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His views on the upcoming May 5 fight between his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto:
“Well I think that Cotto will probably give little Floyd a better fight than any of the other guys in quite awhile. I’m not saying that Cotto’s going to win, but I’m just saying that he’ll probably get a better fight than he did from Shane and he’ll probably get a better fight than he got from Margarito. To tell you the truth I don’t even know too many people that Cotto fought but Shane and Margarito. They were his two biggest fights that I know of.”
On whether he believes weight can be a factor give his son will be moving up to 154 for the first time in years:
“Weight can play a factor in anything, but you know little Floyd is probably going to be faster than Cotto anyway. Plus he’s smaller so he’ll probably get around quicker than Cotto. One thing I think is that Cotto ain’t never fought nobody with that style of fighting. That’s what Cotto’s complication is going to be right there. He never fought nobody that has his shoulder like that. I think Cotto is going to get countered quite a bit, and even though Floyd is older I think little Floyd is faster. When you speak about size, I’ve seen little Floyd box light heavyweights, I mean bigger guys and stronger guys than Cotto. They have 16 ounce gloves on but it don’t matter any time you got a guy that big fighting a guy Floyd’s size. But we all did! I did, Roger did, me, Roger, and Jeff—we all fought bigger guys like that, and Floyd does it, too.”
Regarding how long he believes it will be before age starts to catch up with his son:
“Age might be catching up with him now! I’m pretty sure it’s catching up with him. He’s not Superman. He’s not Superman or anything like that. He’s a normal person just like we are and I’m pretty sure that age is going to catch up with all of us anyway, some just faster than others. Even though he keeps his body and stuff in good shape, you know I’m pretty sure that’s going to have a big thing to do with it too, as well. I think that little Floyd will be faster and Floyd is probably slicker and more clever than him too, so I just look for little Floyd to just pretty much counterpunch throughout all of this fight right here. I just wish my son would throw more punches now. It’s not that he’s old where he can’t throw enough punches, because he can. Any time you get in shape you can do what you want to do. So I think that little Floyd can throw a lot more punches than he has. He has in the past, but he hasn’t done that in quite awhile now. He’s just counterpunching now. It will be a clear win and he will win the fight, but the thing is his trouble is going to be with a guy that’s consistent throwing punches. When you counterpunch you’re only throwing maybe one punch or two punches. That’s when you’re countering somebody. That’s when his problem will come in, when he’s got somebody who’s real, real busy, and that will more or less probably be with a younger guy.”
On whether agrees with his son when he had claimed he believes Miguel Cotto should be considered undefeated because he at an unfair disadvantage in his losses against Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito:
“I call Cotto undefeated! Cotto is undefeated. I have to go along with that. I don’t see it no other way. He lost to both of those guys and both of those guys—hey! Both of those guys like I said, I thought both of them were bad. I just wouldn’t even consider either one of those fights a win, either one. You know I’m just saying. I’m looking at things. I’m looking at things and the reality matters. Hey! The best win didn’t win them nights.”
His views on the upcoming fight between Shane Mosley and Saul Alvarez:
“Well I’m going to tell you this right here. That’s a good question you’re asking me there. Let me give you my honest opinion. That’s made for a good fight but I see Alvarez coming out on top. I see Alvarez beating Shane Mosley. You know right now man it’s near the end for Shane Mosley, but don’t get me wrong! I’m picking Alvarez, but Shane Mosley is the kind of guy that can go get himself in super shape, and get his mind and stuff right, and come out and do a masterful job. I don’t see it, though. I think this will be his last hurrah! I think after this fight, Shane fights no more.”
On whether he believes Mosley will Alvarez’s toughest fight to date:
“If Shane comes out to fight, Shane will be the toughest fight for Alvarez. If Shane is in any kind of way in condition when he comes, it’s going to be a problem for Alvarez even if he wins. I see it being a tough fight for Alvarez either way it goes.”
His views on the upcoming rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson:
“In my honest opinion, I’m going to say this right here. It all depends on what Chad Dawson comes in, because with Chad Dawson his lady is his controller. His lady is his controller. She calls the shots. So she’s the one that tells him when to come and go. So that means that she’s somewhere near. Hey! That’s why when I was training him then this was one time that we knew she wasn’t with him before. But then another time he came back with his lady. She was with him, and that Andre Dirrell boy was beating the **** out of Chad! Chad was getting ready for the second fight I had with him after he won the title. He had this lady speaking with him, maybe his girlfriend or whatever she is. Like I said, Andre Dirrell was beating the **** out of him! He’s out of Flint, Michigan. Andre Dirrell was beating the hell out of Chad Dawson. Like I said if this man gets caught up like that in some kind of way with that lady, that lady is going to be his downfall anyway! That’s going to be his downfall anyway. There is no question about that either. But I will say this here. If Chad Dawson gets in great, great shape and his mind is set right then I look for Chad to win the fight. Hopkins has been around awhile man, and a guy like that is going to be tough. But he has lost fights, and he came very close to losing to a little man like Oscar De La Hoya. When I was training De La Hoya we fought Bernard Hopkins, and Oscar was beating him real easily. But I don’t know what the deal was on that particular fight because all of a sudden he hits Oscar in the ribs, and Oscar goes down! I think it was in the ninth round. Oscar was far ahead on the cards beating him, and then the next thing I know Oscar was thriving. I asked Oscar De La Hoya, ‘What is this man? Explain this to me!’ What’s going on with him and Hopkins? I said, ‘I don’t know! Did you play that role? What happened?’ He said, ‘No man! He hit me, he hit me!’ I’ve been thinking about that for a long time man. I still got the same thoughts. But like I said before if Chad’s mind is set right, and he’s in shape and in condition, and his mind is on what he’s supposed to do other than the lady, then it will be Chad for sure.”
“Well I think that Cotto will probably give little Floyd a better fight than any of the other guys in quite awhile. I’m not saying that Cotto’s going to win, but I’m just saying that he’ll probably get a better fight than he did from Shane and he’ll probably get a better fight than he got from Margarito. To tell you the truth I don’t even know too many people that Cotto fought but Shane and Margarito. They were his two biggest fights that I know of.”
On whether he believes weight can be a factor give his son will be moving up to 154 for the first time in years:
“Weight can play a factor in anything, but you know little Floyd is probably going to be faster than Cotto anyway. Plus he’s smaller so he’ll probably get around quicker than Cotto. One thing I think is that Cotto ain’t never fought nobody with that style of fighting. That’s what Cotto’s complication is going to be right there. He never fought nobody that has his shoulder like that. I think Cotto is going to get countered quite a bit, and even though Floyd is older I think little Floyd is faster. When you speak about size, I’ve seen little Floyd box light heavyweights, I mean bigger guys and stronger guys than Cotto. They have 16 ounce gloves on but it don’t matter any time you got a guy that big fighting a guy Floyd’s size. But we all did! I did, Roger did, me, Roger, and Jeff—we all fought bigger guys like that, and Floyd does it, too.”
Regarding how long he believes it will be before age starts to catch up with his son:
“Age might be catching up with him now! I’m pretty sure it’s catching up with him. He’s not Superman. He’s not Superman or anything like that. He’s a normal person just like we are and I’m pretty sure that age is going to catch up with all of us anyway, some just faster than others. Even though he keeps his body and stuff in good shape, you know I’m pretty sure that’s going to have a big thing to do with it too, as well. I think that little Floyd will be faster and Floyd is probably slicker and more clever than him too, so I just look for little Floyd to just pretty much counterpunch throughout all of this fight right here. I just wish my son would throw more punches now. It’s not that he’s old where he can’t throw enough punches, because he can. Any time you get in shape you can do what you want to do. So I think that little Floyd can throw a lot more punches than he has. He has in the past, but he hasn’t done that in quite awhile now. He’s just counterpunching now. It will be a clear win and he will win the fight, but the thing is his trouble is going to be with a guy that’s consistent throwing punches. When you counterpunch you’re only throwing maybe one punch or two punches. That’s when you’re countering somebody. That’s when his problem will come in, when he’s got somebody who’s real, real busy, and that will more or less probably be with a younger guy.”
On whether agrees with his son when he had claimed he believes Miguel Cotto should be considered undefeated because he at an unfair disadvantage in his losses against Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito:
“I call Cotto undefeated! Cotto is undefeated. I have to go along with that. I don’t see it no other way. He lost to both of those guys and both of those guys—hey! Both of those guys like I said, I thought both of them were bad. I just wouldn’t even consider either one of those fights a win, either one. You know I’m just saying. I’m looking at things. I’m looking at things and the reality matters. Hey! The best win didn’t win them nights.”
His views on the upcoming fight between Shane Mosley and Saul Alvarez:
“Well I’m going to tell you this right here. That’s a good question you’re asking me there. Let me give you my honest opinion. That’s made for a good fight but I see Alvarez coming out on top. I see Alvarez beating Shane Mosley. You know right now man it’s near the end for Shane Mosley, but don’t get me wrong! I’m picking Alvarez, but Shane Mosley is the kind of guy that can go get himself in super shape, and get his mind and stuff right, and come out and do a masterful job. I don’t see it, though. I think this will be his last hurrah! I think after this fight, Shane fights no more.”
On whether he believes Mosley will Alvarez’s toughest fight to date:
“If Shane comes out to fight, Shane will be the toughest fight for Alvarez. If Shane is in any kind of way in condition when he comes, it’s going to be a problem for Alvarez even if he wins. I see it being a tough fight for Alvarez either way it goes.”
His views on the upcoming rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson:
“In my honest opinion, I’m going to say this right here. It all depends on what Chad Dawson comes in, because with Chad Dawson his lady is his controller. His lady is his controller. She calls the shots. So she’s the one that tells him when to come and go. So that means that she’s somewhere near. Hey! That’s why when I was training him then this was one time that we knew she wasn’t with him before. But then another time he came back with his lady. She was with him, and that Andre Dirrell boy was beating the **** out of Chad! Chad was getting ready for the second fight I had with him after he won the title. He had this lady speaking with him, maybe his girlfriend or whatever she is. Like I said, Andre Dirrell was beating the **** out of him! He’s out of Flint, Michigan. Andre Dirrell was beating the hell out of Chad Dawson. Like I said if this man gets caught up like that in some kind of way with that lady, that lady is going to be his downfall anyway! That’s going to be his downfall anyway. There is no question about that either. But I will say this here. If Chad Dawson gets in great, great shape and his mind is set right then I look for Chad to win the fight. Hopkins has been around awhile man, and a guy like that is going to be tough. But he has lost fights, and he came very close to losing to a little man like Oscar De La Hoya. When I was training De La Hoya we fought Bernard Hopkins, and Oscar was beating him real easily. But I don’t know what the deal was on that particular fight because all of a sudden he hits Oscar in the ribs, and Oscar goes down! I think it was in the ninth round. Oscar was far ahead on the cards beating him, and then the next thing I know Oscar was thriving. I asked Oscar De La Hoya, ‘What is this man? Explain this to me!’ What’s going on with him and Hopkins? I said, ‘I don’t know! Did you play that role? What happened?’ He said, ‘No man! He hit me, he hit me!’ I’ve been thinking about that for a long time man. I still got the same thoughts. But like I said before if Chad’s mind is set right, and he’s in shape and in condition, and his mind is on what he’s supposed to do other than the lady, then it will be Chad for sure.”
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