By Edward Chaykovsky
Floyd Mayweather Sr., father and trainer of WBC/WBA welterweight and junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., says Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach is already grasping at straws. Roach trains WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who faces Mayweather on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
In several recent interviews, Roach verbally attacked the training credibility of Mayweather Sr. According to Roach, Floyd Sr.'s brother - Roger Mayweather - is a far better coach. Roger is unable to work Mayweather's corner on May 2 due to health issues.
"I heard about what Freddie said about Roger's better," Mayweather Sr. said to David Mayo of MLive. "He can say that all he wants to say it. You want me to tell you what Freddie wants? He wants Roger in there because he knows I'm the man."
"You're going to find out who knows and who don't know. If I don't know boxing, the world's going to be against me. There's no way I'm talking right now. And if Freddie Roach don't know, it's going to be the same with him. And I'm going to tell you right now, Manny's going to get his ass kicked, and Freddie's going to go sit his ass down."
Mayweather Sr. feels Pacquiao, because of his brutal sixth round knockout at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012, is very susceptible to getting stopped again in quicker fashion.
"Of course, any time somebody's been knocked ice cold like that, man, of course they can get knocked out again -- quick, fast and in a hurry," Mayweather Sr. said.
