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Mayweather to fight three times in 2012, hopefully against Pacquiao, says De La Hoya
February 14th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that he’s shooting to get three fights for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2012, with one of them being against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, according to worldboxingnews.net.
It sounds promising but highly unlikely because Mayweather rarely fights two fights a year, let alone three times. And the the chances of Mayweather getting a fight against Pacquiao are slim and none due to the constantly changing requirements that his promoter Bob Arum will likely bring up to ultimately prevent that fight from happening.
For instance, when Mayweather was recently trying to get a fight against Pacquiao recently, Arum said that an outside arena on the Las Vegas strip needed to be erected before the fight could take place, but the catch was that it wouldn’t be completed until it was time for Mayweather to begin his 87 day jail term.
Arum didn’t want the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weird part is, Pacquiao is now fighting Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand on June 9th. There were a number of other obstacles that got in the way of having the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight be put together, and I don’t expect these obstacles to go away when and if Mayweather tries to put together a fight with Pacquiao later on in the year.
February 14th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that he’s shooting to get three fights for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2012, with one of them being against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, according to worldboxingnews.net.
It sounds promising but highly unlikely because Mayweather rarely fights two fights a year, let alone three times. And the the chances of Mayweather getting a fight against Pacquiao are slim and none due to the constantly changing requirements that his promoter Bob Arum will likely bring up to ultimately prevent that fight from happening.
For instance, when Mayweather was recently trying to get a fight against Pacquiao recently, Arum said that an outside arena on the Las Vegas strip needed to be erected before the fight could take place, but the catch was that it wouldn’t be completed until it was time for Mayweather to begin his 87 day jail term.
Arum didn’t want the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weird part is, Pacquiao is now fighting Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand on June 9th. There were a number of other obstacles that got in the way of having the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight be put together, and I don’t expect these obstacles to go away when and if Mayweather tries to put together a fight with Pacquiao later on in the year.
Schaefer: The Nevada Commission will ensure the Khan-Peterson 2 rematch will be above board
February 14th, 2012
By William Mackay: Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is excited about the venue for the May 19th rematch between his fighter Amir Khan in his attempt to try and regain his IBF/WBA light welterweight titles against champion Lamont Peterson at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Schaefer feels that the Nevada State Athletic Commission will make sure that the judges, referee and scorecards don’t experience any irregularities like the last time that Khan fought Peterson last December. Khan lost that fight by a 12 round split decision in a fight where he seemed to come unglued due to the pressure that Peterson was putting on him.
Schaefer told the mirror.co.uk “Security will be very tight and Las Vegas [Schaefer means Nevada] is probably the best commission in the world. I know they are going to make sure that everything is going to be totally above board. I’ve already had conversations with the Las Vegas [Nevada] Commission to make sure that it is going to be absolutely neutral ground for both fighters. We won’t see any men in hats sitting at the scorers’ table.”
Why would Schaefer need to talk to the Nevada Commission to ensure that Las Vegas is a neutral venue? That doesn’t quite make sense to me. If Schaefer did waste his time talking to the Nevada Commission about Vegas being a neutral venue then what a waste of a conversation that must have been.
It seems to me that Schaefer and Khan are still not acknowledging what really happened last December in the Khan-Peterson fight. Instead of looking at the reality that Khan couldn’t handle Peterson’s inside pressure and had to resort to shoving, running and holding constantly, they’re looking at the mystery man, the scorecards, the judges and the referee to give an excuse for Khan failed to do in the ring.
There is no proof that the referee, judges or the mystery man had any effect on the fight outcome. The only real proof we saw was in the ring on that night with Khan’s complete inability to handle Peterson’s pressure. Khan couldn’t handle it and had to shove Peterson around the ring. Since shoving is considered a foul, it eventually led to Khan losing two points when he couldn’t make changes to his game in response to the repeated warnings the referee Joe Cooper was giving him.
Instead of worrying about the venue, the judges and the referee, Schaefer should be asking Khan why he couldn’t follow instructions from the referee. If you have a fighter that can’t make changes to their game in response to what they’re being told by a person in authority then that’s something you got to be concerned with. Does Khan need special attention when being given feedback?
How should trainer Freddie Roach impress upon Khan that he needs to adapt during the fight, so that he doesn’t lose additional points or end up fighting the wrong strategy. Those would be my areas of concern if I was the promoter for Khan. He doesn’t seem all that quick when it comes to getting feedback, and the way he fights in the ring doesn’t suggest that he doesn’t always make the wise moves.
Khan has got good hand speed but he wastes so much energy by running around the ring and throwing wild flurries without much accuracy. And the fouling – the shoving, pulling down on the head, holding & hitting and headlocks – are really off putting. He’s gotten away with it in the past, but you can’t count on referees always ignoring those fouls.
Khan stopped Zab Judah in a fight where Khan held him down with his left and hit him with a right on the beltline. The referee completely missed the call and Khan got away with it. But the referee Washington, DC was on his J-O-B and did an excellent job of stopping Khan from using his shoving to get an unfair edge against Peterson. Schaefer needs to be maybe getting a new trainer that can teach Khan how to fight fairly on the inside.
If Roach was the one that taught Khan to shove and pull down on his opponents’ heads and put them in headlocks, then Schaefer needs to lose Roach and find a trainer that has some strategies for Khan to fight Peterson in close. Khan can’t make a career out of shoving, holding and putting guys in headlocks each time they come in close to try and fight on the inside
February 14th, 2012
By William Mackay: Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is excited about the venue for the May 19th rematch between his fighter Amir Khan in his attempt to try and regain his IBF/WBA light welterweight titles against champion Lamont Peterson at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Schaefer feels that the Nevada State Athletic Commission will make sure that the judges, referee and scorecards don’t experience any irregularities like the last time that Khan fought Peterson last December. Khan lost that fight by a 12 round split decision in a fight where he seemed to come unglued due to the pressure that Peterson was putting on him.
Schaefer told the mirror.co.uk “Security will be very tight and Las Vegas [Schaefer means Nevada] is probably the best commission in the world. I know they are going to make sure that everything is going to be totally above board. I’ve already had conversations with the Las Vegas [Nevada] Commission to make sure that it is going to be absolutely neutral ground for both fighters. We won’t see any men in hats sitting at the scorers’ table.”
Why would Schaefer need to talk to the Nevada Commission to ensure that Las Vegas is a neutral venue? That doesn’t quite make sense to me. If Schaefer did waste his time talking to the Nevada Commission about Vegas being a neutral venue then what a waste of a conversation that must have been.
It seems to me that Schaefer and Khan are still not acknowledging what really happened last December in the Khan-Peterson fight. Instead of looking at the reality that Khan couldn’t handle Peterson’s inside pressure and had to resort to shoving, running and holding constantly, they’re looking at the mystery man, the scorecards, the judges and the referee to give an excuse for Khan failed to do in the ring.
There is no proof that the referee, judges or the mystery man had any effect on the fight outcome. The only real proof we saw was in the ring on that night with Khan’s complete inability to handle Peterson’s pressure. Khan couldn’t handle it and had to shove Peterson around the ring. Since shoving is considered a foul, it eventually led to Khan losing two points when he couldn’t make changes to his game in response to the repeated warnings the referee Joe Cooper was giving him.
Instead of worrying about the venue, the judges and the referee, Schaefer should be asking Khan why he couldn’t follow instructions from the referee. If you have a fighter that can’t make changes to their game in response to what they’re being told by a person in authority then that’s something you got to be concerned with. Does Khan need special attention when being given feedback?
How should trainer Freddie Roach impress upon Khan that he needs to adapt during the fight, so that he doesn’t lose additional points or end up fighting the wrong strategy. Those would be my areas of concern if I was the promoter for Khan. He doesn’t seem all that quick when it comes to getting feedback, and the way he fights in the ring doesn’t suggest that he doesn’t always make the wise moves.
Khan has got good hand speed but he wastes so much energy by running around the ring and throwing wild flurries without much accuracy. And the fouling – the shoving, pulling down on the head, holding & hitting and headlocks – are really off putting. He’s gotten away with it in the past, but you can’t count on referees always ignoring those fouls.
Khan stopped Zab Judah in a fight where Khan held him down with his left and hit him with a right on the beltline. The referee completely missed the call and Khan got away with it. But the referee Washington, DC was on his J-O-B and did an excellent job of stopping Khan from using his shoving to get an unfair edge against Peterson. Schaefer needs to be maybe getting a new trainer that can teach Khan how to fight fairly on the inside.
If Roach was the one that taught Khan to shove and pull down on his opponents’ heads and put them in headlocks, then Schaefer needs to lose Roach and find a trainer that has some strategies for Khan to fight Peterson in close. Khan can’t make a career out of shoving, holding and putting guys in headlocks each time they come in close to try and fight on the inside
Bradley: Pacquiao has beat a lot of past their prime fighters
February 14th, 2012
By Chris Williams: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley does seen WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao as a good fighter, but unfortunately he noted that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has matched him up against a bunch old past their prime fighters one after another to keep Pacquiao out of danger and to keep the gravy train money flowing.
Bradley said to eastsideboxing.com’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio Program “A lot of the guys that he’s been facing, year, they do have names, they’ve been around awhile, but they’re past their primes. You know I’m right in my prime, so I think that I will definitely give him a great match-up.”
So true; so true. Pacquiao has fought a lot of old past their prime ex-champs and done well against those guys. Unfortunately, one of the old guys just lost to Pacquiao by one of those controversial decisions that make you feel bad about the sport. 38-year-old lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez did a number on Pacquiao last November, losing by a 12 round decision that basically the whole world disagreed with except for the Philippines.
The match-making that Arum has been doing with him matching Pacquiao against over the hill fighters finally bit him in the backside again with Marquez fighting well enough to deserve the decision – again. He’d already lost a fight to Pacquiao in 2008 in what many boxing fans saw Marquez winning. And in 2004, Marquez and Pacquiao fought to a 12 round draw in a fight where Marquez appeared to win that one as well.
Bradley is a different kind of fighter. He’s someone that can box and slug, and he’s not easy to hit. Pacquiao is going to have a lot of problems landing his shots in this fight with Bradley’s head movement and foot speed. Bradley is like Mayweather Jr-lite. He does a lot of the same thing that Mayweather does but in a smaller package. The only question about this fight is if Bradley has enough size to carry him to victory, because he clearly has the better skills compared to Pacquiao.
February 14th, 2012
By Chris Williams: WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley does seen WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao as a good fighter, but unfortunately he noted that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum has matched him up against a bunch old past their prime fighters one after another to keep Pacquiao out of danger and to keep the gravy train money flowing.
Bradley said to eastsideboxing.com’s On the Ropes Boxing Radio Program “A lot of the guys that he’s been facing, year, they do have names, they’ve been around awhile, but they’re past their primes. You know I’m right in my prime, so I think that I will definitely give him a great match-up.”
So true; so true. Pacquiao has fought a lot of old past their prime ex-champs and done well against those guys. Unfortunately, one of the old guys just lost to Pacquiao by one of those controversial decisions that make you feel bad about the sport. 38-year-old lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez did a number on Pacquiao last November, losing by a 12 round decision that basically the whole world disagreed with except for the Philippines.
The match-making that Arum has been doing with him matching Pacquiao against over the hill fighters finally bit him in the backside again with Marquez fighting well enough to deserve the decision – again. He’d already lost a fight to Pacquiao in 2008 in what many boxing fans saw Marquez winning. And in 2004, Marquez and Pacquiao fought to a 12 round draw in a fight where Marquez appeared to win that one as well.
Bradley is a different kind of fighter. He’s someone that can box and slug, and he’s not easy to hit. Pacquiao is going to have a lot of problems landing his shots in this fight with Bradley’s head movement and foot speed. Bradley is like Mayweather Jr-lite. He does a lot of the same thing that Mayweather does but in a smaller package. The only question about this fight is if Bradley has enough size to carry him to victory, because he clearly has the better skills compared to Pacquiao.
Cigarette-Smoking, Beer-Drinking Ricardo Mayorga Still Looking For Trouble, Wants A Fight With Chavez Jnr.
By James Slater: Wildman Ricardo Mayorga may be looked at as more of a trash-talking novelty act than a serious contender these days, but the Nicaraguan warrior is still on the lookout for serious money fights. A number of boxing web sites picked up on the fact that the former welterweight and light-middleweight champ revealed on a radio show recently that he is hoping to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Junior next.
Mayorga, who has not fought since losing badly against Miguel Cotto in March of last year, said he would take the fight at a catch-weight; which basically means “El Matador” can no longer make the 160-pound limit (interestingly, it may also be that Chavez Jnr can no longer make middleweight and be effective at the weight; he did, after all, come into the ring at 180-pounds for his win over Marco Antonio Rubio).
It’s by no means certain that Bob Arum would find a Chavez Jr-Mayorga fight an interesting, potential moneymaking match-up, but it could happen. Whoever Chavez Jr fights in Mexico it’s a big deal, and we all know the build-up would be fun! Imagine the things Mayorga, no shrinking violet by any stretch, would say about “The Son Of The Legend!” The trash-talking would almost certainly be more fun that the actual fight, if it were to actually happen, that is.
Mayorga has been recycled more times than most fans care to remember, and many will be sick of him by now. But it might just be that the veteran with the 29-8-1(23) record lands one last payday before his colourful boxing career is finally done. Beaten only by the best, aside from three early-career defeats (Cory Spinks, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley and Cotto), maybe Mayorga will be a fighter whose name Chavez Jr would like to have on his resume?
And, from a sheer curiosity standpoint, a few thousand fans would pay to watch the carnival (sorry, fight)
By James Slater: Wildman Ricardo Mayorga may be looked at as more of a trash-talking novelty act than a serious contender these days, but the Nicaraguan warrior is still on the lookout for serious money fights. A number of boxing web sites picked up on the fact that the former welterweight and light-middleweight champ revealed on a radio show recently that he is hoping to fight Julio Cesar Chavez Junior next.
Mayorga, who has not fought since losing badly against Miguel Cotto in March of last year, said he would take the fight at a catch-weight; which basically means “El Matador” can no longer make the 160-pound limit (interestingly, it may also be that Chavez Jnr can no longer make middleweight and be effective at the weight; he did, after all, come into the ring at 180-pounds for his win over Marco Antonio Rubio).
It’s by no means certain that Bob Arum would find a Chavez Jr-Mayorga fight an interesting, potential moneymaking match-up, but it could happen. Whoever Chavez Jr fights in Mexico it’s a big deal, and we all know the build-up would be fun! Imagine the things Mayorga, no shrinking violet by any stretch, would say about “The Son Of The Legend!” The trash-talking would almost certainly be more fun that the actual fight, if it were to actually happen, that is.
Mayorga has been recycled more times than most fans care to remember, and many will be sick of him by now. But it might just be that the veteran with the 29-8-1(23) record lands one last payday before his colourful boxing career is finally done. Beaten only by the best, aside from three early-career defeats (Cory Spinks, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley and Cotto), maybe Mayorga will be a fighter whose name Chavez Jr would like to have on his resume?
And, from a sheer curiosity standpoint, a few thousand fans would pay to watch the carnival (sorry, fight)
Marquez Says Pacquiao Is Too Strong For Bradley
By Vitali Shaposhnikov: “I don't think so, because even though Bradley is a great boxer, and he has skills, he needs the power. He doesn't have that power. Pacquiao has the speed and Pacquiao has the power. The difference in this fight is power. The difference will be the power punches that Pacquiao has,” answered Juan Manuel Marquez when asked whether he things Bradley can beat Pacquiao in their June clash.
(http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171481-qaa-marquez-pacquiaos-power-speed-trump-bradleys-skills)
It seems that many boxing fans as well as analysts pick the same reason why Bradley will likely be defeated by Manny come June, and it’s the vast power difference. Unfortunately for boxing fans that want to witness a war, and especially for Bradley, this happens to be very accurate.
Of all the boxers in the world, there is only one which we can label as the expert on Manny Pacquiao, and that happens to be the only person that has stepped into the ring with Pacquiao three times, with a fourth fight not out of the question: Juan Manuel Marquez.
I find Marquez to be a classy and honest person, with a tremendous about of ring experience on top of that. He has tasted the power that Pacquiao is able to deliver, and knows what it can do. I believe that his statement is parallel to what most believe, and that leaves one outcome in mind: Bradley will hit the canvas if he decides to trade with Pacquaio. Footwork, hand speed and power, all play in favor of Pacquiao in this match-up. In other words, Bradley is not as smart and cannot adjust in the ring like Marquez can, thus tactical war should not be considered. Trading with Manny is another option that Bradley should avoid.
So what’s left for Bradley to do in the ring? I would say playing it safe and trying to fight on the inside would be my personal best advice. Quick in-and-out combinations would probably be the best bet for Bradley, but I am aware that once in the ring, anything can change in a second.
By Vitali Shaposhnikov: “I don't think so, because even though Bradley is a great boxer, and he has skills, he needs the power. He doesn't have that power. Pacquiao has the speed and Pacquiao has the power. The difference in this fight is power. The difference will be the power punches that Pacquiao has,” answered Juan Manuel Marquez when asked whether he things Bradley can beat Pacquiao in their June clash.
(http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/171481-qaa-marquez-pacquiaos-power-speed-trump-bradleys-skills)
It seems that many boxing fans as well as analysts pick the same reason why Bradley will likely be defeated by Manny come June, and it’s the vast power difference. Unfortunately for boxing fans that want to witness a war, and especially for Bradley, this happens to be very accurate.
Of all the boxers in the world, there is only one which we can label as the expert on Manny Pacquiao, and that happens to be the only person that has stepped into the ring with Pacquiao three times, with a fourth fight not out of the question: Juan Manuel Marquez.
I find Marquez to be a classy and honest person, with a tremendous about of ring experience on top of that. He has tasted the power that Pacquiao is able to deliver, and knows what it can do. I believe that his statement is parallel to what most believe, and that leaves one outcome in mind: Bradley will hit the canvas if he decides to trade with Pacquaio. Footwork, hand speed and power, all play in favor of Pacquiao in this match-up. In other words, Bradley is not as smart and cannot adjust in the ring like Marquez can, thus tactical war should not be considered. Trading with Manny is another option that Bradley should avoid.
So what’s left for Bradley to do in the ring? I would say playing it safe and trying to fight on the inside would be my personal best advice. Quick in-and-out combinations would probably be the best bet for Bradley, but I am aware that once in the ring, anything can change in a second.
Chris Arreola, Paul Williams - Both Need Impressive Wins Saturday Night
By James Slater: “There is a lot on the line,” Chris Arreola’s trainer Henry Ramirez told the gathered media recently whilst speaking about his fighter’s bout with once-beaten Eric Molina. There is indeed, seeing how “The Nightmare” may be, as Ramirez put it, “one fight away from a fight with [Wladimir] Klitschko.”
Arreola, 34-2(29) must take care of Molina on Saturday night in Corpus Christie, preferably in impressive KO fashion. The same can be said of Paul “The Punisher” Williams, who faces Japanese danger man Nobuhiro Ishida on the same card (that will also feature a restless Tavoris Cloud in action, defending his IBF 175-pound strap against Gabriel Campillo). In fact, there is way more on the line for Williams than there is for Arreola. Not only is the former champ at 147 and 154 facing a far more risky opponent than Arreola is (at least on paper), but Williams’ entire career could well be over if he loses to Ishida.
Only one win removed from that brutal 2nd-round KO loss at the hands of Sergio Martinez (this win being of a highly controversial nature, with practically everyone feeling Erislandy Lara deserved the decision back in July), Williams, 40-2(27) simply HAS TO WIN on Saturday. Not only that, but if he’s to convince anyone he is still a top tier fighter he cannot afford to have any real problems against the man who famously wrecked James Kirkland inside a round. If Williams has to drag himself off the canvas to win, or if he has to battle through long periods of hostility in which his chin is severely tested, the days of “The Punisher” being labelled the world’s most avoided fighter will seem even further back than they seem today.
How much has Williams got left? Can his chin stand up to what it once could? Have the number of tough fights the lanky light-middleweight has engaged in caught up with him? We’ll find out on Saturday. And, as much as Williams is a great, fight-everyone type of guy who will have many fans rooting for him to win, I have feeling Ishida will crack that chin at some point. If I’m right, we could well see the final fight in the exciting Williams’ career this weekend.
Prediction: Ishida by KO inside 8-rounds.
As for Arreola, I don’t think he’ll have too many problems with Molina, a guy who has won all his fights since being KO’d in his pro debut. Boxing is all about levels, and Molina is simply not on Arreola’s level. Even the assistance former champ Oliver McCall will not be enough to help Molina pull off the upset.
Prediction: Arreola by savage KO inside three-rounds.
By James Slater: “There is a lot on the line,” Chris Arreola’s trainer Henry Ramirez told the gathered media recently whilst speaking about his fighter’s bout with once-beaten Eric Molina. There is indeed, seeing how “The Nightmare” may be, as Ramirez put it, “one fight away from a fight with [Wladimir] Klitschko.”
Arreola, 34-2(29) must take care of Molina on Saturday night in Corpus Christie, preferably in impressive KO fashion. The same can be said of Paul “The Punisher” Williams, who faces Japanese danger man Nobuhiro Ishida on the same card (that will also feature a restless Tavoris Cloud in action, defending his IBF 175-pound strap against Gabriel Campillo). In fact, there is way more on the line for Williams than there is for Arreola. Not only is the former champ at 147 and 154 facing a far more risky opponent than Arreola is (at least on paper), but Williams’ entire career could well be over if he loses to Ishida.
Only one win removed from that brutal 2nd-round KO loss at the hands of Sergio Martinez (this win being of a highly controversial nature, with practically everyone feeling Erislandy Lara deserved the decision back in July), Williams, 40-2(27) simply HAS TO WIN on Saturday. Not only that, but if he’s to convince anyone he is still a top tier fighter he cannot afford to have any real problems against the man who famously wrecked James Kirkland inside a round. If Williams has to drag himself off the canvas to win, or if he has to battle through long periods of hostility in which his chin is severely tested, the days of “The Punisher” being labelled the world’s most avoided fighter will seem even further back than they seem today.
How much has Williams got left? Can his chin stand up to what it once could? Have the number of tough fights the lanky light-middleweight has engaged in caught up with him? We’ll find out on Saturday. And, as much as Williams is a great, fight-everyone type of guy who will have many fans rooting for him to win, I have feeling Ishida will crack that chin at some point. If I’m right, we could well see the final fight in the exciting Williams’ career this weekend.
Prediction: Ishida by KO inside 8-rounds.
As for Arreola, I don’t think he’ll have too many problems with Molina, a guy who has won all his fights since being KO’d in his pro debut. Boxing is all about levels, and Molina is simply not on Arreola’s level. Even the assistance former champ Oliver McCall will not be enough to help Molina pull off the upset.
Prediction: Arreola by savage KO inside three-rounds.
Alexander-Maidana to be tested for steroids before and after fight on February 25th
February 14th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Both Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be tested before and after their February 25th fight for Anabolic Steroids, according to RingTV. The testing, which really isn’t that big of a deal, is the result of Maidana’s adviser Sebastian Contursi allegedly questioning whether Alexander was using performance enhancing drugs, according to Ringtv.
Golden Boy Promotions, Maidana’s promoters, are looking to hire an independent testing agency to have the tests done. The testing will be done before the weigh-in the day before the fight and immediately after.
Maidana likely has a lot more to worry about than performance enhancing drugs, however, because the fight is taking place in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis, in the Scottrade Center, in Missouri. It’s going to be asking a lot of Maidana to win a decision over there, because Alexander has never been beaten in Saint Louis, and his last two fights in that location have controversial wins over Andriy Kotelnik and Lucas Matthysse.
I saw both fights and had Alexander losing both of them, but it shows you how tough it is to beat him there. Maidana is going to have to give Alexander a real beat down if he wants to get a win, and he may unfortunately need a knockout to ensure he doesn’t get jobbed.
In looking at recent photos of Alexander and Maidana, it looks like Alexander is weighing a lot more than him and is slightly taller. Alexander could be a lot heavier than Maidana on fight night on February 25th, and that could be another big problem for the Argentinian Maidana. He’s stepping up in weight, as is Alexander, to the welterweight division for this fight and it’s unknown how well he’ll fight at this weight.
At 140, Maidana was considered a big puncher, but he may not be as big a puncher at 147 than he was at the smaller weight. There won’t be any titles on the line for this fight. It’s just a good fight at welterweight, which will be televised by HBO.
On the undercard, WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner will be defending his World Boxing Organization title against challenger Eloy Perez.
February 14th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Both Devon Alexander (22-1, 13 KO’s) and Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be tested before and after their February 25th fight for Anabolic Steroids, according to RingTV. The testing, which really isn’t that big of a deal, is the result of Maidana’s adviser Sebastian Contursi allegedly questioning whether Alexander was using performance enhancing drugs, according to Ringtv.
Golden Boy Promotions, Maidana’s promoters, are looking to hire an independent testing agency to have the tests done. The testing will be done before the weigh-in the day before the fight and immediately after.
Maidana likely has a lot more to worry about than performance enhancing drugs, however, because the fight is taking place in Alexander’s home city of Saint Louis, in the Scottrade Center, in Missouri. It’s going to be asking a lot of Maidana to win a decision over there, because Alexander has never been beaten in Saint Louis, and his last two fights in that location have controversial wins over Andriy Kotelnik and Lucas Matthysse.
I saw both fights and had Alexander losing both of them, but it shows you how tough it is to beat him there. Maidana is going to have to give Alexander a real beat down if he wants to get a win, and he may unfortunately need a knockout to ensure he doesn’t get jobbed.
In looking at recent photos of Alexander and Maidana, it looks like Alexander is weighing a lot more than him and is slightly taller. Alexander could be a lot heavier than Maidana on fight night on February 25th, and that could be another big problem for the Argentinian Maidana. He’s stepping up in weight, as is Alexander, to the welterweight division for this fight and it’s unknown how well he’ll fight at this weight.
At 140, Maidana was considered a big puncher, but he may not be as big a puncher at 147 than he was at the smaller weight. There won’t be any titles on the line for this fight. It’s just a good fight at welterweight, which will be televised by HBO.
On the undercard, WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner will be defending his World Boxing Organization title against challenger Eloy Perez.
Arthur Abraham #2 in WBO 168 rankings, hopes to get title shot in 2012
February 14th, 2012
By Allan Fox: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO’s) has been elevated to the #2 spot in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) rankings at super middleweight, and he hopes to get a title shot against the April 14th winner between WBO champ Robert Stieglitz and Mikkel Kessler.
It’s pretty much a given that the 31-year-old Abraham will be the lucky one to fight the winner of the Stieglitz-Kessler fight rather than someone like WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Andre Dirrell, or IBF champion Lucian Bute.
It didn’t take much for Abraham to get pushed up the rankings above the likes of the Dirrell brothers, Kelly Pavlik, James DeGale, George Groves and Adonis Stevenson. Abraham has lost three out of his last five fights, but after beating little known fighter Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias by a 5th round knockout last January, Abraham is now in a prime position to get a title shot provided that he doesn’t lose his next fight on March 31st against a still to be determined opponent.
Abraham won’t likely face anyone dangerous enough to hand him yet another loss, so there’s a good chance that he’ll be getting another title shot real soon. But what’s disappointing is how a fighter like Abraham, who has piled up three losses in the past two years, could be ranked at No.2 by the WBO. Besides it not making any sense whatsoever, it just seems wrong. Beating someone like Farias shouldn’t translate into Abraham being pushed to #2 by the WBO, especially with all those recent defeats.
I don’t care that Abraham lost those fights to good opposition in Andre Dirrell, Froch and Ward; he still lost those fights and should be ranked a lot lower than #2 because of it. That’s not right for the other contenders that the WBO has ranked, and not good for boxing because Abraham is such a limited fighter. He’s going to lose badly if Kessler is the one that emerges as the winner of the Kessler-Stieglitz fight, and ideally, Abraham needs to move back down to 160 because there isn’t a place for him at 168. His promoters likely are hoping that he can somehow get a win over Stieglitz or Kessler, and then go into a long title milking stage the same way that Stieglitz has been doing since he captured the WBO title in 2009.
It’s hard to believe that an average fighter like Stieglitz has been able to retain his title this long, but that’s obviously was only made possible with most of the best fighters in the division – Andre Dirrell, Froch, Kessler, Ward and Glen Johnson – being wrapped up in the Super Six tourney since 2009.
Abraham told boxen.com “That’s my goal [to fight the winner of the Kessler-Stieglitz fight]…If I win my next fight, then I will again grab the title
February 14th, 2012
By Allan Fox: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO’s) has been elevated to the #2 spot in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) rankings at super middleweight, and he hopes to get a title shot against the April 14th winner between WBO champ Robert Stieglitz and Mikkel Kessler.
It’s pretty much a given that the 31-year-old Abraham will be the lucky one to fight the winner of the Stieglitz-Kessler fight rather than someone like WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Andre Dirrell, or IBF champion Lucian Bute.
It didn’t take much for Abraham to get pushed up the rankings above the likes of the Dirrell brothers, Kelly Pavlik, James DeGale, George Groves and Adonis Stevenson. Abraham has lost three out of his last five fights, but after beating little known fighter Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias by a 5th round knockout last January, Abraham is now in a prime position to get a title shot provided that he doesn’t lose his next fight on March 31st against a still to be determined opponent.
Abraham won’t likely face anyone dangerous enough to hand him yet another loss, so there’s a good chance that he’ll be getting another title shot real soon. But what’s disappointing is how a fighter like Abraham, who has piled up three losses in the past two years, could be ranked at No.2 by the WBO. Besides it not making any sense whatsoever, it just seems wrong. Beating someone like Farias shouldn’t translate into Abraham being pushed to #2 by the WBO, especially with all those recent defeats.
I don’t care that Abraham lost those fights to good opposition in Andre Dirrell, Froch and Ward; he still lost those fights and should be ranked a lot lower than #2 because of it. That’s not right for the other contenders that the WBO has ranked, and not good for boxing because Abraham is such a limited fighter. He’s going to lose badly if Kessler is the one that emerges as the winner of the Kessler-Stieglitz fight, and ideally, Abraham needs to move back down to 160 because there isn’t a place for him at 168. His promoters likely are hoping that he can somehow get a win over Stieglitz or Kessler, and then go into a long title milking stage the same way that Stieglitz has been doing since he captured the WBO title in 2009.
It’s hard to believe that an average fighter like Stieglitz has been able to retain his title this long, but that’s obviously was only made possible with most of the best fighters in the division – Andre Dirrell, Froch, Kessler, Ward and Glen Johnson – being wrapped up in the Super Six tourney since 2009.
Abraham told boxen.com “That’s my goal [to fight the winner of the Kessler-Stieglitz fight]…If I win my next fight, then I will again grab the title
Mayweather to fight three times in 2012, hopefully against Pacquiao, says De La Hoya
February 14th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that he’s shooting to get three fights for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2012, with one of them being against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, according to worldboxingnews.net.
It sounds promising but highly unlikely because Mayweather rarely fights two fights a year, let alone three times. And the the chances of Mayweather getting a fight against Pacquiao are slim and none due to the constantly changing requirements that his promoter Bob Arum will likely bring up to ultimately prevent that fight from happening.
For instance, when Mayweather was recently trying to get a fight against Pacquiao recently, Arum said that an outside arena on the Las Vegas strip needed to be erected before the fight could take place, but the catch was that it wouldn’t be completed until it was time for Mayweather to begin his 87 day jail term.
Arum didn’t want the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weird part is, Pacquiao is now fighting Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand on June 9th. There were a number of other obstacles that got in the way of having the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight be put together, and I don’t expect these obstacles to go away when and if Mayweather tries to put together a fight with Pacquiao later on in the year.
February 14th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya says that he’s shooting to get three fights for WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2012, with one of them being against WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, according to worldboxingnews.net.
It sounds promising but highly unlikely because Mayweather rarely fights two fights a year, let alone three times. And the the chances of Mayweather getting a fight against Pacquiao are slim and none due to the constantly changing requirements that his promoter Bob Arum will likely bring up to ultimately prevent that fight from happening.
For instance, when Mayweather was recently trying to get a fight against Pacquiao recently, Arum said that an outside arena on the Las Vegas strip needed to be erected before the fight could take place, but the catch was that it wouldn’t be completed until it was time for Mayweather to begin his 87 day jail term.
Arum didn’t want the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight to take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weird part is, Pacquiao is now fighting Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand on June 9th. There were a number of other obstacles that got in the way of having the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight be put together, and I don’t expect these obstacles to go away when and if Mayweather tries to put together a fight with Pacquiao later on in the year.
Roger Mayweather: “The difference between Floyd and Pacquiao is Floyd don’t got no sh*t in him to whop Cotto’s ass!”
by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) - The 158th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with boxing trainer Roger Mayweather, who is a former two division world champion and current trainer of his nephew, pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Junior. Roger spoke about his nephew’s upcoming May 5 bout against Miguel Cotto. He also shared his opinions on various other topics pertaining to the current boxing landscape, including Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming fight with Timothy Bradley, Victor Ortiz’s license hearing, the announced fight between Shane Mosley and Saul Alvarez, Julio Cesar Chavez Junior, whether or not he believes a fight between his nephew and Pacquiao will finally happen in 2012, and more! Here is a complete transcript from that interview:
JENNA J: It’s time for our first guest of this week’s show. He is a former world champion fighter and he is also the trainer and uncle of Floyd Mayweather Junior. We’re joined on the line once again by Roger Mayweather. How’s everything going today Roger?
ROGER MAYWEATHER: Oh everything is well.
JENNA: Okay. Well Roger, there has been big news going around boxing. It revolves around your nephew. His next fight has been announced. He’ll be facing off against Miguel Cotto on May 5. What are your thoughts on this fight?
MAYWEATHER: Oh yeah, yeah! He’s fighting Miguel Cotto. Well we got to do the same thing for Cotto we did for Ortiz. I don’t think that my nephew fighting Cotto will be any much more trouble than other guys that he fought before.
JENNA: Well I mean the decision surprised some people out there. How long did you know about this choice of opponent for your nephew?
MAYWEATHER: Oh I don’t think that my nephew pretty much cared. My nephew believes he can beat anybody. Boxing is what you believe and how you feel about yourself. So I don’t think that the way they change opponents that it will be any different than the last opponent that he was going to have before.
JENNA: You mentioned that it’s kind of the same thing that you’d have to do with Victor Ortiz, but Cotto’s a more skilled boxer with a different style. How do you go about fighting that?
MAYWEATHER: He ain’t that skilled! He got his ass whopped by Pacqiao so he ain’t that skilled! If Pacquiao fought my nephew and he took that test, Pacquiao wouldn’t last four with him, period! He’s been knocked out twice anyway at 105 pounds. What the hell is he going to do at 147-150 pounds? The only reason why Pacquiao even does half of the sh*t he does is because he’s got that sh*t in him. Everybody knows that. Everybody ain’t no fool, but I don’t worry about that because if him and my nephew fight—what I told you today you’re going to remember when him and my nephew fight. You’re going to remember what I told you today, that fight wouldn’t go five rounds with Pacquiao and my nephew, period. Ortiz would give my nephew a little more trouble than Cotto will. You know why he will? You know what weight Ortiz weighed, don’t you?
JENNA: Yeah. He weighed 165 on the night.
MAYWEATHER: Alright! That’s 165! That’s damn near the light heavyweight weight class, super middleweight. So when Cotto fights my nephew he ain’t going to weigh no 165 pounds. He’s made for my nephew, actually. He’s made for my nephew. The reason why I know is because I understand boxing, and I look at the film of who he fights and how he fights.
JENNA: Roger let me ask you this. That loss that Cotto had to Pacquiao, he blames it on having to make the 145 pound catch weight. Do you think he’s a better fighter at 154 pounds and a more comfortable fighter?
MAYWEATHER: De La Hoya can say the same thing! De La Hoya weighed 144 pounds. They all can say that! They call can say that. Ricky Hatton can say that. Cotto can say it. De La Hoya could say it. They all had to make a lot of weight, but he ain’t going to be able to blame this on nothing. He’s going to weigh 147 pounds ain’t he? Alright then!
JENNA: Roger now do you see anything that Miguel Cotto can do with your nephew, anything at all in the ring that can possibly give your nephew any trouble?
MAYWEATHER: The only thing I see Cotto can do is punch. Other than that he ain’t got sh*t for my nephew. The only thing he can do is punch. That’s all he can do, but they all can punch! That don’t make no difference. Shane Mosley can punch! So I mean a whole bunch of guys can punch, but remember one thing—you have to be able to hit something. Talking about if you’re going to be punching on my nephew, you have to be able to hit something. If you don’t hit sh*t than when does that mean? That don’t mean anything. I don’t care how hard you punch if you don’t hit nothing.
JENNA: Alright now Roger this same week it was announced that Manny Pacquiao will be facing off against Timothy Bradley. What are your thoughts on that fight?
MAYWEATHER: Well I think that’s going to be a competitive fight, but I mean I go back to everything at its original form. I have never seen a guy that’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds ever beat a mother f*cker 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 135, 140, 147, or 150. I have never seen it! The last great fighter at 105 pounds was Michael Carbajal. The last three great fighters ever to come from 125 pounds and 130 pounds—number one is Henry Armstrong, number two is Roberto Duran, and number three is Floyd Mayweather Junior. So there ain’t never been a guy that comes from 105 pounds ever to beat a guy at 125 pounds, 135 pounds, 140 pounds, 147 pounds, or 150. In the history of boxing it ain’t never been! There ain’t never been a guy who came from that light a weight division who has been knocked out twice ever to beat somebody at 125 pounds, period! The last great fighter to come up from 105 pounds, do you know who that was?
JENNA: Yeah but Roger, what I’m asking you is what do you think about Timothy Braldey’s chances against Pacquiao seeing as Pacquiao struggled last time out?
MAYWEATHER: Well Pacquiao did struggle last time out, because Pacquiao was trying to not take that sh*t that he had in his system. That’s why. That’s why he was trying to fight Marquez. I was there! He was trying to see if he could fight off that—everybody knows what he’s got in him, I ain’t even got to say it, but he was trying to fight the fight without being on that stuff. So that’s why.
JENNA: So that’s your view Roger? That maybe what you guys have been accusing Pacquiao of doing, that he was not doing for the rematch with Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: I believe he didn’t take nothing for that particular fight. He probably took it! But he didn’t take as much for that fight. It don’t mean he didn’t take nothing. It doesn’t mean he didn’t take nothing. Maybe he didn’t take nothing for that fight, but it don’t mean he didn’t take nothing. Nobody said he didn’t take nothing. He just didn’t take as much for that fight. I was there!
JENNA: Okay Roger, well changing things up a little bit here, I just wanted to get your views on a fighter that’s making some noise in boxing right now and his name is Julio Cesar Chavez Junior. He fought just this past weekend. What are your thoughts on him?
MAYWEATHER: Well Chavez Junior, he ain’t an elite fighter like his dad is. So I mean that’s that. It’s a whole different ball game. I mean he ain’t an elite fighter like his dad is as opposed to him. I mean he has minimum skills. His father had a great chin and they were built different anyway. His dad was more compact as opposed to where he is. He’s much taller and much rangier.
JENNA: Roger seeing as you fought Julio Senior twice, do you see any stylistic similarities between him and his son?
MAYWEATHER: Nope. Nope, because his father had a great chin and his father was a more in fighter. He fights more inside. He could apply pressure on you, but he fought more inside. His son is much taller and much rangier. It’s like two different guys. I don’t know if his son has a—well Chavez Senior, he is not a devastating puncher, but what he is, is he’s busy! He’s a busy fighter! That’s what Chavez Senior is! Chavez Senior is more durable, he’s got a good chin, and he keeps the pressure on you. But Chavez Junior’s not that type of fighter. What weight does Chavez Junior fight at anyway? 147?
JENNA: He actually fights at 160.
MAYWEATYHER: He fights at 160?!
JENNA: Yeah. He weighed actually on the fight night, he weighed 181. He packed on 22 pounds.
MAYWEATHER: That’s a high weight division for a guy like him! He’s tall and rangy, but he ain’t no puncher! So I find that to be hard with his weight division. I find that to be hard, but he increased his punching power. But from what I’ve seen, him and his daddy are two different fighters.
JENNA: Alright! Well Roger, I’m also on the line with my Co-Host Geoff.
GEOFFREY CIANI: Hi Roger. It’s a pleasure to have you back on the show. How are you doing?
MAYWEATHER: Oh I’m fine. How are you?
CIANI: Good thanks. Roger I wanted to ask you, before Floyd announced Cotto as his opponent, there was a lot of speculation going on amongst boxing fans because of some Twitter comments and things that Floyd and Pacquiao may have actually had a chance to get it on for May 5. Did you ever think that fight was going to be close to happening for or around that date?
MAYWEATHER: Nope. I knew it wasn’t going to happen. I met with the guy who was going to put the fight on. I met with four guys who were going to put the money up for the fight. That fight wasn’t going to happen on May 5. Ain’t no way the fight was going to happen on May 5. They didn’t compromise with the money that Floyd was going to get, and they never compromised with the money that Pacquiao was going to get. I heard about what it was going to be, but nobody ever gave them no money. So how was there going to be a fight if nobody if he ain’t never gave nobody the money?
CIANI: So you knew we weren’t close at all? That this was all just media talk?
MAYWEATHER: Well that’s why I knew the fight wasn’t going to happen, but they wanted the fight to be in Dubai. That’s fine. They wanted the fight to be in Dubai, and I met with the guy. I met with the Prince of Dubai. I met with him. I met with some other guys that wanted to put the fight on. They were from Chicago. I met with another guy that was going to put the fight on, and he was from somewhere. Anyway they had the money. They told me they had the money, boom, boom, boom, like that. But I said, “Well if you got the money, then obviously you can make the fight if you got the money”. So boom! But I knew that fight wasn’t going to happen May 5.
CIANI: Well the fact that there was so much hype and buzz about it, and it really intensified on the boxing message boards and things like that. Do you think that if Floyd takes care of business with Cotto and Pacquiao can get by Bradley, do you think there is a chance it might finally happen this year?
MAYWEATHER: Yeah I can see it happening. Why wouldn’t it happen? The fight is worth too much money not to happen. The fight is too big not to happen in the history of boxing. This will the biggest fight in the history of boxing. I’m talking about moneywise and exposure-wise. That will be the biggest fight in the history of boxing—Pacquiao and Floyd.
CIANI: Well I agree with you that it’s a fight where there’s too much money for it not to happen, but the reason I asked you if you thought it would happen this year is because boxing fans have been wanting to see that fight for two or three years now. Do you think this will be the year?
MAYWEATHER: Well I think that this is the year that the fight is going to happen because there’s been too much talk about it, and too much people interested, and too many people that want to put money on the fight, too many people want to make the fight. I know because I met with about seven or eight people who had the money to do the fight. So if they want to do the fight then the fight is going to basically have to happen. I mean I can’t see why it would be another year why the fight wouldn’t happen.
CIANI: So are you at all worried that a guy like Timothy Bradley might be able to play the spoiler and derail the whole thing with one upset victory?
MAYWEATHER: Well I mean I don’t know if he’s going to spoil it, but I mean what you call it almost spoiled it anyway! Marquez! Sh*t! Marquez almost spoiled it when they fought, and they fought three times! So I’ve seen the fight. So I know what happened. I mean it could be possible that he could give him enough trouble to show why the fight wouldn’t be made for whatever reason. The only reason why he can show that is if he brings enough skills to the table. Then hey! They will see Pacquiao and what Pacquiao brings to the table, and we’ll take it from there.
CIANI: Well you mentioned Marquez, and a lot of people were expecting Pacquiao and Marquez to have a fourth fight.
MAYWEATHER: Yeah I know.
CIANI: But since he chose Bradley, do you think Pacquiao views Bradley as a better as a better style matchup for him than Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: No I don’t think that that’s why. I think the fight just didn’t get off the ground because nobody really wanted to see it! The fight was very close. All of the fights that they had were very close. All of the fights that Marquez and Pacquiao had were close anyway. It doesn’t matter. I mean one time he dropped him two times in the first round, and he still fought a draw. I mean it’s just one of those things. Those two guys are made for one another.
CIANI: Now Roger, when Floyd fights Cotto that’s going to be at 154 right? I thought you mentioned 147 before.
MAYWEATHER: It don’t make no difference whether it’s 147 or 154. Skills pay the bills. It ain’t got nothing to do with weight. Weight don’t win a fight. Skills do.
CIANI: So you think that Floyd’s first return to 154 since his Oscar De La Hoya fight, you don’t think that will play an issue at all?
MAYWEATHER: Nope. Nope. That don’t have nothing to do with anything. 154, 147, it doesn’t matter. Skills pay the bills. That’s what boxing’s about.
CIANI: So on that note Roger, the one fight if Floyd can’t get Pacquiao, the one fight that fans have been clamoring for that they view as a threat to Floyd is Sergio Martinez. If the weight’s not an issue and the Pacquiao fight can’t happen for whatever reason, do you think Floyd and Sergio could possibly get it on at some point, maybe even later this year?
MAYWEATHER: I don’t know. I don’t know because I don’t know how much money they’re going to offer Floyd. So money plays a weight in everything when you’re talking about boxing. When you’re an elite fighter on top, money plays a part to everything that you do in boxing. I don’t fight somebody because of bragging rights. We ain’t fighting for bragging rights. We’re fighting for the dollar bills and that’s what it’s about. It ain’t about nothing else. I don’t think the weight ain’t so much going to make a difference.
CIANI: Going back to Cotto and his fight with Floyd. Two things: one, Cotto was competitive with Pacquiao for four rounds. I’m wondering if you think he can be competitive with Floyd early. But also I wanted to get your opinion on the perception from fans that Floyd is now fighting one of Pacquiao’s leftovers?
MAYWEATHER: No. Floyd ain’t fighting no Pacquiao leftover. Floyd’s fighting one of the fighters that HBO’s paying him to fight. The difference between Floyd and Pacquiao is Floyd don’t got no sh*t in him to whop Cotto’s ass! Pacquiao has been knocked out twice at 105 pounds! How in the f*ck are you going to beat somebody at 147 pounds? In the history of boxing there ain’t never been a guy who came from 105 pounds to beat no mother f*cker at 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 35, 40, or 47, or 50! In the history of boxing there has never been! So don’t mention about what Pacquiao does. What Pacquiao does, he does because he’s got something in him. That’s why. That’s the difference between Pacquiao and Floyd. Floyd don’t got to take sh*t to whop mother f*cking Marquez or to whop Miguel Cotto—he can do that with his skills!
JENNA: Roger I’d like to ask you about something that happened last month. News came out that you actually tried to appear at Victor Ortiz’s license hearing with the Nevada Commission, and I’m just curious why you wanted to appear that day?
MAYWEATHER: Well the reason why I came to the thing was because people said oh it was a hearing with Victor Ortiz on why he would his get his license back or why he wouldn’t get his license back. Well I got there a little late. I got there a little late, but I would have explained to them that this mother f*cker should be banned from boxing. Talk about getting his license? He should be banned from boxing any mother f*cking way! Because number one, any time somebody intentionally headbutts somebody, it ain’t so much that he headbutted him. But that means he was intentionally trying to hurt somebody. It’s not about boxing. It ain’t about boxing! When you start throwing headbutts and sh*t like that, it ain’t about boxing! It’s about you trying to injure somebody for no reason. The point is why I came there is because I wanted to express what I knew about boxing, and this mother f*cker should be banned from boxing because of what he had done! I don’t care if he did it to my nephew. If he did it to any fighter! I’m a fighter myself, and if he did it to any fighter I would think the same way that I think with my nephew as I thought with any other fighter if a mother f*cker did something illegally. If he was trying to hurt me, hell yeah I think his ass should be banned! And that’s what the f*ck they should have done to him! His ass should have been banned from boxing.
JENNA: Now Roger this isn’t the first time that you stood up to an intentional foul that was actually done to your nephew before. There was the fight with Zab Judah where he intentionally low-blowed your nephew and you stood up at that point, too. Can you tell me what goes through your head when you see that happening, when somebody is intentionally fouling your nephew and you’re sitting ringside?
MAYWEATHER: Well it’s not so much intentionally fouling my nephew. I’m in the sport of boxing. That’s what I’m in. I’m not in the sport of boxing because of my nephew. I’m not in the sport because anybody else is in the sport. The whole point of it is when I see something negative happening to someone I don’t care if I know him or if I don’t know him. If he gets hit with intentional headbutts, or hits low, or hits behind the back, or whatever the case might be, I think the same way in every case. It’s not just because it’s my nephew. But the point is what he said. When they asked him if he was in that situation whether he would do it again, he said, “Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I’d do it again”. Well your mother f*cking ass should be banned from boxing, period! If somebody told you that if it had to happen again what would you do? Your ass should be banned from boxing. That’s all there is to it. Anytime somebody tells you that, and remember! My nephew paid him! He don’t pay my nephew! So there ain’t no way in the world you’re going to talk about how you’d do that again. Your ass should be banned from boxing, period! And that’s what the f*ck he needs to be! His ass needs to be banned!
JENNA: Alright well Roger speaking of former opponents of your nephew, one recently came out in the news and that would be Shane Mosley. He actually has an upcoming fight with Saul Alvarez at 154 pounds and he’s also been in rumors in regards to a possible fight with Amir Khan somewhere down the line. I’m just curious do you think Shane has anything left at all to be a risk to either of those guys?
MAYWEATHER: Shane Mosley would beat Alvarez and he’ll beat Amir Khan. He’ll beat both of them. He’ll beat them on experience. Them dudes ain’t never been in no big fights. Amir Khan just got his ass whopped. Didn’t he?
JENNA: Yeah, well he lost to Lamont Peterson in a close fight.
MAYWEATHER: I used to train them! When they were little kids, the Peterson brothers, I used to train with them. And he’ll beat that other guy. What did you say his name was? Alvarez? That’s the one, that red-headed Mexican. Oh! Shane Mosley will beat his ass too! Hey! The last guy he fought couldn’t fight. The last guy he fought, the guy couldn’t fight, and he sure ain’t been in with anyone as good as Shane Mosley. When is that fight supposed to take place?
JENNA: Well I mean it’s actually on the under card of your nephew’s fight with Cotto.
MAYWEATHER: Well like I said, I don’t think either one of them dudes would beat Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley had a hell of an amateur career and he’s a good fighter. What makes people think that those guys can beat Shane Mosley? Why do you think they think them guys can beat Shane Mosley?
JENNA: Well they think Shane’s towards the end because in his last three fights he doesn’t have a win.
MAYWEATHER: His last three fights. Who did he fight in his last three fights?
JENNA: He fought obviously your nephew, and then he fought Sergio Mora at 154 and fought a draw, and then he fought Pacquiao.
MAYWEATHER: Yeah well, everybody, well I wouldn’t count that Pacquiao fight because everybody knows what that is. But anyway, beside the point, the bottom line is Shane Mosley is going to beat anyone of those guys you’re talking about right now. Alvarez and them dudes can’t whop Shane Mosley. You know what? I want you to call me after Alvarez or one of those guys fights Shane Mosley and you can repeat what I just told you.
JENNA: Well we definitely will have to do that Roger, but I just have two more questions before I let you off the line here. Going into 2012 there has been a lot of news surrounding your nephew, and part of it was involving him having to go to jail eventually for what he plead to. I’m just curious do you think that’s going to affect him at all? You know after the fight with Cotto, depending on how that plays out, do you think going to jail for 90 days is going to affect Floyd in any way and might affect him when he comes out?
MAYWEATHER: Well I don’t even see how somebody can be put in jail about something. I mean it doesn’t make sense to me, but it is what it is. My nephew’s going to be fine. Whatever happens, obviously they made a decision on it whether it be good or whether it be bad. But the decision is made so that hopefully things will be cleared up. The main thing right now is that he’s able to fight. He’s able to fight, and then we get the fight, and then like you said he’s serving 90 days. I mean obviously he’s going to do time. If they say he has to do it, then he has to do it.
JENNA: Now back to your nephew’s fight with Cotto, Cotto’s two losses have been by knockout, late knockouts—one in the twelfth round and one in the eleventh round. Do you see your nephew stopping Miguel Cotto when they meet in the ring on May 5?
MAYWEATHER: Do I think he’ll stop him? Yep. Yep, I see him stopping him. I see him stopping him. He may not stop him early, but I see him stopping him. I don’t see him making twelve rounds, too much skill for him.
JENNA: So what do you think will bring Cotto down? Do you think it will be skills, an accumulation of punches, or with one shot like with Victor Ortiz?
MAYWEATHER: An accumulation of punches, a combination of punches, if he’s going to be stopped that’s what it’s going to be—punches in bunches.
JENNA: Okay. Well Roger I have one final question for you and this revolves around the 2012 boxing year. What fights do you think the fans could most look forward to seeing this coming year?
MAYWEATHER: Well in 2012 yeah, I think that one of the biggest fights will come off. The fight that everybody anticipates will come off, and that’s with Floyd and Manny Pacquiao. I think that’s going to come off, and I think there are going to be some more fighters that have to prove themselves. But there are going to be some more fighters that come along that we’re going to look at in a different way. The fight with obviously Manny Pacquiao and the guy he’s going to fight, people are going to anticipate that, and then we’re going to move closer to him and Floyd Mayweather. That’s what it’s about anyway. That’s the biggest fight on the market, so I’m sure they’ll have that be ready by the time 2012 comes to an end. Why not?
JENNA: Okay! Well Roger, it’s been a pleasure once again talking to you and getting your views on everything that’s going around boxing. So thank you again for taking the time out with us and I look forward to speaking to you again.
MAYWEATHER: No problem. Thank you.
CIANI: Thanks Roger, best of luck.
MAYWEATHER: Have a good day!
by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) - The 158th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with boxing trainer Roger Mayweather, who is a former two division world champion and current trainer of his nephew, pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Junior. Roger spoke about his nephew’s upcoming May 5 bout against Miguel Cotto. He also shared his opinions on various other topics pertaining to the current boxing landscape, including Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming fight with Timothy Bradley, Victor Ortiz’s license hearing, the announced fight between Shane Mosley and Saul Alvarez, Julio Cesar Chavez Junior, whether or not he believes a fight between his nephew and Pacquiao will finally happen in 2012, and more! Here is a complete transcript from that interview:
JENNA J: It’s time for our first guest of this week’s show. He is a former world champion fighter and he is also the trainer and uncle of Floyd Mayweather Junior. We’re joined on the line once again by Roger Mayweather. How’s everything going today Roger?
ROGER MAYWEATHER: Oh everything is well.
JENNA: Okay. Well Roger, there has been big news going around boxing. It revolves around your nephew. His next fight has been announced. He’ll be facing off against Miguel Cotto on May 5. What are your thoughts on this fight?
MAYWEATHER: Oh yeah, yeah! He’s fighting Miguel Cotto. Well we got to do the same thing for Cotto we did for Ortiz. I don’t think that my nephew fighting Cotto will be any much more trouble than other guys that he fought before.
JENNA: Well I mean the decision surprised some people out there. How long did you know about this choice of opponent for your nephew?
MAYWEATHER: Oh I don’t think that my nephew pretty much cared. My nephew believes he can beat anybody. Boxing is what you believe and how you feel about yourself. So I don’t think that the way they change opponents that it will be any different than the last opponent that he was going to have before.
JENNA: You mentioned that it’s kind of the same thing that you’d have to do with Victor Ortiz, but Cotto’s a more skilled boxer with a different style. How do you go about fighting that?
MAYWEATHER: He ain’t that skilled! He got his ass whopped by Pacqiao so he ain’t that skilled! If Pacquiao fought my nephew and he took that test, Pacquiao wouldn’t last four with him, period! He’s been knocked out twice anyway at 105 pounds. What the hell is he going to do at 147-150 pounds? The only reason why Pacquiao even does half of the sh*t he does is because he’s got that sh*t in him. Everybody knows that. Everybody ain’t no fool, but I don’t worry about that because if him and my nephew fight—what I told you today you’re going to remember when him and my nephew fight. You’re going to remember what I told you today, that fight wouldn’t go five rounds with Pacquiao and my nephew, period. Ortiz would give my nephew a little more trouble than Cotto will. You know why he will? You know what weight Ortiz weighed, don’t you?
JENNA: Yeah. He weighed 165 on the night.
MAYWEATHER: Alright! That’s 165! That’s damn near the light heavyweight weight class, super middleweight. So when Cotto fights my nephew he ain’t going to weigh no 165 pounds. He’s made for my nephew, actually. He’s made for my nephew. The reason why I know is because I understand boxing, and I look at the film of who he fights and how he fights.
JENNA: Roger let me ask you this. That loss that Cotto had to Pacquiao, he blames it on having to make the 145 pound catch weight. Do you think he’s a better fighter at 154 pounds and a more comfortable fighter?
MAYWEATHER: De La Hoya can say the same thing! De La Hoya weighed 144 pounds. They all can say that! They call can say that. Ricky Hatton can say that. Cotto can say it. De La Hoya could say it. They all had to make a lot of weight, but he ain’t going to be able to blame this on nothing. He’s going to weigh 147 pounds ain’t he? Alright then!
JENNA: Roger now do you see anything that Miguel Cotto can do with your nephew, anything at all in the ring that can possibly give your nephew any trouble?
MAYWEATHER: The only thing I see Cotto can do is punch. Other than that he ain’t got sh*t for my nephew. The only thing he can do is punch. That’s all he can do, but they all can punch! That don’t make no difference. Shane Mosley can punch! So I mean a whole bunch of guys can punch, but remember one thing—you have to be able to hit something. Talking about if you’re going to be punching on my nephew, you have to be able to hit something. If you don’t hit sh*t than when does that mean? That don’t mean anything. I don’t care how hard you punch if you don’t hit nothing.
JENNA: Alright now Roger this same week it was announced that Manny Pacquiao will be facing off against Timothy Bradley. What are your thoughts on that fight?
MAYWEATHER: Well I think that’s going to be a competitive fight, but I mean I go back to everything at its original form. I have never seen a guy that’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds ever beat a mother f*cker 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 135, 140, 147, or 150. I have never seen it! The last great fighter at 105 pounds was Michael Carbajal. The last three great fighters ever to come from 125 pounds and 130 pounds—number one is Henry Armstrong, number two is Roberto Duran, and number three is Floyd Mayweather Junior. So there ain’t never been a guy that comes from 105 pounds ever to beat a guy at 125 pounds, 135 pounds, 140 pounds, 147 pounds, or 150. In the history of boxing it ain’t never been! There ain’t never been a guy who came from that light a weight division who has been knocked out twice ever to beat somebody at 125 pounds, period! The last great fighter to come up from 105 pounds, do you know who that was?
JENNA: Yeah but Roger, what I’m asking you is what do you think about Timothy Braldey’s chances against Pacquiao seeing as Pacquiao struggled last time out?
MAYWEATHER: Well Pacquiao did struggle last time out, because Pacquiao was trying to not take that sh*t that he had in his system. That’s why. That’s why he was trying to fight Marquez. I was there! He was trying to see if he could fight off that—everybody knows what he’s got in him, I ain’t even got to say it, but he was trying to fight the fight without being on that stuff. So that’s why.
JENNA: So that’s your view Roger? That maybe what you guys have been accusing Pacquiao of doing, that he was not doing for the rematch with Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: I believe he didn’t take nothing for that particular fight. He probably took it! But he didn’t take as much for that fight. It don’t mean he didn’t take nothing. It doesn’t mean he didn’t take nothing. Maybe he didn’t take nothing for that fight, but it don’t mean he didn’t take nothing. Nobody said he didn’t take nothing. He just didn’t take as much for that fight. I was there!
JENNA: Okay Roger, well changing things up a little bit here, I just wanted to get your views on a fighter that’s making some noise in boxing right now and his name is Julio Cesar Chavez Junior. He fought just this past weekend. What are your thoughts on him?
MAYWEATHER: Well Chavez Junior, he ain’t an elite fighter like his dad is. So I mean that’s that. It’s a whole different ball game. I mean he ain’t an elite fighter like his dad is as opposed to him. I mean he has minimum skills. His father had a great chin and they were built different anyway. His dad was more compact as opposed to where he is. He’s much taller and much rangier.
JENNA: Roger seeing as you fought Julio Senior twice, do you see any stylistic similarities between him and his son?
MAYWEATHER: Nope. Nope, because his father had a great chin and his father was a more in fighter. He fights more inside. He could apply pressure on you, but he fought more inside. His son is much taller and much rangier. It’s like two different guys. I don’t know if his son has a—well Chavez Senior, he is not a devastating puncher, but what he is, is he’s busy! He’s a busy fighter! That’s what Chavez Senior is! Chavez Senior is more durable, he’s got a good chin, and he keeps the pressure on you. But Chavez Junior’s not that type of fighter. What weight does Chavez Junior fight at anyway? 147?
JENNA: He actually fights at 160.
MAYWEATYHER: He fights at 160?!
JENNA: Yeah. He weighed actually on the fight night, he weighed 181. He packed on 22 pounds.
MAYWEATHER: That’s a high weight division for a guy like him! He’s tall and rangy, but he ain’t no puncher! So I find that to be hard with his weight division. I find that to be hard, but he increased his punching power. But from what I’ve seen, him and his daddy are two different fighters.
JENNA: Alright! Well Roger, I’m also on the line with my Co-Host Geoff.
GEOFFREY CIANI: Hi Roger. It’s a pleasure to have you back on the show. How are you doing?
MAYWEATHER: Oh I’m fine. How are you?
CIANI: Good thanks. Roger I wanted to ask you, before Floyd announced Cotto as his opponent, there was a lot of speculation going on amongst boxing fans because of some Twitter comments and things that Floyd and Pacquiao may have actually had a chance to get it on for May 5. Did you ever think that fight was going to be close to happening for or around that date?
MAYWEATHER: Nope. I knew it wasn’t going to happen. I met with the guy who was going to put the fight on. I met with four guys who were going to put the money up for the fight. That fight wasn’t going to happen on May 5. Ain’t no way the fight was going to happen on May 5. They didn’t compromise with the money that Floyd was going to get, and they never compromised with the money that Pacquiao was going to get. I heard about what it was going to be, but nobody ever gave them no money. So how was there going to be a fight if nobody if he ain’t never gave nobody the money?
CIANI: So you knew we weren’t close at all? That this was all just media talk?
MAYWEATHER: Well that’s why I knew the fight wasn’t going to happen, but they wanted the fight to be in Dubai. That’s fine. They wanted the fight to be in Dubai, and I met with the guy. I met with the Prince of Dubai. I met with him. I met with some other guys that wanted to put the fight on. They were from Chicago. I met with another guy that was going to put the fight on, and he was from somewhere. Anyway they had the money. They told me they had the money, boom, boom, boom, like that. But I said, “Well if you got the money, then obviously you can make the fight if you got the money”. So boom! But I knew that fight wasn’t going to happen May 5.
CIANI: Well the fact that there was so much hype and buzz about it, and it really intensified on the boxing message boards and things like that. Do you think that if Floyd takes care of business with Cotto and Pacquiao can get by Bradley, do you think there is a chance it might finally happen this year?
MAYWEATHER: Yeah I can see it happening. Why wouldn’t it happen? The fight is worth too much money not to happen. The fight is too big not to happen in the history of boxing. This will the biggest fight in the history of boxing. I’m talking about moneywise and exposure-wise. That will be the biggest fight in the history of boxing—Pacquiao and Floyd.
CIANI: Well I agree with you that it’s a fight where there’s too much money for it not to happen, but the reason I asked you if you thought it would happen this year is because boxing fans have been wanting to see that fight for two or three years now. Do you think this will be the year?
MAYWEATHER: Well I think that this is the year that the fight is going to happen because there’s been too much talk about it, and too much people interested, and too many people that want to put money on the fight, too many people want to make the fight. I know because I met with about seven or eight people who had the money to do the fight. So if they want to do the fight then the fight is going to basically have to happen. I mean I can’t see why it would be another year why the fight wouldn’t happen.
CIANI: So are you at all worried that a guy like Timothy Bradley might be able to play the spoiler and derail the whole thing with one upset victory?
MAYWEATHER: Well I mean I don’t know if he’s going to spoil it, but I mean what you call it almost spoiled it anyway! Marquez! Sh*t! Marquez almost spoiled it when they fought, and they fought three times! So I’ve seen the fight. So I know what happened. I mean it could be possible that he could give him enough trouble to show why the fight wouldn’t be made for whatever reason. The only reason why he can show that is if he brings enough skills to the table. Then hey! They will see Pacquiao and what Pacquiao brings to the table, and we’ll take it from there.
CIANI: Well you mentioned Marquez, and a lot of people were expecting Pacquiao and Marquez to have a fourth fight.
MAYWEATHER: Yeah I know.
CIANI: But since he chose Bradley, do you think Pacquiao views Bradley as a better as a better style matchup for him than Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: No I don’t think that that’s why. I think the fight just didn’t get off the ground because nobody really wanted to see it! The fight was very close. All of the fights that they had were very close. All of the fights that Marquez and Pacquiao had were close anyway. It doesn’t matter. I mean one time he dropped him two times in the first round, and he still fought a draw. I mean it’s just one of those things. Those two guys are made for one another.
CIANI: Now Roger, when Floyd fights Cotto that’s going to be at 154 right? I thought you mentioned 147 before.
MAYWEATHER: It don’t make no difference whether it’s 147 or 154. Skills pay the bills. It ain’t got nothing to do with weight. Weight don’t win a fight. Skills do.
CIANI: So you think that Floyd’s first return to 154 since his Oscar De La Hoya fight, you don’t think that will play an issue at all?
MAYWEATHER: Nope. Nope. That don’t have nothing to do with anything. 154, 147, it doesn’t matter. Skills pay the bills. That’s what boxing’s about.
CIANI: So on that note Roger, the one fight if Floyd can’t get Pacquiao, the one fight that fans have been clamoring for that they view as a threat to Floyd is Sergio Martinez. If the weight’s not an issue and the Pacquiao fight can’t happen for whatever reason, do you think Floyd and Sergio could possibly get it on at some point, maybe even later this year?
MAYWEATHER: I don’t know. I don’t know because I don’t know how much money they’re going to offer Floyd. So money plays a weight in everything when you’re talking about boxing. When you’re an elite fighter on top, money plays a part to everything that you do in boxing. I don’t fight somebody because of bragging rights. We ain’t fighting for bragging rights. We’re fighting for the dollar bills and that’s what it’s about. It ain’t about nothing else. I don’t think the weight ain’t so much going to make a difference.
CIANI: Going back to Cotto and his fight with Floyd. Two things: one, Cotto was competitive with Pacquiao for four rounds. I’m wondering if you think he can be competitive with Floyd early. But also I wanted to get your opinion on the perception from fans that Floyd is now fighting one of Pacquiao’s leftovers?
MAYWEATHER: No. Floyd ain’t fighting no Pacquiao leftover. Floyd’s fighting one of the fighters that HBO’s paying him to fight. The difference between Floyd and Pacquiao is Floyd don’t got no sh*t in him to whop Cotto’s ass! Pacquiao has been knocked out twice at 105 pounds! How in the f*ck are you going to beat somebody at 147 pounds? In the history of boxing there ain’t never been a guy who came from 105 pounds to beat no mother f*cker at 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 35, 40, or 47, or 50! In the history of boxing there has never been! So don’t mention about what Pacquiao does. What Pacquiao does, he does because he’s got something in him. That’s why. That’s the difference between Pacquiao and Floyd. Floyd don’t got to take sh*t to whop mother f*cking Marquez or to whop Miguel Cotto—he can do that with his skills!
JENNA: Roger I’d like to ask you about something that happened last month. News came out that you actually tried to appear at Victor Ortiz’s license hearing with the Nevada Commission, and I’m just curious why you wanted to appear that day?
MAYWEATHER: Well the reason why I came to the thing was because people said oh it was a hearing with Victor Ortiz on why he would his get his license back or why he wouldn’t get his license back. Well I got there a little late. I got there a little late, but I would have explained to them that this mother f*cker should be banned from boxing. Talk about getting his license? He should be banned from boxing any mother f*cking way! Because number one, any time somebody intentionally headbutts somebody, it ain’t so much that he headbutted him. But that means he was intentionally trying to hurt somebody. It’s not about boxing. It ain’t about boxing! When you start throwing headbutts and sh*t like that, it ain’t about boxing! It’s about you trying to injure somebody for no reason. The point is why I came there is because I wanted to express what I knew about boxing, and this mother f*cker should be banned from boxing because of what he had done! I don’t care if he did it to my nephew. If he did it to any fighter! I’m a fighter myself, and if he did it to any fighter I would think the same way that I think with my nephew as I thought with any other fighter if a mother f*cker did something illegally. If he was trying to hurt me, hell yeah I think his ass should be banned! And that’s what the f*ck they should have done to him! His ass should have been banned from boxing.
JENNA: Now Roger this isn’t the first time that you stood up to an intentional foul that was actually done to your nephew before. There was the fight with Zab Judah where he intentionally low-blowed your nephew and you stood up at that point, too. Can you tell me what goes through your head when you see that happening, when somebody is intentionally fouling your nephew and you’re sitting ringside?
MAYWEATHER: Well it’s not so much intentionally fouling my nephew. I’m in the sport of boxing. That’s what I’m in. I’m not in the sport of boxing because of my nephew. I’m not in the sport because anybody else is in the sport. The whole point of it is when I see something negative happening to someone I don’t care if I know him or if I don’t know him. If he gets hit with intentional headbutts, or hits low, or hits behind the back, or whatever the case might be, I think the same way in every case. It’s not just because it’s my nephew. But the point is what he said. When they asked him if he was in that situation whether he would do it again, he said, “Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I’d do it again”. Well your mother f*cking ass should be banned from boxing, period! If somebody told you that if it had to happen again what would you do? Your ass should be banned from boxing. That’s all there is to it. Anytime somebody tells you that, and remember! My nephew paid him! He don’t pay my nephew! So there ain’t no way in the world you’re going to talk about how you’d do that again. Your ass should be banned from boxing, period! And that’s what the f*ck he needs to be! His ass needs to be banned!
JENNA: Alright well Roger speaking of former opponents of your nephew, one recently came out in the news and that would be Shane Mosley. He actually has an upcoming fight with Saul Alvarez at 154 pounds and he’s also been in rumors in regards to a possible fight with Amir Khan somewhere down the line. I’m just curious do you think Shane has anything left at all to be a risk to either of those guys?
MAYWEATHER: Shane Mosley would beat Alvarez and he’ll beat Amir Khan. He’ll beat both of them. He’ll beat them on experience. Them dudes ain’t never been in no big fights. Amir Khan just got his ass whopped. Didn’t he?
JENNA: Yeah, well he lost to Lamont Peterson in a close fight.
MAYWEATHER: I used to train them! When they were little kids, the Peterson brothers, I used to train with them. And he’ll beat that other guy. What did you say his name was? Alvarez? That’s the one, that red-headed Mexican. Oh! Shane Mosley will beat his ass too! Hey! The last guy he fought couldn’t fight. The last guy he fought, the guy couldn’t fight, and he sure ain’t been in with anyone as good as Shane Mosley. When is that fight supposed to take place?
JENNA: Well I mean it’s actually on the under card of your nephew’s fight with Cotto.
MAYWEATHER: Well like I said, I don’t think either one of them dudes would beat Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley had a hell of an amateur career and he’s a good fighter. What makes people think that those guys can beat Shane Mosley? Why do you think they think them guys can beat Shane Mosley?
JENNA: Well they think Shane’s towards the end because in his last three fights he doesn’t have a win.
MAYWEATHER: His last three fights. Who did he fight in his last three fights?
JENNA: He fought obviously your nephew, and then he fought Sergio Mora at 154 and fought a draw, and then he fought Pacquiao.
MAYWEATHER: Yeah well, everybody, well I wouldn’t count that Pacquiao fight because everybody knows what that is. But anyway, beside the point, the bottom line is Shane Mosley is going to beat anyone of those guys you’re talking about right now. Alvarez and them dudes can’t whop Shane Mosley. You know what? I want you to call me after Alvarez or one of those guys fights Shane Mosley and you can repeat what I just told you.
JENNA: Well we definitely will have to do that Roger, but I just have two more questions before I let you off the line here. Going into 2012 there has been a lot of news surrounding your nephew, and part of it was involving him having to go to jail eventually for what he plead to. I’m just curious do you think that’s going to affect him at all? You know after the fight with Cotto, depending on how that plays out, do you think going to jail for 90 days is going to affect Floyd in any way and might affect him when he comes out?
MAYWEATHER: Well I don’t even see how somebody can be put in jail about something. I mean it doesn’t make sense to me, but it is what it is. My nephew’s going to be fine. Whatever happens, obviously they made a decision on it whether it be good or whether it be bad. But the decision is made so that hopefully things will be cleared up. The main thing right now is that he’s able to fight. He’s able to fight, and then we get the fight, and then like you said he’s serving 90 days. I mean obviously he’s going to do time. If they say he has to do it, then he has to do it.
JENNA: Now back to your nephew’s fight with Cotto, Cotto’s two losses have been by knockout, late knockouts—one in the twelfth round and one in the eleventh round. Do you see your nephew stopping Miguel Cotto when they meet in the ring on May 5?
MAYWEATHER: Do I think he’ll stop him? Yep. Yep, I see him stopping him. I see him stopping him. He may not stop him early, but I see him stopping him. I don’t see him making twelve rounds, too much skill for him.
JENNA: So what do you think will bring Cotto down? Do you think it will be skills, an accumulation of punches, or with one shot like with Victor Ortiz?
MAYWEATHER: An accumulation of punches, a combination of punches, if he’s going to be stopped that’s what it’s going to be—punches in bunches.
JENNA: Okay. Well Roger I have one final question for you and this revolves around the 2012 boxing year. What fights do you think the fans could most look forward to seeing this coming year?
MAYWEATHER: Well in 2012 yeah, I think that one of the biggest fights will come off. The fight that everybody anticipates will come off, and that’s with Floyd and Manny Pacquiao. I think that’s going to come off, and I think there are going to be some more fighters that have to prove themselves. But there are going to be some more fighters that come along that we’re going to look at in a different way. The fight with obviously Manny Pacquiao and the guy he’s going to fight, people are going to anticipate that, and then we’re going to move closer to him and Floyd Mayweather. That’s what it’s about anyway. That’s the biggest fight on the market, so I’m sure they’ll have that be ready by the time 2012 comes to an end. Why not?
JENNA: Okay! Well Roger, it’s been a pleasure once again talking to you and getting your views on everything that’s going around boxing. So thank you again for taking the time out with us and I look forward to speaking to you again.
MAYWEATHER: No problem. Thank you.
CIANI: Thanks Roger, best of luck.
MAYWEATHER: Have a good day!
seriously??? why does the mayweather family have to act like some hoe ass hater's? really tho, i thought blacks came up with the phrase "playa hata?"
they're really putting salt in the game and since pac is doing his thing while they sit back and hate i gotta call it on em!
fuck their whole family.
pac didn't take mayweather's shine they took it from themselves by talkin too much shit. don't trip on why you don't got a running endorsment.
and lol @ floyd thinking he really did something with a cheap shot.
pac had 1 subpar preformance after about what 8 great ones??? hahahaha!
suckas!
they're really putting salt in the game and since pac is doing his thing while they sit back and hate i gotta call it on em!
fuck their whole family.
pac didn't take mayweather's shine they took it from themselves by talkin too much shit. don't trip on why you don't got a running endorsment.
and lol @ floyd thinking he really did something with a cheap shot.
pac had 1 subpar preformance after about what 8 great ones??? hahahaha!
suckas!
how so? even if you believe JMM beat Pac he still hasn't done more than Pac has over the years.
JMM just has pac's style down to the t, and after fighting 36 rounds against each other you'd think that would be the case.
JMM is to Pac as to Ken Norton was to Ali (fought three times, all three close and very controversial). That didn't mean Norton was better than Ali, just meant his style was excellent against Ali. Further, even if you believe Norton won 2 out of the 3 times against Ali, that doesn't mean you'd favor Norton over all the other top guys at that time whereas you would favor Ali to beat those same guys (like I wouldn't favor JMM to beat Victor Ortiz & Berto but I would favor Pac to beat them).
JMM just has pac's style down to the t, and after fighting 36 rounds against each other you'd think that would be the case.
JMM is to Pac as to Ken Norton was to Ali (fought three times, all three close and very controversial). That didn't mean Norton was better than Ali, just meant his style was excellent against Ali. Further, even if you believe Norton won 2 out of the 3 times against Ali, that doesn't mean you'd favor Norton over all the other top guys at that time whereas you would favor Ali to beat those same guys (like I wouldn't favor JMM to beat Victor Ortiz & Berto but I would favor Pac to beat them).
Speaking of JMM, as great as he is he makes a lot of head scratching decisions in his career. Here he is saying he will retire after 1 or maybe 2 more fights and he's decided to fight a bum beater from Argentina who has 42 fights and only scored 1 KO. I wonder why he would waste his time with a guy like this.
Juan Manuel Marquez-Cesar Cuenca For Vacant WBO Title?
By Salvador Rodriguez
If all goes as expected, Juan Manuel Marquez will return to the ring on April 21 undefeated Argentinean César Cuenca (42-0, 1KO) in Morelia, Chiapas or Cancun. A source indicates the possibility of a vacant WBO junior welterweight title being at stake, although it's not exactly clear if the belt at stake will be the interim or the full title.
The current WBO champion, Timothy Bradley, will move up to the welterweight division to challenge the WBC champion at 147, Manny Pacquiao, on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cuenca is ranked at number 1 by the WBO at 140, and Marquez is the WBO champion at 135.
"All I know is that I'm fighting on April 21, but I don't know the opponent or the opponent. But if [the opponent] is Cuenca, then I'll have to look for him on Youtube, because honestly I don't know him and I've never seen him fight," Marquez said.
"Going by his record, I believe that he'll be difficult, a good boxer and fast. If he's ranked in the first position [by the WBO], he must have done something."
Marquez expects to fight three times in 2012, including a fight in July and then another contest in the fall - which he hopes is a fourth meeting with Pacquiao.
Salvador Rodriguez covers boxing in Mexico for The Record.
Juan Manuel Marquez-Cesar Cuenca For Vacant WBO Title?
By Salvador Rodriguez
If all goes as expected, Juan Manuel Marquez will return to the ring on April 21 undefeated Argentinean César Cuenca (42-0, 1KO) in Morelia, Chiapas or Cancun. A source indicates the possibility of a vacant WBO junior welterweight title being at stake, although it's not exactly clear if the belt at stake will be the interim or the full title.
The current WBO champion, Timothy Bradley, will move up to the welterweight division to challenge the WBC champion at 147, Manny Pacquiao, on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Cuenca is ranked at number 1 by the WBO at 140, and Marquez is the WBO champion at 135.
"All I know is that I'm fighting on April 21, but I don't know the opponent or the opponent. But if [the opponent] is Cuenca, then I'll have to look for him on Youtube, because honestly I don't know him and I've never seen him fight," Marquez said.
"Going by his record, I believe that he'll be difficult, a good boxer and fast. If he's ranked in the first position [by the WBO], he must have done something."
Marquez expects to fight three times in 2012, including a fight in July and then another contest in the fall - which he hopes is a fourth meeting with Pacquiao.
Salvador Rodriguez covers boxing in Mexico for The Record.