By Edward Chaykovsky
Floyd Mayweather Sr., father and head trainer of Floyd Mayweather Jr., gave his honest opinion on the feud between his son and Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya.
Floyd Jr. and De La Hoya have been taking post-fight shots at each other since their successful showdown in May of 2007.
There were several years of friction between Mayweather Sr. and his son. During that period, Mayweather Sr. was the head trainer for De La Hoya. That relationship fell apart prior to De La Hoya's fight with Floyd Jr.
The situation between De La Hoya and Floyd Jr. escalated a few weeks ago when Oscar penned an open letter, criticizing Mayweather's career, in the December issue of Playboy.
Floyd Jr. returned fire in several interviews. De La Hoya did as well, but then the former six division world champion called for peace during a video interview last week with BoxingScene.com.
Mayweather Sr., who still considers De La Hoya a friend, believes the Golden Boy promoter is to blame in the situation.
"I’m just saying that all this jealous stuff that Oscar is talking about, he needs to quit it, it doesn’t even make sense. The only way you have a problem with a person like that, he’s gotta be obsessed with Floyd," Mayweather Sr. told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.
"Floyd ain’t saying nothing about him and his mini skirts and his stockings and the wigs, lipstick and eyelashes, all the ear rings. Floyd ain’t saying nothing about that. Floyd ain’t saying a word about high heeled slippers, Floyd has not said one word about that."
"Anytime you wear all that stuff like that, then beyond the slippers and the wigs and the lip gloss and whatever, then when you get that far, now guess where he is now? You have no other alternative but to switch. You have no alternative but to switch down the street. That’s what women do."
"As far as I’m concerned, there ain’t no problem with me and Oscar. Me and Oscar are cool, but if he feels that way about my son, I feel the same way about him and there’s no reason for nobody else to have to feel different. Every time you look around he’s got something to say about my son. Nobody talks about no man that damn much either if they are a man themselves."
