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Floyd Mayweather Sr., who must be having mixed feelings about his brother Roger’s chances of going back to jail in Las Vegas, was never a gracious loser.
The father of Floyd Jr. would loom as the likely replacement trainer for his son if an assault and coercion case involving female boxer Melissa “Guard Your Grill” St. Vil culminates with former world champion Roger getting another stint in the Clark County slammer.
It’s been all sour g****s from Poppa Mayweather since his charge, Reckless Ricky Hatton, got wiped out in two rounds by Manny Pacquiao on May 2.
But you can go back to Floyd Senior’s own ring career and learn that he’s not a sportsmanlike guy.
In 1978, rising superstar Sugar Ray Leonard had his 14th pro bout in Providence. The opponent was Mayweather fighting out of hometown Grand Rapids, Mich.
Olympic hero Leonard was 13-0 with eight KOs while Mayweather was 15-1 also with eight knockouts going into the bout in the Rhode Island capital city.
Leonard had his way with Mayweather, flooring him twice in the eighth round and getting stopped in the 10th.
“He’s a fairly decent puncher but he’s no KO artist,” Mayweather said to Ring magazine’s longtime New England correspondent Don Hamill.
“You’ve got to have a punch in this game. If you ain’t got a punch, you can’t keep people off you. As Leonard moves up the ladder trying to get the title, he’s gonna meet a lot of people like that,” Leonard said.
Mayweather’s up close and personal experience with Sugar Ray Leonard may not have convinced him of Ray’s power but Leonard went on to KO or stop some pretty decent foes including Johnny Gant, Pete Ranzany, Andy “Hawk” Price, Dave “Boy” Green and Bruce Finch.
Not to mention that Leonard was able to beat other superstars including Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
It took him until the 15th and final round but Leonard also halted the wonderfully talented Puerto Rican prodigy Wilfred Benitez.
Sour g****s then are nothing new for Floyd Sr.
He didn’t give full credit to Leonard or to Pacquiao.
That puts Manny in some prestigious company.
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The father of Floyd Jr. would loom as the likely replacement trainer for his son if an assault and coercion case involving female boxer Melissa “Guard Your Grill” St. Vil culminates with former world champion Roger getting another stint in the Clark County slammer.
It’s been all sour g****s from Poppa Mayweather since his charge, Reckless Ricky Hatton, got wiped out in two rounds by Manny Pacquiao on May 2.
But you can go back to Floyd Senior’s own ring career and learn that he’s not a sportsmanlike guy.
In 1978, rising superstar Sugar Ray Leonard had his 14th pro bout in Providence. The opponent was Mayweather fighting out of hometown Grand Rapids, Mich.
Olympic hero Leonard was 13-0 with eight KOs while Mayweather was 15-1 also with eight knockouts going into the bout in the Rhode Island capital city.
Leonard had his way with Mayweather, flooring him twice in the eighth round and getting stopped in the 10th.
“He’s a fairly decent puncher but he’s no KO artist,” Mayweather said to Ring magazine’s longtime New England correspondent Don Hamill.
“You’ve got to have a punch in this game. If you ain’t got a punch, you can’t keep people off you. As Leonard moves up the ladder trying to get the title, he’s gonna meet a lot of people like that,” Leonard said.
Mayweather’s up close and personal experience with Sugar Ray Leonard may not have convinced him of Ray’s power but Leonard went on to KO or stop some pretty decent foes including Johnny Gant, Pete Ranzany, Andy “Hawk” Price, Dave “Boy” Green and Bruce Finch.
Not to mention that Leonard was able to beat other superstars including Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
It took him until the 15th and final round but Leonard also halted the wonderfully talented Puerto Rican prodigy Wilfred Benitez.
Sour g****s then are nothing new for Floyd Sr.
He didn’t give full credit to Leonard or to Pacquiao.
That puts Manny in some prestigious company.
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