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LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. is enough of a businessman to know his latest fight would be a tough sell, especially after setting records with Canelo Alvarez his last time out. But sell he must, even though oddsmakers and nearly everyone else give Marcos Maidana little chance in their welterweight title fight Saturday night. A full house is already guaranteed at the MGM Grand hotel arena, but Mayweather needs people at home to pay $64.95 for the fight if he is going to recoup his guaranteed $32 million purse. So Mayweather hinted this week that this might be his last fight, though few in boxing believe that. He also said he planned to stand in front of Maidana and trade punches with the hard-hitting Argentine, though his history in the ring suggests he wont. Oh, and he wants to score a knockout, something hes done only once in the last seven years. "I want to look impressive," Mayweather said. "I want to put on a good show. We dont expect this fight to go the distance." Mayweather returns to the ring for the first time since dominating Alvarez in boxings richest bout, taking on Maidana in a fight that even Mayweather seems to have trouble expressing much enthusiasm about. Hes a bigger, much more skilled fighter than the Argentine, just part of the reason oddsmakers make him a 11-1 pick to remain undefeated in the 46th fight of a pro career that has made him the richest fighter ever. Still, Mayweather (45-0, 26 knockouts) says he has to be wary of the power Maidana brings into the ring. "Hes got an 80 per cent knockout ratio so I cant go to sleep on this guy," he said. "But guys cant go to the mental level Im at. I can beat them many ways." The fight is part of a pay-per-view card that features former champion Amir Khan moving up to welterweight to fight another former champion in Luis Collazo. Khan had campaigned to be Mayweathers opponent and won an online poll set up by Mayweather, who ended up picking Maidana instead. If Khan is impressive, though, and Mayweather wins as expected, the two could meet later this year. "I would have loved to fight Floyd Mayweather, but I believe its really for the best," Khan said. "It gives me a chance to get to 147 and feel my way." Maidana (35-3, 31 knockouts) earned the fight with a strong showing in his last bout, twice knocking down Adrien Broner on his way to a decision win in December. Though Maidana hits hard, he will be up against a fighter who is such a defensive wizard that he rarely gets hit with more than one punch in any exchange. "Its very difficult to land a punch against Mayweather," Maidana said. "But when I land a punch Im going to hit him and not let him go. I will go after him." Mayweather, who weighed in Friday at 146 pounds to 146 1/2 for Maidana, said he welcomes the challenge after easily beating Alvarez last September in a fight that was supposed to be his toughest test. "If he brings his best maybe he will be the first guy that actually makes me dig in my bag of tricks and pull out my A game," Mayweather said. "Hopefully he will make me bring out my A game because my whole career all I had to use was a D and C game to beat every guy." If the Alvarez fight showed anything other than Mayweathers talent for making money -- and tons of it -- it was that a conventional fighter stands little chance against him. Hes been dodging punches since before he could walk, and hes a wizard at exploiting whatever weakness he finds in the fighter in front of him. "I can feel when a guys gonna punch. I can feel it," Mayweather said. "I dont even have to see it; I can feel it. You know, this is just with experience and being around the sport so long." Maidana says he can become the first to beat Mayweather because he will be the first to treat him just like any other fighter in the ring. "Other fighters they show respect, they show fear," he said. 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Selected by the Titans in the 2007 NFL Draft, Johnson rejoined the club last season after a five-year stint with Indianapolis.2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1977-1981 Canada: 4 W - 0 OTW - 1 OTL - 2 L, Fourth Place The 2014 tournament will be remembered as the first to present Canada with a medal drought at the World Juniors since the Program of Excellences inception in 1982. For a second straight year, Canada was topped by Russia in the bronze medal game. The loss marked the first time since 1979-1981 that Canada was unable to take home a medal in back-to-back tournaments. Canada had trouble getting started throughout the tournament, surrendering the opening goal in every game but one. Bouncing back was easy enough in the tournament opener, with Canada overpowering the German squad 7-2. However, Canada would see its first sign of trouble in their second game of preliminary round play, losing 5-4 in a shootout to the Czech Republic. The Canadians would finish group play with a pair of comeback performances against Slovakia and the United States that would provide sufficient points for Canada to win their group. However, after beating Switzerland in the quarter-finals the Canadian team would stumble in the semis against Finland. Goaltender Juuse Saros would keep the Canadians at bay, helping Finland to a 5-1 win and a berth in the gold medal game. A third straight semifinal defeat for Canada ensured a rematch with Russia for bronze, but Canada would once again struggle to score and drop the bronze medal game 2-1. Anthony Mantha led the offensive charge for Canada, notching five goals and 11 points. The tournament also marked the World Junior debut for Connor McDavid, who represented Canada at just 16 years of age. He became the sixth player to do so, joining Wayne Gretzky, Eric Lindros, Jason Spezza, Jay Bouwmeester and Sidney Crosby. Group A COUNTRY GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Canada 4 3 0 1 0 19 12 10 United States 4 3 0 0 1 21 7 9 Czech Rep. 4 1 1 0 2 10 13 5 Slovakia 4 1 0 0 3 16 17 3 Germany 4 1 0 0 3 7 24 3 Group B COUNTRY GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 22 7 12 Finland 4 2 0 1 1 14 10 7 Russia 4 2 0 0 2 21 8 6 Switzerland 4 1 1 0 2 16 15 5 Norway 4 0 0 0 4 3 29 0 MEDAL GAMES Gold - Finland 3, Sweden 2 (OT) Bronze - Russia 2, Canada 1 Team Canada Roster (GP - G - A - Pts) Anthony Mantha (7 - 5 - 6 - 11) Jonathan Drouin (7 - 3 - 6 - 9) Curtis Lazar (7 - 3 - 4 - 7) Nic Petan (7 - 4 - 1 - 5) Sam Reinhart (7 - 2 - 3 - 5) Derrick Pouliot (7 - 1 - 4 - 5) Connor McDavid (7 - 1 - 3 - 4) Bo Horvat (7 - 1 - 2 - 3) Josh Morrissey (7 - 1 - 2 - 3) Griffin Reinhart (4 - 1 - 1 - 2) Aaron Ekblad (7 - 1 - 1 - 2) Charles Hudon (7 - 1 - 1 - 2) Josh Anderson (7 - 1 - 0 - 1) Mathew Dumba (7 - 0 - 1 - 1) Frederik Gauthier (7 - 0 - 1 - 1) Scott Laughton (7 - 0 - 1 - 1) Adam Pelech (7 - 0 - 1 - 1) Chris Bigras (7 - 0 - 0 - 0) Taylor Leier (7 - 0 - 0 - 0) Kerby Rychel (7 - 0 - 0 - 0) Team Canada Goaltending (W-L -OT - GAA - SO) Zachary Fucale (2-2-0 - 2.dddddddddddd42 - 0) Jake Paterson (1-1-0 - 3.36 - 0) Tournament All-Stars G - Juuse Saros (FIN) F - Anthony Mantha (CAN) D - Rasmus Ristolainen (FIN) F - Filip Forsberg (SWE) D - Nikita Zadorov (RUS) F - Teuvo Teravainen (FIN) Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A P Teuvo Teravainen (FIN) 7 2 13 15 Filip Forsberg (SWE) 7 4 8 12 Saku Menalanen (FIN) 7 7 4 11 Anthony Mantha (CAN) 7 5 6 11 Martin Reway (SVK) 5 4 6 10 Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '