Mayweather disagree with uncle and dad regarding Broner.

Ray12y ago

BT: What's good, Champ? FM: Whassup, Floydhype? BT: A lot, actually. Obviously Adrien got upset by Maidana this past Saturday. I know you already gave a brief statement on it, but can you talk a little bit more about that fight? FM: I think Broner showed that he has a lot of heart and he's a real fighter. That's one thing that we cannot take away from Broner. I just feel like Maidana was the better man. I think he outhustled Adrien Broner. If I'm not mistaken, I think Adrien Broner was at lightweight. In my honest opinion, I think 135 or 140 is a good weight class for Adrien Broner. But I think he'll be able to bounce back. I feel like everything happens for a reason and I think that should only make him stronger and make him come back and want to be a better fighter. BT: Do you think it was a bad idea for him to make the jump from 135 to 147? FM: I mean, of course he has the best management team in the world because, at one particular time, they picked the right opponent at welterweight, which was Paulie Malignaggi. He's not a big puncher, whereas Maidana, he's a big puncher. The Malignaggi fight was chosen by his management team. The Maidana fight was chosen by Adrien himself. He should have his management team continue to pick his fights for him; that's why he's got his management team. I'm not saying that was a bad fight for him, you know; it was just a learning experience. With the Malignaggi fight, they chose Paulie because he was going up to welterweight to be a part of history. Paulie's a very, very good boxer. Take nothing away from Paulie, he's a very good boxer, but he's not a big puncher, so his management team didn't feel like Paulie was really a threat. But even though Paulie Malignaggi isn't a big puncher, he is a slick boxer, so you gotta watch him because he can upset a guy. His management team done a brilliant job as far as picking Paulie and making history with that fight for Adrien. BT: Would you advice him to jump right back into an immediate rematch with Maidana or do you think he should take a tune-up fight first? FM: I don't think he should be focused on chasing the Maidana fight. I think what would be a good move for him is this. May 3rd, fight on my undercard; you know, fight a solid guy at 140, get back on track and get your career in order. That fight with Maidana should be nothing but a minor setback for a major comeback. But as far as Adrien is concerned, he still has a lot to learn. When I spoke to him after his fight, I said you're gonna have people that like you; you're gonna have people that dislike you. The thing is this, I have fans that like me and I have fans that don't like, but you gonna respect me. Once people get to throwing bottles and throwing beer on you, throwing different things at you at the fight, you're losing respect from the fans. BT: Are you surprised to see the amount of hatred he's been getting from the fans and, more importantly, do you think he's getting that negative feedback because he tried to follow your blueprint to success? FM: Everybody is giving Adrien Broner a hard time and that's not right. I'm not here to talk bad about him. They say, "Oh, he wants to be like Floyd Mayweather." You know what? I commend him. If I was trying to get involved in basketball and I see a guy who comes from the same background that I come from and he's living the type of lifestyle that I want to live and he's doing the type of things that I want to do, absolutely I'm going to try to follow in his footsteps. It's not a crime for Tom Brady or Peyton Manning to want to be like Joe Montana or Dan Marino. They don't get flack for that. They get praise for that. The difference between me and Broner is this, you got to know when to turn it on and when turn it off. You know, with me, I'm more like, okay, this guy ain't on my level, but I respect him still as a man. When people lose respect for you, there's nothing else. And the thing with Adrien Broner is this, I think sometimes, and Broner knows this firsthand, people can sometimes tell you what you want to hear. I'm not going to tell you what you want to hear; I'ma tell you the truth. There's boundaries and limitations on everything except for making money. BT: A lot of fans are saying that he brought that hatred upon himself because of his antics outside of the ring, like the sex tape for example. FM: Okay, Adrien Broner had sex, he filmed himself, and everybody seen it; woopty do. He's not the first person that did it and he's not going to be the last person. He likes to dance. Michael Jackson was a dancer. Chris Brown is a dancer. So he likes to have fun and has personality; that's not a crime. Like I said before, there's boundaries and limitations to everything and he has to know his boundaries and his limitations. Like I said before, everybody wanna praise you and ride the wave when you're at the top. Everybody wanna say you're the best and say they love you and kiss your ass when you're at the top. You know, one minor setback and then no one has anything positive to say anymore. Everything is negative. All everybody wanna do is say, "I told you so." I just feel like this, the majority of the people that made a video or put something on Instagram or Twitter about Adrien Broner, well you show me where you made millions on a Saturday night. You show me where you got a seven-figure check. Everybody that had something negative to say about Adrien Broner on December 14th, he got a seven-figure check. There's a lot of people out here getting they ass kicked for free; for nothing. If you is going to take an L, it don't hurt to take an L for a seven-figure check. When Adrien Broner beat 27 opponents, did anybody have something negative to say about him then? All in all, Adrien Broner's good outweighs his bad. Does Maidana have more losses than Adrien Broner? BT: Yep. FM: Okay, do my dad have more losses than Adrien Broner? BT: Yep. FM: Do Roger have more losses than Adrien Broner? BT: Yep. FM: Okay, so, like I said before, before we can point the finger at somebody, we gotta take a step back, take a deep breath, and see what position we are in. BT: Speaking of pointing the finger, I don't know if you're aware, but recently, both your dad and your uncle had some words to say... FM: (Cutting in) As far as my dad and my Uncle Roger, I love my dad, I love my Uncle Roger, but they need to be more positive. They really need to be more positive. If Adrien Broner lost, okay, he lost. It comes with the territory. You win some, you lose some. At the end of the day, he walked home with a seven-figure check. He don't have to ask nobody for nothing. Adrien Broner's trainer is a helluva trainer. If my dad or Roger is not training a fighter, I don't feel like it's right to talk negative about a trainer if they're not training the fighter. It's no different from when my dad had Ricky Hatton and Ricky Hatton got knocked out, and then my dad is going to say, "Well, that's not my game plan." Well, you cannot tell the public that's not your game plan because you claimed that you had in him shape and you claimed that you had him ready. Those are the things that happen in the sport of boxing. If my dad was in Adrien Broner's corner or Roger was in Adrien Broner's corner, the same thing would've happened. Sometimes when things are in God's hands, there's nothing we can do. I don't like the fact that if my dad is not training a fighter or Roger is not training a fighter, then they like to talk negative about the fighter or talk negative about the trainers. I don't feel that's fair and I don't feel that's right. I mean, I feel like Adrien Broner is a good fighter and I feel like he has a good trainer. And there's a lot of good trainers out there. Ronnie Shields is a good trainer. Buddy McGirt is a good trainer. Like I said before, there's a lot of good trainers out there. I haven't really seen Freddie Roach work in the gym and I don't have nothing negative to say about Freddie Roach. When Freddie Roach speaks about Floyd Mayweather and is like, "Oh yeah, we want to fight Floyd Mayweather," that's his job because it's a business at the end of the day. Whether he really believes Pacquiao can win or lose, with him, like I said before, it's a business, so he wants to get paid. He knows facing Floyd Mayweather, he's going to make the most money, so that makes the most sense; so if he can get the Floyd Mayweather fight, that's the fight he's going to speak about. But like I said before, as far as what my dad and my Uncle Roger said, I don't feel it's right because I feel like Adrien Broner's trainer been through a lot of struggles like a lot of Americans have. I'm not going to badmouth the guy because he has always supported me from day one. He also believed in me when I was an amateur. He used to be like, "One day, you're going to be the biggest star in this sport. One day, you're going to be the best fighter in the sport of boxing." So I commend him for being such a great trainer. You gotta realize, Adrien Broner has accomplished things my father hasn't accomplished, so you shouldn't go out there just on a limb and talk bad about a guy. You know, Adrien Broner is a 3-time world champion. My daddy has never won a world title. You also gotta realize this, even though this era is different from when my father was fighting, when you look at my dad and his boxing record, look at the win-loss record of the opponents he's faced (325-302-24) and compare that to Adrien Broner's opponents (432-91-23).

Comments (16)

rambov

The Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Saul "Canelo" Alvarez junior middleweight unification fight last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas indeed lived up to its billing as "The One." Showtime, which broadcast the fight on pay-per-view, announced Thursday, along with promoters Golden Boy Promotions and Mayweather Promotions, that Mayweather's dominant decision victory shattered the all-time record for highest-grossing pay-per-view fight of all time, generating $150 million in revenue from 2.2 million pay-per-view buys.

12y ago

BattleAxePurist

You're saying Broner told Schaefer/Haymon that he was fighting Maidana and they had no say,,, really, That fight was originally a ppv fight then got switched to showtime they handpicked him for Broner thinking he could handle it, So in that context he seems to be trying to send Broner a message to let your team "pick" opponents , but they did and it backfired bcse he's just not what they thought he was.

12y ago

puga

this proves what we already know about floyd , a cherrypicker..he wanted AA to have done the same... ed lover speaks of floyd; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RrQj439PSQ add him to the many people that think floyd's scared...

12y ago

skelva

The man offered Manny the fight twice and was turned down twice. So ya I'm sure Floyd is getting a little kick out of Mannys situation. Especially the 09 offer. Who in their right mind turns down a 50/50 split with FLOYD MAYWEATHER to fight Joshua Clottey? Then he turns down 40 mil guarunteed, at a time when nobody had ever gotten that high of a guaruntee before. Now only 4 years later Manny is broke as a joke. Aint life grand? you slightly sound like a boxing fan. You're a Mayweather fan not a boxing fan. The type that would help Floyd find new excuses. That's why Floyd and his fans will keep regurgitating the 50/50 offer, the 40 million offer etc...when Floyd said himself he would never do business with Bob Arum. Why make these offers when you won't do business with Bob. My guess is, only the true boxing fan sees the flaws in those ridiculous offers. They were smoke screens to mask the true reason Floyd will not fight. He's afraid of Manny. It's strange how 90% of people believe Floyd will beat Manny or even school him if they ever fight. But, you know what's the irony of that statistic? Floyd is part of the 10% who believes otherwise.

12y ago

Targaryen

Mayweather never brings Pacquaio up, ever.

12y ago

jetgizo

I don't think Floyd realizes that by knocking his dad and uncle Roger for giving their views about Broner and his latest loss to Maidaina, he's actually doing the same thing to them. Why didn't he just say "..no comment..me, my dad and my uncle are three different people and are entitled to our own point of views.." Instead, he went on to quote all these inferior boxing win/loss records and title achievements as a premise for why Floyd Sr. and Roger should keep their mouths shut. As the interview got longer, it got worse. I don't know how Pacman's issues with the IRS could come out of the original question. Surely he's using Manny as a springboard. It's also called 'kicking a man when he's down'..especially a fellow boxer. Also, by saying Manny is using his present dilemma as a reason to pursue the fight, clearly, he's only showing the fans a whole new breed of excuses he's fabricating to protect his gracious "0"...which now more look like "45 wins-0 risk". It's the first time I've ever seen a boxer put down a fellow boxer so far in the distance of potentially the greatest showdown he'll ever be involved in both financially and legacy wise. He even tries to woo the public into believing that his opponent is irrelevant by discrediting all his opponent achievements and he makes accusations based on unproven data to avoid fighting him. I guess all this becomes easier to expedite due to the hefty contract that was given FM. He doesn't need the money...but, the fans need the fight. What's more important? It's obvious, Pacquiao is in his Floyd's head and it's going to haunt him even when they finally get in the ring. I know the fight will happen. If the boxing fraternity let this fight slip away then it's a failure for all..mostly Showtime, HBO, Top Rank, GBP. This is what you call injustice. The fan is your meal ticket and they're not getting their money's worth..that's cheating and the fans are hurting..I am! History will have the last say. Floyd Mayweather jr. could say what he likes about Manny Pac; if this fight doesn't happen his legacy would take a beating and his avoidance of Manny would be looked upon as the most blatant duck in the history of the sport by arguably the biggest coward. The more he uses the term "great" or any superlative of it to describe himself, is the more ironic and hilarious it sounds. I truly don't know where he's going with the whole patriotic reference to himself as "American" and how much he loves his country and care about the American people and all this crap; but it surely reminds of one of his earlier excuses to avoid fighting Pacman when he said '..how could Americans allow this Filipino guy to come to this country, make all this money and take it out..' or words to the effect. It sounded like a joke to me then and his patriotic rant in this interview sounds the same. I remember the first time he said it, I was thinking, 'does this this guy have a clue of how immigration works?....for every country has immigrants in other countries doing the same..more so, America. Floyd owes me, a black man, two things 1. fight Manny Pacquiao. 2. Find a way to get more intelligent and put more depth in his interviews. Even Mike Tyson is more quotable than Floyd Mayweather jr. Floyd's bitterness and ****iness gets in the way of his intelligence. Tyson's humility and honesty brings out the best in him. I honestly think he will lose the fight with Pacman. I actually wants him to lose so he will come off that false high he's on and realize that boxing greatness is not measured by a win/loss record. A perfect record only puts into question 'who was the competion' and 'how much you extended yourself'...not the fact that you were perfectly good. The man offered Manny the fight twice and was turned down twice. So ya I'm sure Floyd is getting a little kick out of Mannys situation. Especially the 09 offer. Who in their right mind turns down a 50/50 split with FLOYD MAYWEATHER to fight Joshua Clottey? Then he turns down 40 mil guarunteed, at a time when nobody had ever gotten that high of a guaruntee before. Now only 4 years later Manny is broke as a joke. Aint life grand?

12y ago

01samuelc

Al Haymon/Showtime probably told him to say that. He probably had a good laugh with his uncles after the fight.

12y ago

Khalid_X

I like Floyd's attitude.

12y ago

LoadedWraps

I disagree with my dad too. Non story.

12y ago

skelva

How pathetic of FM to include Manny's IRS issues as a promo to himself. I don't think Floyd realizes that by knocking his dad and uncle Roger for giving their views about Broner and his latest loss to Maidaina, he's actually doing the same thing to them. Why didn't he just say "..no comment..me, my dad and my uncle are three different people and are entitled to our own point of views.." Instead, he went on to quote all these inferior boxing win/loss records and title achievements as a premise for why Floyd Sr. and Roger should keep their mouths shut. As the interview got longer, it got worse. I don't know how Pacman's issues with the IRS could come out of the original question. Surely he's using Manny as a springboard. It's also called 'kicking a man when he's down'..especially a fellow boxer. Also, by saying Manny is using his present dilemma as a reason to pursue the fight, clearly, he's only showing the fans a whole new breed of excuses he's fabricating to protect his gracious "0"...which now more look like "45 wins-0 risk". It's the first time I've ever seen a boxer put down a fellow boxer so far in the distance of potentially the greatest showdown he'll ever be involved in both financially and legacy wise. He even tries to woo the public into believing that his opponent is irrelevant by discrediting all his opponent achievements and he makes accusations based on unproven data to avoid fighting him. I guess all this becomes easier to expedite due to the hefty contract that was given FM. He doesn't need the money...but, the fans need the fight. What's more important? It's obvious, Pacquiao is in his Floyd's head and it's going to haunt him even when they finally get in the ring. I know the fight will happen. If the boxing fraternity let this fight slip away then it's a failure for all..mostly Showtime, HBO, Top Rank, GBP. This is what you call injustice. The fan is your meal ticket and they're not getting their money's worth..that's cheating and the fans are hurting..I am! History will have the last say. Floyd Mayweather jr. could say what he likes about Manny Pac; if this fight doesn't happen his legacy would take a beating and his avoidance of Manny would be looked upon as the most blatant duck in the history of the sport by arguably the biggest coward. The more he uses the term "great" or any superlative of it to describe himself, is the more ironic and hilarious it sounds. I truly don't know where he's going with the whole patriotic reference to himself as "American" and how much he loves his country and care about the American people and all this crap; but it surely reminds of one of his earlier excuses to avoid fighting Pacman when he said '..how could Americans allow this Filipino guy to come to this country, make all this money and take it out..' or words to the effect. It sounded like a joke to me then and his patriotic rant in this interview sounds the same. I remember the first time he said it, I was thinking, 'does this this guy have a clue of how immigration works?....for every country has immigrants in other countries doing the same..more so, America. Floyd owes me, a black man, two things 1. fight Manny Pacquiao. 2. Find a way to get more intelligent and put more depth in his interviews. Even Mike Tyson is more quotable than Floyd Mayweather jr. Floyd's bitterness and ****iness gets in the way of his intelligence. Tyson's humility and honesty brings out the best in him. I honestly think he will lose the fight with Pacman. I actually wants him to lose so he will come off that false high he's on and realize that boxing greatness is not measured by a win/loss record. A perfect record only puts into question 'who was the competion' and 'how much you extended yourself'...not the fact that you were perfectly good.

12y ago

CTC_JOHNNY

:dance:BT: Do you think it was a bad idea for him to make the jump from 135 to 147? FM: I mean, of course he has the best management team in the world because, at one particular time, they picked the right opponent at welterweight, which was Paulie Malignaggi. He's not a big puncher, whereas Maidana, he's a big puncher. The Malignaggi fight was chosen by his management team. The Maidana fight was chosen by Adrien himself. He should have his management team continue to pick his fights for him; that's why he's got his management team. I'm not saying that was a bad fight for him, you know; it was just a learning experience. With the Malignaggi fight, they chose Paulie because he was going up to welterweight to be a part of history. Paulie's a very, very good boxer. Take nothing away from Paulie, he's a very good boxer, but he's not a big puncher, so his management team didn't feel like Paulie was really a threat. But even though Paulie Malignaggi isn't a big puncher, he is a slick boxer, so you gotta watch him because he can upset a guy. His management team done a brilliant job as far as picking Paulie and making history with that fight for Adrien. This. What a clown, at least Broner had the balls to take a challenging fight. Basically laying the blueprint for his cherry picking. What a joke this has become. Cherry picking !!!!! Do you really know anything about the The Sweet Science ??? R you just a Mayweather hater that your blind to the Sport as a whole!!!

12y ago

DD09

BT: Do you think it was a bad idea for him to make the jump from 135 to 147? FM: I mean, of course he has the best management team in the world because, at one particular time, they picked the right opponent at welterweight, which was Paulie Malignaggi. He's not a big puncher, whereas Maidana, he's a big puncher. The Malignaggi fight was chosen by his management team. The Maidana fight was chosen by Adrien himself. He should have his management team continue to pick his fights for him; that's why he's got his management team. I'm not saying that was a bad fight for him, you know; it was just a learning experience. With the Malignaggi fight, they chose Paulie because he was going up to welterweight to be a part of history. Paulie's a very, very good boxer. Take nothing away from Paulie, he's a very good boxer, but he's not a big puncher, so his management team didn't feel like Paulie was really a threat. But even though Paulie Malignaggi isn't a big puncher, he is a slick boxer, so you gotta watch him because he can upset a guy. His management team done a brilliant job as far as picking Paulie and making history with that fight for Adrien. This. What a clown, at least Broner had the balls to take a challenging fight. Basically laying the blueprint for his cherry picking. What a joke this has become.

12y ago

Scary

ctrl F + "like I said before" = :wtf1: Haha good one, eight times he uses that phrase, but you know it's generally when he speaks out public that he uses the same phrases and lines.

12y ago

Juan_man_ohwell

ctrl F + "like I said before" = :wtf1:

12y ago

Scary

floyds just friends with broner, ofcourse he dont want to see his friend being dragged through the dirt by his fater and uncle. He got some good points but basicly once again saying he's avoiding pac.

12y ago

Ray

My Uncle Roger, his focus should be his health. It hurts my feelings that everybody wants to sit around here and badmouth all these fighters. It's just not right. I haven't said one thing bad about Jessie Vargas. Jessie Vargas was over here with my company. He was with Mayweather Promotions, we got him started, and we got him on pay-per-view. Now he's over there with Bob Arum. If he's fighting on ESPN or he's fighting on HBO, it's more power to him. I wish him nothing but the best. I don't have anything negative to say about him. If a guy was with me, but he's no longer with me, I have nothing bad to say about him, you know. He's not married to me. This is my job; this is business. People start mixing their personal feelings and their emotions with business, and it shouldn't be like that. BT: Obviously you've never lost before, but after suffering a loss like this, do you think Adrien's marketability or star power will be hurt in any way? FM: To be honest, the loss made him more famous. The loss brought him more notoriety. So like I said before, fame can be a gift and a curse. Now, it's a gift. It brought him more notoriety. I'm pretty sure his Instagram followers went up. I'm pretty sure his Twitter followers went up. I'm pretty sure his Facebook followers went up. I think too many people are caught up in social media. You have to realize, people spend their whole day on Instagram and Twitter. Even with the Adrien Broner situation, I just feel like, you know what Adrien? Look at this as a plus because you're something to talk about. So whatever you done in your career, you done something right because everybody talked about you; all this week, everybody been talking about nothing but Adrien Broner, so whatever Adrien Broner has been doing, he's been doing something right because that's all you been hearing about. What's so crazy is this, Maidana won the fight and nobody is even speaking on him. He's nothing to talk about. BT: Speaking of Maidana, I know you haven't made a decision yet on your opponet, but based on his performance against Adrien, is Maidana now eligible to win the Mayweather Sweepstakes? FM: Absolutely! Yes, Maidana's name is now in the lottery jackpot box. We all know the Pacquiao fight, at this particular time, will never happen, and the reason why the fight won't happen is because I will never do business with Bob Arum again in life, and Pacquiao is Bob Arum's fighter. Bob Arum gives Pacquiao a date, whereas Floyd Mayweather gives Floyd Mayweather his own date. I will be fighting again in May and I will be fighting again in September. I'm gonna give you two reasons the Pacquiao fight is not going to happen. Like I said before, I will never do business with Bob Arum in life, but I don't wish him nothing bad. And I want to see Manny Pacquiao's real pay-per-view numbers. Get his pay-per-view numbers from his last fight and compare them to my pay-per-view numbers with Canelo Alvarez. Did he do 1.2 million homes? BT: Nope. FM: Did he do 1 million homes? BT: Nope. FM: I know he's got a situation with that guy with the three letters in his name . That's why he's trying to fight me. He wants me to resolve his problem with that guy with three letters in his name. I don't have problems like that because, you know, I got the right team. In the past, of course you're going to hear hearsay. "Well, Floyd had a problem with this; he had a problem with the I.R.S." No one has ever put a padlock on my house. Forget what you read and what you hear. I'm stating facts. It's like Shots Of Me, what you see is what you get. BT: Yo, I've been meaning to ask you about that Shots Of Me. What exactly is that? FM: Me and Justin Bieber, of course we got a new app, Shots Of Me. You can get that on your phone. It's cool. It's more organic. Wither other apps, you can play with the color and you can tweak it a little bit. With this, it's more organic; what you see is what you get. Like my personality, what you see is what you get. Shots Of Me is what you see is what you get. Organic. Real. Selfies only. Whoever is reading this interview. BT: Well Champ, as always, I appreciate you taking the time to chat with me. Before I let you go, is there anything else you want me to put out there for you? FM: You know, me, I'm an American first. I represent that red, white, and blue flag if I don't do nothing else. I'm an American first and I love America. I don't like when people ask me if I'm African American. I've never been to Africa. I was born on American soil, so I'm an American. I always say it's not a black thing, it's not a white thing, it's the right thing. I'm an American citizen. When we got in the fight game, we had a plan, and our plan was to be the best, and not just inside the ring. I want to be known as the best fighter outside the ring. If they want to say, "Well, this guy was better than Floyd because he done this; this guy was better than Floyd because he done that," if they don't say I'm good in one department, they will say I'm the best outside the ring in the business department. That's where it counts at for real. Source: Floydhype.

12y ago