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Jeff Mayweather: “Once Floyd gets into training camp he’s going to be focused, he’s going to be hungry, and Victor Ortiz is going to be in trouble!”
His views on whether Floyd Mayweather Junior will be effected by his long layoff when he squares off against Victor Ortiz:
“Yeah, but at the same time it’s one of those situations say Ray Leonard was off for years before he fought Marvin Hagler. He came back and defeated one of the greatest middleweights ever. Victor Ortiz ain’t nothing like Marvin Hagler. Victor Ortiz is just a hot fighter because he’s a give and take fighter. I mean basically it’s a situation where Floyd has already faced Victor Ortiz. He faced Victor Ortiz in Ricky Hatton. He faced Victor Ortiz against Carlos Baldomir. So Floyd has seen that over and over and over, but Victor Ortiz has never faced a Floyd Mayweather or anything remotely close to it. So once Floyd gets back in that gym, and one thing about Floyd is that he works so hard because he knows that in boxing he’s one of the most hated figures in boxing, but with that hate comes a following. So if he still wants the people to continue to follow him he’s going to work hard and do what he does best. Once Floyd gets into training camp he’s going to be focused, he’s going to be hungry, and Victor Ortiz is going to be in trouble!”
Regarding who he believes has the tougher challenge ahead: Floyd Mayweather Junior against Victor Ortiz or Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez:
“I don’t know, I would think Pacquiao would have the tougher challenge because he doesn’t fight the same way Floyd does. I mean Pacquiao is easy to hit. You can’t miss him! Their styles of fighting are totally different, so every fight for Pacquiao is going to be tougher than for Floyd. The only difference is that sometimes Pacquiao may end the fight earlier because he may be a better puncher, but at the same time everybody that fights Pacquiao it’s going to be easier once if the fight goes beyond five rounds.”
His views on whether Floyd Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao will ever have their long awaited showdown:
“That’s a fight that still may not happen. Now all of a sudden Bob Arum came out of the blue and said they don’t want to do Olympic style testing. No! They don’t want to do that. They want to do some other type of test. So I mean what’s the deal, because realistically if you don’t have anything to hide you should be able to take any kind of test. Not to say I don’t want to take this one because of this or that one because of that. You will take every single test they got! You must have something to hide if you’re not willing to take this test, but yet all of America’s top athletes that represent our country in the Olympic games, I mean you think that something is wrong with that test? Here it is you live in America but now all of a sudden that type of testing is not good enough for you?
Basically for me that’s probably what’s going to stop the fight and the fight probably won’t happen. Yet everybody wants to point the finger at my nephew. I mean Shane Mosley did it. Victor Ortiz is doing it. It’s one of those situations where you get to the higher level and you have a legacy just like this man has a legacy, you want the playing field to be equal and for it to be equal this is what you do. Like I said, if you don’t have anything to hide get bold about stepping up! You don’t say oh I want to do this and I want to do that. You embrace it and say you want to prove to the world, and your fans, and everyone else that you don’t have anything to hide. Now all of a sudden your promoter is now being the fall guy for you. Just like in the beginning the fall guy for him was Ariza. He said Manny doesn’t know what I give him. He just takes whatever I give him. To me, if that’s true, that makes Manny a complete damn fool! I’m not going to take anything without inquiring what it is. I could be married to a person for twenty years, and I don’t have to say it in a mean way. Just in a way of wanting to know what it is. I mean basically if my wife comes to me and says hey, take this honey. I’d be like what is this? What is it for? What does it do? I’m not just going to just take it!
That’s what all the smokescreens and everything else that was sold before to the boxing public. Since Manny was the ‘good guy’ in terms of the way he carries himself and the way he’s embraced by the public, everybody rallies behind Manny and they ridicule my nephew. But yet my nephew hasn’t done anything but try to better boxing. There are so many guys and so many athletes in so many sports on so many levels, that now this is becoming the norm.
Like I said, at the end of the day if you don’t have anything to hide, you step up! Like me myself. I once told a reporter, I never drink and I’ve never smoked. I could still go to a club and hang out and be tired. I go home driving and I start swerving. I may even look the part of being drunk because my eyes might be red or anything. But, unless that police officer stops me and says you’re drunk! I’m going to arrest you for drunk driving. I’m going to say no sir. I’ve never drank in my life. Give me any test you want to because I know you can’t find alcohol in my system because it’s never been there. And that’s what you do! You become bold when you have nothing to hide.
When you have something to hide, that’s when you get all these different smokescreens. Oh, he can’t do it this way, he can’t do it that way, oh I can’t get shots, I’m afraid of needles. You’re afraid of needles but you got tattoos everywhere. So I mean what is it? Then the last thing was I’m superstitious. So what is it really? Which one of these things have any truth to it or any merit? Now all of a sudden like I said, it’s not you saying it any more. It’s kind of like when you’re being represented by an attorney and they tell you to keep your mouth shut. Don’t say anything. Now your promoter steps up and he’s the one taking the hit. Like I said, if you don’t have anything to hide, let’s do it! I’m not afraid of you. Let’s do it!”
On whether he believes Manny Pacquiao’s image has been tarnished by steroid allegations:
“I don’t know if it’s been hurt or not because Manny has a huge, huge following and he’s well loved. He’s well loved by Americans and he’s well loved by his country. At the same time I think a lot of that is kind of like the situation I mentioned with the Klitschkos. People just want somebody to be able to knock him off. It’s the same thing with Floyd. Floyd’s unbeaten, Floyd talks trash, he flaunts his money, and he does all of these things that a lot of people don’t care for, and because of that they rally to Manny because Manny is the one shot of possibly beating Floyd. So Manny has a lot of fans that probably aren’t really Manny fans but became Manny fans.”
Jeff Mayweather: “Once Floyd gets into training camp he’s going to be focused, he’s going to be hungry, and Victor Ortiz is going to be in trouble!”
His views on whether Floyd Mayweather Junior will be effected by his long layoff when he squares off against Victor Ortiz:
“Yeah, but at the same time it’s one of those situations say Ray Leonard was off for years before he fought Marvin Hagler. He came back and defeated one of the greatest middleweights ever. Victor Ortiz ain’t nothing like Marvin Hagler. Victor Ortiz is just a hot fighter because he’s a give and take fighter. I mean basically it’s a situation where Floyd has already faced Victor Ortiz. He faced Victor Ortiz in Ricky Hatton. He faced Victor Ortiz against Carlos Baldomir. So Floyd has seen that over and over and over, but Victor Ortiz has never faced a Floyd Mayweather or anything remotely close to it. So once Floyd gets back in that gym, and one thing about Floyd is that he works so hard because he knows that in boxing he’s one of the most hated figures in boxing, but with that hate comes a following. So if he still wants the people to continue to follow him he’s going to work hard and do what he does best. Once Floyd gets into training camp he’s going to be focused, he’s going to be hungry, and Victor Ortiz is going to be in trouble!”
Regarding who he believes has the tougher challenge ahead: Floyd Mayweather Junior against Victor Ortiz or Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez:
“I don’t know, I would think Pacquiao would have the tougher challenge because he doesn’t fight the same way Floyd does. I mean Pacquiao is easy to hit. You can’t miss him! Their styles of fighting are totally different, so every fight for Pacquiao is going to be tougher than for Floyd. The only difference is that sometimes Pacquiao may end the fight earlier because he may be a better puncher, but at the same time everybody that fights Pacquiao it’s going to be easier once if the fight goes beyond five rounds.”
His views on whether Floyd Mayweather Junior and Manny Pacquiao will ever have their long awaited showdown:
“That’s a fight that still may not happen. Now all of a sudden Bob Arum came out of the blue and said they don’t want to do Olympic style testing. No! They don’t want to do that. They want to do some other type of test. So I mean what’s the deal, because realistically if you don’t have anything to hide you should be able to take any kind of test. Not to say I don’t want to take this one because of this or that one because of that. You will take every single test they got! You must have something to hide if you’re not willing to take this test, but yet all of America’s top athletes that represent our country in the Olympic games, I mean you think that something is wrong with that test? Here it is you live in America but now all of a sudden that type of testing is not good enough for you?
Basically for me that’s probably what’s going to stop the fight and the fight probably won’t happen. Yet everybody wants to point the finger at my nephew. I mean Shane Mosley did it. Victor Ortiz is doing it. It’s one of those situations where you get to the higher level and you have a legacy just like this man has a legacy, you want the playing field to be equal and for it to be equal this is what you do. Like I said, if you don’t have anything to hide get bold about stepping up! You don’t say oh I want to do this and I want to do that. You embrace it and say you want to prove to the world, and your fans, and everyone else that you don’t have anything to hide. Now all of a sudden your promoter is now being the fall guy for you. Just like in the beginning the fall guy for him was Ariza. He said Manny doesn’t know what I give him. He just takes whatever I give him. To me, if that’s true, that makes Manny a complete damn fool! I’m not going to take anything without inquiring what it is. I could be married to a person for twenty years, and I don’t have to say it in a mean way. Just in a way of wanting to know what it is. I mean basically if my wife comes to me and says hey, take this honey. I’d be like what is this? What is it for? What does it do? I’m not just going to just take it!
That’s what all the smokescreens and everything else that was sold before to the boxing public. Since Manny was the ‘good guy’ in terms of the way he carries himself and the way he’s embraced by the public, everybody rallies behind Manny and they ridicule my nephew. But yet my nephew hasn’t done anything but try to better boxing. There are so many guys and so many athletes in so many sports on so many levels, that now this is becoming the norm.
Like I said, at the end of the day if you don’t have anything to hide, you step up! Like me myself. I once told a reporter, I never drink and I’ve never smoked. I could still go to a club and hang out and be tired. I go home driving and I start swerving. I may even look the part of being drunk because my eyes might be red or anything. But, unless that police officer stops me and says you’re drunk! I’m going to arrest you for drunk driving. I’m going to say no sir. I’ve never drank in my life. Give me any test you want to because I know you can’t find alcohol in my system because it’s never been there. And that’s what you do! You become bold when you have nothing to hide.
When you have something to hide, that’s when you get all these different smokescreens. Oh, he can’t do it this way, he can’t do it that way, oh I can’t get shots, I’m afraid of needles. You’re afraid of needles but you got tattoos everywhere. So I mean what is it? Then the last thing was I’m superstitious. So what is it really? Which one of these things have any truth to it or any merit? Now all of a sudden like I said, it’s not you saying it any more. It’s kind of like when you’re being represented by an attorney and they tell you to keep your mouth shut. Don’t say anything. Now your promoter steps up and he’s the one taking the hit. Like I said, if you don’t have anything to hide, let’s do it! I’m not afraid of you. Let’s do it!”
On whether he believes Manny Pacquiao’s image has been tarnished by steroid allegations:
“I don’t know if it’s been hurt or not because Manny has a huge, huge following and he’s well loved. He’s well loved by Americans and he’s well loved by his country. At the same time I think a lot of that is kind of like the situation I mentioned with the Klitschkos. People just want somebody to be able to knock him off. It’s the same thing with Floyd. Floyd’s unbeaten, Floyd talks trash, he flaunts his money, and he does all of these things that a lot of people don’t care for, and because of that they rally to Manny because Manny is the one shot of possibly beating Floyd. So Manny has a lot of fans that probably aren’t really Manny fans but became Manny fans.”
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