A surly Floyd Mayweather returned last Saturday to announce he’s back and he wants his pound-for-pound title back. "Pretty Boy" is irked that all these other fighters are claiming that they’re the man now. Add Chad Dawson’s trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammed to the list of dudes who may be getting on Floyd’s nerves:

"Chad throws combinations like the old Sugar Ray Robinsons," said Mustafa Muhammed. "You don’t see that no more. These guys throw 1-2 and then they resort to holding."

Dawson and his boys don’t believe a knockout is a must to prove you’re a great fighter:

"The name of the game is ‘I hit you but you don’t hit me’ not ’I hit you and you hit me back.’ It don’t work like that. That’s not the game," said Mustafa Muhammed extolling the virtues of Dawson’s defensive prowess.

Mayweather is actually pretty tight with Dawson. The New Haven-native mentioned that a pre-fight call from Floyd before his first matchup against Antonio Tarver gave him an extra boost of confidence. The fight is set for 9:30 p.m. ET on HBO live from the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.