the dookie shoot.
I want Cotto to be able to sleep good at night. You know, they got 100 people in the house.
What's your budget Cotto? How much it cost to rent the house for the next couple of weeks? 10 g's? I got you 10 right there Cotto. I want you sleeping in comfort. Get him a down comforter too. Get him a new bed. From right now until May 4th, I want Cotto to be comfortable. I'm going to make him uncomfortable May 5th, but leading up to May 5th, I want him comfortable.
Going into the fight May 5th...I'm going to be in my zone. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to be like Willie Beamen. I'm going to be in my zone. That's Any Given Sunday, but, you know, for me, it's any given Saturday, you know what I'm saying?
I mean, I don't got nothing against Miguel Cotto at all. It's no hard feelings, but it's the fight game, you know what I'm saying? It's the fight game. We at war. I know he's a quiet killer, you know what I'm saying? I'm a loud killer.
We all may look the same in the gym, but we don't perform the same under the lights.
I never once thought about another guy being victorious. Never. That's not in mindframe. That's not in my thoughts. I don't call it cocky. I don't call it overconfidence. I call it believing.
Cotto ain't ready to die. I'm ready to die on May 5th.
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