Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Updated Odds for Marcos Maidana Championship Fight

Floyd "Money" Mayweather is looking to prove once and for all that he is a better boxer than Marcos "El Chino" Maidana. He will have that opportunity when the two fighters meet for a second time Saturday night.

Maidana pushed Mayweather to the limit in May, but the undefeated champion prevailed by majority decision. Although any win is a good one, Mayweather is a perfectionist who is undoubtedly hoping to dominate Maidana in the rematch rather than just beat him.

The odds are in favor of Mayweather doing that, but they don't always tell the entire story. After performing so well against Mayweather four months ago, one can only assume that Maidana will relish the underdog role.

Here is a look at the updated odds for Mayweather vs. Maidana as well as a prediction for who will get their hand raised at the end of the night.

Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas

When: Saturday, Sept. 13 (card starts at 8 p.m. ET)

Watch: Showtime PPV

Mayweather vs. Maidana Odds (via Odds Shark)

Boxer	Odds
Floyd Mayweather	-800
Marcos Maidana	+500

Mayweather vs. Maidana Prediction

The oddsmakers obviously feel as though Maidana's chances of upsetting Mayweather are quite slim, but the Argentinian upstart hasn't let that impact his confidence. In fact, El Chino has thrown plenty of verbal jabs in Mayweather's direction leading up to the rematch.

Perhaps Maidana thinks he can throw Mayweather off his game by poking and prodding him with little insults.

After standing toe-to-toe with the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, Maidana has made it clear that he isn't intimidated by the aura that surrounds his undefeated opponent, according to Elias Cepeda of Yahoo! Sports.

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He's not as good as people think. ... I was able to pin him to the ropes and land punches (in the first fight), so he's not as difficult or as invincible as people think. He's hittable. You can land on him. I made mistakes. I was a little too anxious. He never hurt me, but he's got a respectable punch. You've got to respect him.

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Maidana talked about respect, but some of his other comments suggest that he may be lacking in that regard when it comes to Mayweather. Maidana even went so far as to say that previous opponent Adrien Broner was a more effective puncher than Money, per Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com.

"Broner (is a harder puncher). I felt his punch a lot more," Maidana said.

Maybe Maidana was being truthful, but it definitely feels like an attempt to rattle Mayweather's cage. Mayweather has been the king of trash talk over the course of his career, so it isn't likely to work, but he also doesn't take kindly to the notion of others being better than he is.

Maidana even took things a step further by questioning Mayweather's integrity as a fighter. While the narrative after their bout in May focused on Maidana utilizing a dirty style, Maidana has retorted that Mayweather isn't a particularly clean fighter either, per Reeno.

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Maybe he's right. Maybe I am dirty. It might be a tactic (to tell everyone that I'm dirty) for the (potential) referee (to get influenced during our rematch). But if I'm dirty then he's also dirty. ... You know what, when he fights he uses the elbows. He does that with a lot of opponents. But they don't reciprocate it. I did it. In this fight I did it and gave it back to him. It's a defensive tactic. He puts the elbow in the throat, (but) it's not fair.

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All of those comments make for an interesting dynamic during the build toward the fight, but none of them will matter when Mayweather and Maidana are face to face in the middle of the ring. That is where Mayweather likely intends to do the bulk of his talking.

In addition to winning the rematch against Maidana, Mayweather needs to be dominant in order to prove that he hasn't fallen off. One of the judges scored the first fight a draw, while the other two gave it to Mayweather fairly comfortably.

Even so, the perception is that he didn't have a strong fight. Mayweather believes that is due to the reputation he has built for himself over the years, according to David Mayo of MLive.com.

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I think the bar is set so high for Floyd Mayweather, they're either used to seeing me either win all 12 rounds, get the knockout, or seeing me dominate, winning 11 rounds to one, or something like that. You know, it's been a long time since a guy actually won three rounds. ... I'm not just fighting against the guy that's in front of me. I'm fighting against everyone. Are you judging me because of hearsay or do you really know me? And if you're judging me off my fighting skills, I just want to be treated fair, like anyone else. I just want to be treated fair. And I believe in an eye for an eye.

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With both Mayweather and Maidana revved up and ready to go, Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe is extremely excited about the in-ring product that they will put out:

The first fight was somewhat exciting due solely to the fact that Maidana frustrated Mayweather a bit. Aside from that, though, there weren't many moments that made boxing fans get up from their seats.

Maidana likely knows that he'll have to be even more aggressive in this fight to win, so there should be more highlight-reel moments. At the same time, that opens the door for Mayweather's elite counterpunching to rule the night.

A motivated Mayweather is unquestionably one of the best fighters the sport as ever seen, and he will prove that with a clear unanimous-decision victory.

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