By Mark Vester
Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. was not impressed by Manny Pacquiao's five-star performance last Saturday in Las Vegas. Pacquiao stopped Miguel Cotto in twelve rounds to capture the WBO welterweight title. Floyd Sr. says that his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr., would handle Pacquiao with few issues.
"I think Little Floyd is going to whoop his ass. It wouldn't be no problem at all," Floyd Sr. said to the New York Post. "My son is not no (expletive) Cotto."
He doesn't think Cotto is the same fighter that beat Shane Mosley in 2007. He told the paper that Antonio Margarito's beating from last July has left a permanent linger. And the beating from Joshua Clottey back in June didn't help.
"Anytime you get hit with punches like that it takes a toll on your body," Floyd Sr. said. "He took that fight and came back in another fight with (Joshua) Clottey and had a big gash over his eye. All that stuff plays a role."
"The kind of beat down he took (against Margarito) you can't heal over that in that amount of time. You're not going to heal of it because it's in your head what happened. Anytime you get hit with another punch, it's in your head. You're going to think about."
Floyd Sr. would then tell the paper that he doesn't want his son to fight Pacquiao for personal reasons. He refused to disclose the personal reasons but if everyone remembers - Floyd Sr. accused Pacquiao of using steroids back in September.
"I have my own personal reasons, but I don't think Little Floyd should fight (Pacquiao). I'll just say that. I'll let you figure that out."
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