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MANILA, Philippines - Floyd Mayweather Sr. found another perfect opportunity to hit back at rival Freddie Roach, stressing Manny Pacquiao didn’t exactly develop into a complete fighter in the long years the two were associated with each other.
In front of mediamen in Las Vegas, Mayweather lambasted Roach’s capability, even branding the three-time Trainer of the Year as “brainless."
“Freddie `The Joke’ coach Roach ain’t got no brain," said the father of retired unbeaten champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. “Manny still can’t fight if you ask me."
The outspoken former boxer even doubted Pacquiao’s big upset over Oscar De La Hoya last year, saying the “Golden Boy" fought like an amateur at that time.
“That’s called amateurism," he said while demonstrating how De La Hoya came out firing out at Pacquiao.
In contrast, he said Hatton has learned a lot in the short time he trained him beginning with the Paul Malignaggi fight last year.
“He has been progressing during the time that we’ve been together," he said of the International Boxing Organization (IBO) light-welterweight champion. “Not only is he bigger, stronger, but smarter, slicker, clever, smoother than Pacquiao because of me, not because of silly Billy (Graham, Hatton’s former trainer)."
Roach said the fight is all about the fighters, not the trainers.
“He thinks it’s all about him? It has nothing to do with the trainers. All the bull**** about us talking is bull****," he pointed out.
The Mayweather-Roach tussle serves as an interesting sidelight to Saturday’s Pacquiao-Hatton showdown, the stakes made even higher by the “pound for pound trainer" accolade that the winner’s mentor is set to get.
In front of mediamen in Las Vegas, Mayweather lambasted Roach’s capability, even branding the three-time Trainer of the Year as “brainless."
“Freddie `The Joke’ coach Roach ain’t got no brain," said the father of retired unbeaten champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. “Manny still can’t fight if you ask me."
The outspoken former boxer even doubted Pacquiao’s big upset over Oscar De La Hoya last year, saying the “Golden Boy" fought like an amateur at that time.
“That’s called amateurism," he said while demonstrating how De La Hoya came out firing out at Pacquiao.
In contrast, he said Hatton has learned a lot in the short time he trained him beginning with the Paul Malignaggi fight last year.
“He has been progressing during the time that we’ve been together," he said of the International Boxing Organization (IBO) light-welterweight champion. “Not only is he bigger, stronger, but smarter, slicker, clever, smoother than Pacquiao because of me, not because of silly Billy (Graham, Hatton’s former trainer)."
Roach said the fight is all about the fighters, not the trainers.
“He thinks it’s all about him? It has nothing to do with the trainers. All the bull**** about us talking is bull****," he pointed out.
The Mayweather-Roach tussle serves as an interesting sidelight to Saturday’s Pacquiao-Hatton showdown, the stakes made even higher by the “pound for pound trainer" accolade that the winner’s mentor is set to get.
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