Forget about the potential March fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. I want to see their trainers go at it! Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach appears to have genuine heat with Floyd’s trainer and uncle, Roger Mayweather. Most of it stems from when Roach trained Oscar De La Hoya for his fight against Floyd. At one of the press conferences, Roger Mayweather said some tasteless and classless things about Roach’s mentor, the late, legendary Eddie Futch. Uncle Roger said:
“Eddie Futch didn’t do s**t. He never made a fighter.”
That’s pretty amusing considering that Roger has trained one world champion and Futch trained more than a dozen. Among Futch’s charges are Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Ken Norton, Trevor Berbick, Bob Foster, Mike McCallum, Alexis Arguello, Michael Spinks, Marlon Starling, Montell Griffin, and Riddick Bowe.
While Roach suffers from Parkinson’s disease, I hope he has enough left to beat the crap out of Roger Mayweather. He deserves a trouncing for being a disrespectful idiot. Who the hell talks trash about a dead guy?!? Oh right, Roger Mayweather.
lol, the prefight hype is happening already. gonna be big!
@Smartguy It's going to be a huge event, but I'm not sure how much fun the actual fight will be.
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who knows. i wonder if they will have the fight in dallas?
this made me think of mike tyson though…"i'll eat his childrens"
@Smartguy Dallas looks unlikely. Mayweather made Schaefer cancel on the visit. Floyd is comfortable in Vegas, knows how the Nevada State Boxing Commission works, knows the state judges, etc. Texas has some of the worst judges and referees in the business, unfortunately.
As for the fight, I don't see how Manny can catch Floyd. Unless Mayweather has lost a step — which was impossible to tell against the WAY overmatched Marquez — he can run and peck his way to a decision. I'd love for Manny to win, but the skill differential looks like too much (on paper). Mayweather's safety-first fights are almost always boring. He had the talent to knock Marquez out, but he chose not to.
Never thought about the judges aspect. I was thinking that they would try and negotiate revenue sharing based on ticket sales. The new stadium made sense on paper. Huge, very luxurious suites, 100k seats, and the 60 yard HDTV.
Then again…the union probably wouldn't allow that fight to happen outside of Las Vegas.
@Smartguy Last I checked, Jones had offered a $25-million site fee for the fight. I'm sure the MGM Grand will offer more.
i could only imagine roach in this fight without gloves, and his arms are all over the place.