BT: Looking back on the fight with Maidana, was there anything you took away from that performance? Was there anything that you learned from that fight or do you look at it as just a bad night at the office?
AB: Um, it might have been a bad night, you know what I'm sayin', but it's not about that bad night. It's how you come back after that bad night.
BT: Prior to training for that fight, you were coming off of a long tour, kickin' it with the likes of
Lil Wayne and T.I. Floyd made some comments regarding advice that he's given you about that. Do you personally think there's anything that you could have done differently to better prepare for Maidana?
AB: I was okay. I was straight, 100%. I was ready. Look at the fight. You can look at the fight and see I was in shape. I fought to the end. You know, a guy out of shape wouldn't have lasted that whole fight and fought that whole fight the way I fought it. I didn't fight it running. I fought it coming forward, strong, and I stayed strong. He got the best of me that night. After being in that fight, there's a lot of things I could have done different, and the second time around, I'm going to do a lot of things different, man. It'll be the same AB, but it'll be a different outcome.
BT: You asked for and were ready, willing, and able to do the immediate rematch with Maidana, but obviously he had a bigger offer to fight Floyd. Was that frustrating at all when you found out that you would have to wait your turn for a shot at redemption?
AB: What people don't understand about boxing is that it's not just a sport; it's also a business. So I'm actually happy for Maidana. He just had another child brought into this world, so he's doing what's best for him. Why not go fight my Big Bro where he can make double the amount or triple the amount he was going to make fighting me? He made a business move; that was a business decision. And me taking a loss just opened up another big fight for my Big Brother, so I understand. I'm not worrying about that fight. At the end of the day, after that fight and after my next fight, I still got a chance to fight. I can fight Maidana his next fight or the fight after that; I can always fight Maidana. So, you know, I'm just worrying about myself and making sure that Adrien Broner is happy.
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