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MANILA, Philippines – Undefeated American fighter Floyd Mayweather, Jr. said he is not anxious about preserving his unblemished win-loss record against countryman Shane Mosley, with less than a week before they battle it out on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Of course it's a great thing to be undefeated… But I don't consciously think about it when I'm preparing for the next fight,” he said in a Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) article by Steve Carp.

Mayweather, who has a 40-0 record (with 25 knockouts), said his perspective on maintaining his record is different.

“I don't think about the 0,” he noted. “I think about winning. Everything takes care of itself if you win.”

However, his father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., thought otherwise.

“No one wants to lose their 0. I'm sure he thinks about it, and it motivates him. Fortunately for my son, it's so far, so good, and I don't see anyone taking that 0 away from him,” Floyd Sr. said.

Reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight super champion Mosley, who has 46 wins (with 39 KOs) and 5 defeats, vowed to hand Mayweather his first career loss.

“I don't care about how fast [Mayweather] is or how good his defense is… I'm a boxer, a puncher. I can move. I can knock you out with both hands,” Mosley said in a Los Angeles Times article by Lance Pugmire.

He added that he was ready to fight the former pound-for-pound king.

Mosley’s WBA crown, however, will “technically” not be at stake in the “Who R U Picking?” main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

It will only be at stake for Mosley because Mayweather did not pay the sanctioning fee.

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