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Recently I had a chance to talk to the 2-time former champion, and current trainer of the number 1 pound for pound fighter in the world, Roger Mayweather. Roger spoke with me on topics such as Pernell Whitaker, Willie Pep, Julio Cesar Chavez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Oscar De la Hoya, and why Mike Tyson is more popular than Floyd Mayweather.
Julius: I know you are a family man yourself but when you're in the ring I have never seen you crying to your wife. From a fighter's perspective, do you think that takes away from Freitas's fight game?
Following his 33 second destruction of Marco Antonio Rubio on the undercard of the De la Hoya - Hopkins this past Saturday, Jr. Middleweight contender Kofi Jantuah is the talk of the boxing world and is next in line to fight Winky Wright for the WBC title. I recently caught up with Kofi and we chatted on his last fight and what the future looks like for "Sir" Kofi.
Julio Diaz won the IBF Lightweight title on May 13th of this year after beating the tough Javier Jauregui. Two months prior to that, he viciously knocked out top prospect Courtney Burton and is looking to make fights with all the big names in his division. Read what he had to say about such fighters as Juan Diaz, Diego Corrales, and Acelino Freitas in part 1 of RabbitPunchBoxing's exclusive interview with "The Kid" himself.