Comments Thread For: Mickey Bey pays tribute to the coaching style and teachings of Floyd Mayweather Snr

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Mickey Bey believes Floyd Mayweather Snr is one of the most influential trainers in boxing history. At 41, Bey says Mayweather Snr's impact is everywhere, though few acknowledge its presence.
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[JeBron Lamez]

"You know, you could say Roger [Mayweather] too, but Roger learned it from Floyd Senior." - Mickey Bey

I wonder what the Black Mamba himself would have made of this.

Given that Roger Mayweather described Floyd Sr as a man who "can't train a lick" & "couldn't train a dog", his agreement seems unlikely.

He also said that "training fighters ain't nothing to me because I used to train fighters when I was a little kid”, so I for one would be very interested to hear exactly how much credit Floyd Sr himself would want to take for that.

RIP Roger Mayweather, most people dksab.

[hitmanjosh]

I like and agree with many things Mickey Bey is saying however I’m a bit older and know that Roger was a boxing nut and was with Floyd PB a long time, while Sr was doing time etc or just had disagreements with his son due to personality conflicts. Roger achievements as a fighter was better than Sr’s and I would say working with Floyd PB as well. I believe they both got good results out of fighters but they can’t come close to the Champions and contenders Emanuel Steward worked with, not even if I gave each of them 10 extra years so Mickey got with Emanuel on the tail end all I’m saying and I’m from Detroit and never worked with him myself, but have seen and know his work and all the other great trainers Kronk had that didn’t get credit, it wasn’t just Emanuel at Kronk he was the leader but their were others as well and it was a team!

[Boxing2695]

Id say Roger was the better trainer. The guy had so much boxing knowledge it was crazy and when he took over as Floyd's trainer from like 2000-2012 that was when floyd was at his best

[MulaKO]

Id say Roger was the better trainer. The guy had so much boxing knowledge it was crazy and when he took over as Floyd's trainer from like 2000-2012 that was when floyd was at his best

Ironic isn’t it that Roger wasn’t a particularly defensive fighter but trained one of the best defensive fighters ever
Just goes to show his knowledge of the sweet science

[Groin Grabber]

Man fvkc this bum. The mayweather are really good trainers though

[ShoulderRoll]

Oscar De La Hoya speaks very highly of Floyd Sr. as a trainer too.

Sr. learned what he knows from an old school trainer from Detroit, Darryl Williams. Who he says was around 69 or 70 years old at the time.

[mjh1969]

This isn't the first time that I heard positive comments about Floyd Sr as a trainer. I have never heard of Floyd Sr. getting a fighter from the beginning to training that same person until they became a world champion. That's the difference between Floyd Sr. and trainers like Eddie Futch, Emmanuel Steward, Ray Arcel, Cus D Mato, Angelo Dundee and those type of guys. Those guys were scientific trainers. Eddie Futch trained fighters such as Norton and Frazier that gave Ali headaches and tough fights. Floyd Sr came in after guys were fighting and took their careers to another level.

[Boxing2695]

Ironic isn’t it that Roger wasn’t a particularly defensive fighter but trained one of the best defensive fighters ever
Just goes to show his knowledge of the sweet science

Yeah that's true but I think alot of the defensive stuff was engrained into floyd from early by his father which I do give Floyd sr credit for.. but Roger made Floyd look so much more dynamic as a fighter and had him stopping/beating guys up with sharp counter punching ability

[famicommander]

Man fvkc this bum. The mayweather are really good trainers though

He won an IBF lightweight world title. He got in the ring with Miguel Vazquez, Rances Barthelemy, and George Kambosos. What did you ever do to be calling him a bum?

He's certainly no Roberto Duran or Manny Pacquiao but he had a respectable career and now he's trying to train the next generation. What has he done to deserve your vitriol?