Roger Mayweather: “The difference between Floyd and Pacquiao is....

[Jedi Vader]

......Floyd don’t got no **** in him to whop Cotto’s ass!”

JENNA: Okay. Well Roger, there has been big news going around boxing. It revolves around your nephew. His next fight has been announced. He’ll be facing off against Miguel Cotto on May 5. What are your thoughts on this fight?

MAYWEATHER: Oh yeah, yeah! He’s fighting Miguel Cotto. Well we got to do the same thing for Cotto we did for Ortiz. I don’t think that my nephew fighting Cotto will be any much more trouble than other guys that he fought before.

JENNA: Well I mean the decision surprised some people out there. How long did you know about this choice of opponent for your nephew?

MAYWEATHER: Oh I don’t think that my nephew pretty much cared. My nephew believes he can beat anybody. Boxing is what you believe and how you feel about yourself. So I don’t think that the way they change opponents that it will be any different than the last opponent that he was going to have before.

JENNA: You mentioned that it’s kind of the same thing that you’d have to do with Victor Ortiz, but Cotto’s a more skilled boxer with a different style. How do you go about fighting that?

MAYWEATHER: He ain’t that skilled! He got his ass whopped by Pacqiao so he ain’t that skilled! If Pacquiao fought my nephew and he took that test, Pacquiao wouldn’t last four with him, period! He’s been knocked out twice anyway at 105 pounds. What the hell is he going to do at 147-150 pounds? The only reason why Pacquiao even does half of the **** he does is because he’s got that **** in him. Everybody knows that. Everybody ain’t no fool, but I don’t worry about that because if him and my nephew fight—what I told you today you’re going to remember when him and my nephew fight. You’re going to remember what I told you today, that fight wouldn’t go five rounds with Pacquiao and my nephew, period. Ortiz would give my nephew a little more trouble than Cotto will. You know why he will? You know what weight Ortiz weighed, don’t you?

JENNA: Yeah. He weighed 165 on the night.

MAYWEATHER: Alright! That’s 165! That’s damn near the light heavyweight weight class, super middleweight. So when Cotto fights my nephew he ain’t going to weigh no 165 pounds. He’s made for my nephew, actually. He’s made for my nephew. The reason why I know is because I understand boxing, and I look at the film of who he fights and how he fights.

JENNA: Roger let me ask you this. That loss that Cotto had to Pacquiao, he blames it on having to make the 145 pound catch weight. Do you think he’s a better fighter at 154 pounds and a more comfortable fighter?

MAYWEATHER: De La Hoya can say the same thing! De La Hoya weighed 144 pounds. They all can say that! They call can say that. Ricky Hatton can say that. Cotto can say it. De La Hoya could say it. They all had to make a lot of weight, but he ain’t going to be able to blame this on nothing. He’s going to weigh 147 pounds ain’t he? Alright then!

JENNA: Roger now do you see anything that Miguel Cotto can do with your nephew, anything at all in the ring that can possibly give your nephew any trouble?

MAYWEATHER: The only thing I see Cotto can do is punch. Other than that he ain’t got **** for my nephew. The only thing he can do is punch. That’s all he can do, but they all can punch! That don’t make no difference. Shane Mosley can punch! So I mean a whole bunch of guys can punch, but remember one thing—you have to be able to hit something. Talking about if you’re going to be punching on my nephew, you have to be able to hit something. If you don’t hit **** than when does that mean? That don’t mean anything. I don’t care how hard you punch if you don’t hit nothing.

JENNA: Alright now Roger this same week it was announced that Manny Pacquiao will be facing off against Timothy Bradley. What are your thoughts on that fight?

MAYWEATHER: Well I think that’s going to be a competitive fight, but I mean I go back to everything at its original form. I have never seen a guy that’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds ever beat a mother ****er 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 135, 140, 147, or 150. I have never seen it! The last great fighter at 105 pounds was Michael Carbajal. The last three great fighters ever to come from 125 pounds and 130 pounds—number one is Henry Armstrong, number two is Roberto Duran, and number three is Floyd Mayweather Junior. So there ain’t never been a guy that comes from 105 pounds ever to beat a guy at 125 pounds, 135 pounds, 140 pounds, 147 pounds, or 150. In the history of boxing it ain’t never been! There ain’t never been a guy who came from that light a weight division who has been knocked out twice ever to beat somebody at 125 pounds, period! The last great fighter to come up from 105 pounds, do you know who that was?

JENNA: Yeah but Roger, what I’m asking you is what do you think about Timothy Braldey’s chances against Pacquiao seeing as Pacquiao struggled last time out?

MAYWEATHER: Well Pacquiao did struggle last time out, because Pacquiao was trying to not take that **** that he had in his system. That’s why. That’s why he was trying to fight Marquez. I was there! He was trying to see if he could fight off that—everybody knows what he’s got in him, I ain’t even got to say it, but he was trying to fight the fight without being on that stuff. So that’s why.

JENNA: So that’s your view Roger? That maybe what you guys have been accusing Pacquiao of doing, that he was not doing for the rematch with Marquez?

MAYWEATHER: I believe he didn’t take nothing for that particular fight. He probably took it! But he didn’t take as much for that fight. It don’t mean he didn’t take nothing. It doesn’t mean he didn’t take nothing. Maybe he didn’t take nothing for that fight, but it don’t mean he didn’t take nothing. Nobody said he didn’t take nothing. He just didn’t take as much for that fight. I was there!

[Jedi Vader]

Second Part.

JENNA: Okay Roger, well changing things up a little bit here, I just wanted to get your views on a fighter that’s making some noise in boxing right now and his name is Julio Cesar Chavez Junior. He fought just this past weekend. What are your thoughts on him?

MAYWEATHER: Well Chavez Junior, he ain’t an elite fighter like his dad is. So I mean that’s that. It’s a whole different ball game. I mean he ain’t an elite fighter like his dad is as opposed to him. I mean he has minimum skills. His father had a great chin and they were built different anyway. His dad was more compact as opposed to where he is. He’s much taller and much rangier.

JENNA: Roger seeing as you fought Julio Senior twice, do you see any stylistic similarities between him and his son?

MAYWEATHER: Nope. Nope, because his father had a great chin and his father was a more in fighter. He fights more inside. He could apply pressure on you, but he fought more inside. His son is much taller and much rangier. It’s like two different guys. I don’t know if his son has a—well Chavez Senior, he is not a devastating puncher, but what he is, is he’s busy! He’s a busy fighter! That’s what Chavez Senior is! Chavez Senior is more durable, he’s got a good chin, and he keeps the pressure on you. But Chavez Junior’s not that type of fighter. What weight does Chavez Junior fight at anyway? 147?

JENNA: He actually fights at 160.

MAYWEATYHER: He fights at 160?!

JENNA: Yeah. He weighed actually on the fight night, he weighed 181. He packed on 22 pounds.

MAYWEATHER: That’s a high weight division for a guy like him! He’s tall and rangy, but he ain’t no puncher! So I find that to be hard with his weight division. I find that to be hard, but he increased his punching power. But from what I’ve seen, him and his daddy are two different fighters.

JENNA: Alright! Well Roger, I’m also on the line with my Co-Host Geoff.

GEOFFREY CIANI: Hi Roger. It’s a pleasure to have you back on the show. How are you doing?

MAYWEATHER: Oh I’m fine. How are you?

CIANI: Good thanks. Roger I wanted to ask you, before Floyd announced Cotto as his opponent, there was a lot of speculation going on amongst boxing fans because of some Twitter comments and things that Floyd and Pacquiao may have actually had a chance to get it on for May 5. Did you ever think that fight was going to be close to happening for or around that date?

MAYWEATHER: Nope. I knew it wasn’t going to happen. I met with the guy who was going to put the fight on. I met with four guys who were going to put the money up for the fight. That fight wasn’t going to happen on May 5. Ain’t no way the fight was going to happen on May 5. They didn’t compromise with the money that Floyd was going to get, and they never compromised with the money that Pacquiao was going to get. I heard about what it was going to be, but nobody ever gave them no money. So how was there going to be a fight if nobody if he ain’t never gave nobody the money?

CIANI: So you knew we weren’t close at all? That this was all just media talk?

MAYWEATHER: Well that’s why I knew the fight wasn’t going to happen, but they wanted the fight to be in Dubai. That’s fine. They wanted the fight to be in Dubai, and I met with the guy. I met with the Prince of Dubai. I met with him. I met with some other guys that wanted to put the fight on. They were from Chicago. I met with another guy that was going to put the fight on, and he was from somewhere. Anyway they had the money. They told me they had the money, boom, boom, boom, like that. But I said, “Well if you got the money, then obviously you can make the fight if you got the money”. So boom! But I knew that fight wasn’t going to happen May 5.

CIANI: Well the fact that there was so much hype and buzz about it, and it really intensified on the boxing message boards and things like that. Do you think that if Floyd takes care of business with Cotto and Pacquiao can get by Bradley, do you think there is a chance it might finally happen this year?

MAYWEATHER: Yeah I can see it happening. Why wouldn’t it happen? The fight is worth too much money not to happen. The fight is too big not to happen in the history of boxing. This will the biggest fight in the history of boxing. I’m talking about moneywise and exposure-wise. That will be the biggest fight in the history of boxing—Pacquiao and Floyd.

CIANI: Well I agree with you that it’s a fight where there’s too much money for it not to happen, but the reason I asked you if you thought it would happen this year is because boxing fans have been wanting to see that fight for two or three years now. Do you think this will be the year?

MAYWEATHER: Well I think that this is the year that the fight is going to happen because there’s been too much talk about it, and too much people interested, and too many people that want to put money on the fight, too many people want to make the fight. I know because I met with about seven or eight people who had the money to do the fight. So if they want to do the fight then the fight is going to basically have to happen. I mean I can’t see why it would be another year why the fight wouldn’t happen.

CIANI: So are you at all worried that a guy like Timothy Bradley might be able to play the spoiler and derail the whole thing with one upset victory?

MAYWEATHER: Well I mean I don’t know if he’s going to spoil it, but I mean what you call it almost spoiled it anyway! Marquez! ****! Marquez almost spoiled it when they fought, and they fought three times! So I’ve seen the fight. So I know what happened. I mean it could be possible that he could give him enough trouble to show why the fight wouldn’t be made for whatever reason. The only reason why he can show that is if he brings enough skills to the table. Then hey! They will see Pacquiao and what Pacquiao brings to the table, and we’ll take it from there.

CIANI: Well you mentioned Marquez, and a lot of people were expecting Pacquiao and Marquez to have a fourth fight.

MAYWEATHER: Yeah I know.

CIANI: But since he chose Bradley, do you think Pacquiao views Bradley as a better as a better style matchup for him than Marquez?

MAYWEATHER: No I don’t think that that’s why. I think the fight just didn’t get off the ground because nobody really wanted to see it! The fight was very close. All of the fights that they had were very close. All of the fights that Marquez and Pacquiao had were close anyway. It doesn’t matter. I mean one time he dropped him two times in the first round, and he still fought a draw. I mean it’s just one of those things. Those two guys are made for one another.

CIANI: Now Roger, when Floyd fights Cotto that’s going to be at 154 right? I thought you mentioned 147 before.

MAYWEATHER: It don’t make no difference whether it’s 147 or 154. Skills pay the bills. It ain’t got nothing to do with weight. Weight don’t win a fight. Skills do.

CIANI: So you think that Floyd’s first return to 154 since his Oscar De La Hoya fight, you don’t think that will play an issue at all?

MAYWEATHER: Nope. Nope. That don’t have nothing to do with anything. 154, 147, it doesn’t matter. Skills pay the bills. That’s what boxing’s about.

CIANI: So on that note Roger, the one fight if Floyd can’t get Pacquiao, the one fight that fans have been clamoring for that they view as a threat to Floyd is Sergio Martinez. If the weight’s not an issue and the Pacquiao fight can’t happen for whatever reason, do you think Floyd and Sergio could possibly get it on at some point, maybe even later this year?

MAYWEATHER: I don’t know. I don’t know because I don’t know how much money they’re going to offer Floyd. So money plays a weight in everything when you’re talking about boxing. When you’re an elite fighter on top, money plays a part to everything that you do in boxing. I don’t fight somebody because of bragging rights. We ain’t fighting for bragging rights. We’re fighting for the dollar bills and that’s what it’s about. It ain’t about nothing else. I don’t think the weight ain’t so much going to make a difference.

[Jedi Vader]

Concluding part.

CIANI: Going back to Cotto and his fight with Floyd. Two things: one, Cotto was competitive with Pacquiao for four rounds. I’m wondering if you think he can be competitive with Floyd early. But also I wanted to get your opinion on the perception from fans that Floyd is now fighting one of Pacquiao’s leftovers?

MAYWEATHER: No. Floyd ain’t fighting no Pacquiao leftover. Floyd’s fighting one of the fighters that HBO’s paying him to fight. The difference between Floyd and Pacquiao is Floyd don’t got no **** in him to whop Cotto’s ass! Pacquiao has been knocked out twice at 105 pounds! How in the **** are you going to beat somebody at 147 pounds? In the history of boxing there ain’t never been a guy who came from 105 pounds to beat no mother ****er at 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 35, 40, or 47, or 50! In the history of boxing there has never been! So don’t mention about what Pacquiao does. What Pacquiao does, he does because he’s got something in him. That’s why. That’s the difference between Pacquiao and Floyd. Floyd don’t got to take **** to whop mother ****ing Marquez or to whop Miguel Cotto—he can do that with his skills!

JENNA: Roger I’d like to ask you about something that happened last month. News came out that you actually tried to appear at Victor Ortiz’s license hearing with the Nevada Commission, and I’m just curious why you wanted to appear that day?

MAYWEATHER: Well the reason why I came to the thing was because people said oh it was a hearing with Victor Ortiz on why he would his get his license back or why he wouldn’t get his license back. Well I got there a little late. I got there a little late, but I would have explained to them that this mother ****er should be banned from boxing. Talk about getting his license? He should be banned from boxing any mother ****ing way! Because number one, any time somebody intentionally headbutts somebody, it ain’t so much that he headbutted him. But that means he was intentionally trying to hurt somebody. It’s not about boxing. It ain’t about boxing! When you start throwing headbutts and **** like that, it ain’t about boxing! It’s about you trying to injure somebody for no reason. The point is why I came there is because I wanted to express what I knew about boxing, and this mother ****er should be banned from boxing because of what he had done! I don’t care if he did it to my nephew. If he did it to any fighter! I’m a fighter myself, and if he did it to any fighter I would think the same way that I think with my nephew as I thought with any other fighter if a mother ****er did something illegally. If he was trying to hurt me, hell yeah I think his ass should be banned! And that’s what the **** they should have done to him! His ass should have been banned from boxing.

JENNA: Now Roger this isn’t the first time that you stood up to an intentional foul that was actually done to your nephew before. There was the fight with Zab Judah where he intentionally low-blowed your nephew and you stood up at that point, too. Can you tell me what goes through your head when you see that happening, when somebody is intentionally fouling your nephew and you’re sitting ringside?

MAYWEATHER: Well it’s not so much intentionally fouling my nephew. I’m in the sport of boxing. That’s what I’m in. I’m not in the sport of boxing because of my nephew. I’m not in the sport because anybody else is in the sport. The whole point of it is when I see something negative happening to someone I don’t care if I know him or if I don’t know him. If he gets hit with intentional headbutts, or hits low, or hits behind the back, or whatever the case might be, I think the same way in every case. It’s not just because it’s my nephew. But the point is what he said. When they asked him if he was in that situation whether he would do it again, he said, “Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I’d do it again”. Well your mother ****ing ass should be banned from boxing, period! If somebody told you that if it had to happen again what would you do? Your ass should be banned from boxing. That’s all there is to it. Anytime somebody tells you that, and remember! My nephew paid him! He don’t pay my nephew! So there ain’t no way in the world you’re going to talk about how you’d do that again. Your ass should be banned from boxing, period! And that’s what the **** he needs to be! His ass needs to be banned!

JENNA: Alright well Roger speaking of former opponents of your nephew, one recently came out in the news and that would be Shane Mosley. He actually has an upcoming fight with Saul Alvarez at 154 pounds and he’s also been in rumors in regards to a possible fight with Amir Khan somewhere down the line. I’m just curious do you think Shane has anything left at all to be a risk to either of those guys?

MAYWEATHER: Shane Mosley would beat Alvarez and he’ll beat Amir Khan. He’ll beat both of them. He’ll beat them on experience. Them dudes ain’t never been in no big fights. Amir Khan just got his ass whopped. Didn’t he?

JENNA: Yeah, well he lost to Lamont Peterson in a close fight.

MAYWEATHER: I used to train them! When they were little kids, the Peterson brothers, I used to train with them. And he’ll beat that other guy. What did you say his name was? Alvarez? That’s the one, that red-headed Mexican. Oh! Shane Mosley will beat his ass too! Hey! The last guy he fought couldn’t fight. The last guy he fought, the guy couldn’t fight, and he sure ain’t been in with anyone as good as Shane Mosley. When is that fight supposed to take place?

JENNA: Well I mean it’s actually on the under card of your nephew’s fight with Cotto.

MAYWEATHER: Well like I said, I don’t think either one of them dudes would beat Shane Mosley. Shane Mosley had a hell of an amateur career and he’s a good fighter. What makes people think that those guys can beat Shane Mosley? Why do you think they think them guys can beat Shane Mosley?

JENNA: Well they think Shane’s towards the end because in his last three fights he doesn’t have a win.

MAYWEATHER: His last three fights. Who did he fight in his last three fights?

JENNA: He fought obviously your nephew, and then he fought Sergio Mora at 154 and fought a draw, and then he fought Pacquiao.

MAYWEATHER: Yeah well, everybody, well I wouldn’t count that Pacquiao fight because everybody knows what that is. But anyway, beside the point, the bottom line is Shane Mosley is going to beat anyone of those guys you’re talking about right now. Alvarez and them dudes can’t whop Shane Mosley. You know what? I want you to call me after Alvarez or one of those guys fights Shane Mosley and you can repeat what I just told you.

JENNA: Well we definitely will have to do that Roger, but I just have two more questions before I let you off the line here. Going into 2012 there has been a lot of news surrounding your nephew, and part of it was involving him having to go to jail eventually for what he plead to. I’m just curious do you think that’s going to affect him at all? You know after the fight with Cotto, depending on how that plays out, do you think going to jail for 90 days is going to affect Floyd in any way and might affect him when he comes out?

MAYWEATHER: Well I don’t even see how somebody can be put in jail about something. I mean it doesn’t make sense to me, but it is what it is. My nephew’s going to be fine. Whatever happens, obviously they made a decision on it whether it be good or whether it be bad. But the decision is made so that hopefully things will be cleared up. The main thing right now is that he’s able to fight. He’s able to fight, and then we get the fight, and then like you said he’s serving 90 days. I mean obviously he’s going to do time. If they say he has to do it, then he has to do it.

JENNA: Now back to your nephew’s fight with Cotto, Cotto’s two losses have been by knockout, late knockouts—one in the twelfth round and one in the eleventh round. Do you see your nephew stopping Miguel Cotto when they meet in the ring on May 5?

MAYWEATHER: Do I think he’ll stop him? Yep. Yep, I see him stopping him. I see him stopping him. He may not stop him early, but I see him stopping him. I don’t see him making twelve rounds, too much skill for him.

JENNA: So what do you think will bring Cotto down? Do you think it will be skills, an accumulation of punches, or with one shot like with Victor Ortiz?

MAYWEATHER: An accumulation of punches, a combination of punches, if he’s going to be stopped that’s what it’s going to be—punches in bunches.

JENNA: Okay. Well Roger I have one final question for you and this revolves around the 2012 boxing year. What fights do you think the fans could most look forward to seeing this coming year?

MAYWEATHER: Well in 2012 yeah, I think that one of the biggest fights will come off. The fight that everybody anticipates will come off, and that’s with Floyd and Manny Pacquiao. I think that’s going to come off, and I think there are going to be some more fighters that have to prove themselves. But there are going to be some more fighters that come along that we’re going to look at in a different way. The fight with obviously Manny Pacquiao and the guy he’s going to fight, people are going to anticipate that, and then we’re going to move closer to him and Floyd Mayweather. That’s what it’s about anyway. That’s the biggest fight on the market, so I’m sure they’ll have that be ready by the time 2012 comes to an end. Why not?

JENNA: Okay! Well Roger, it’s been a pleasure once again talking to you and getting your views on everything that’s going around boxing. So thank you again for taking the time out with us and I look forward to speaking to you again.

MAYWEATHER: No problem. Thank you.

[sweetpea87]

I got to go to work so I will have to read it later.......but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess he's says "cause Manny Paquiao don't know **** about boxing"

[Jedi Vader]

I got to go to work so I will have to read it later.......but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess he's says "cause Manny Paquiao don't know **** about boxing"

Words to that effect Sweaty!!!

[Bee Keepz]

MAYWEATHER: Well I think that’s going to be a competitive fight, but I mean I go back to everything at its original form. I have never seen a guy that’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds ever beat a mother ****er 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 135, 140, 147, or 150. I have never seen it! The last great fighter at 105 pounds was Michael Carbajal. The last three great fighters ever to come from 125 pounds and 130 pounds—number one is Henry Armstrong, number two is Roberto Duran, and number three is Floyd Mayweather Junior. So there ain’t never been a guy that comes from 105 pounds ever to beat a guy at 125 pounds, 135 pounds, 140 pounds, 147 pounds, or 150. In the history of boxing it ain’t never been! There ain’t never been a guy who came from that light a weight division who has been knocked out twice ever to beat somebody at 125 pounds, period! The last great fighter to come up from 105 pounds, do you know who that was?

Roger Mayweather giving Pacquiao his due.

[Bee Keepz]

In the history of boxing there ain’t never been a guy who came from 105 pounds to beat no mother ****er at 125 pounds, 130 pounds, 35, 40, or 47, or 50! In the history of boxing there has never been! So don’t mention about what Pacquiao does.

Preach it Roger so the *****S can read it.

[D4thincarnation]

Uncle Roger making excuse for Floyd not being able to dismantle Cotto like Pacquiao did.

I'm sure Pacquiao will add this to the suit file.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Props for throwing Michael Carbajal out there. Great little fighter.

[Frank Ducketts]

Even Roger Mayweather knows Pacquiao is suspect.