Roger Mayweather, the uncle and trainer of six-time titlist Floyd Mayweather, continues to believe that eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao, is taking performance enhancing drugs. Manny Pacquiao has already initiated a legal case, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for defamation of character, in December 2009.
Moments after welterweight prospect Jesse Vargas (14-0 with seven knockouts) had earned a unanimous, eight-round decision over Cristian Favela (19-31-7, 10 KOs) at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California, the trainer of Vargas, Roger Mayweather, had a lot to say about WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach. Roger is the uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
During Manny Pacquiao's recent media tour to promote the upcoming fight with Shane Mosley, scheduled for May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, we asked him the inevitable and inescapable question about the prospect of a mega fight with unbeaten, six-time champion, Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs).
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has issued a response to Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s recent Twitter posts. For unknown reasons, Mayweather logged on to his personal Twitter account and posted several video links to fights where Pacquiao either lost or struggled. It's being assumed that Mayweather posted the material in some type of effort to bait a response from Pacquiao, or Mayweather simply did it to keep his name involved with Pacquiao's ongoing media tour to promote the May 7 title fight with Shane Mosley.
According to a report in The Philippine Star, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to return in the month of November. First, he must defeat "Sugar" Shane Mosley on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. If Pacquiao beats Mosley, then his promoter, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, will attempt to make a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The fight depends on the outcome of Mayweather's ongoing criminal court battles.
In show business circles, they might call Sergio Gabriel "Maravilla" Martinez an overnight sensation.
As I woke up this Monday morning I still had the excellent Super Bowl XLV game in my mind between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The matchup was a captivating one, with quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers holding off the Steelers 31-25, and an interesting sidenote to the festivities was highlighted when it was revealed that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and flamboyant Floyd Mayweather had actually been enjoying the game together as they were guests of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank has ripped into the recent claims that were made by Floyd Mayweather Jr. During an interview with fighthype.com, Mayweather claimed that "nobody" had reached out with respect to a fight with Manny Pacquiao. Last year, Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank were publically disputing whether or not any actual negotiations were taking place for a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Arum had claimed that Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, was the middleman between Top Rank and Mayweather's manager Al Haymon. Richard Schaefer, CEO for Golden Boy, told BoxingScene.com in several interviews that "no negotiations" had ever taken place.
While the future of Floyd Mayweather Jr.is as uncertain as ever, good news came recently to his Uncle and trainer Roger, who recently was able to work out a deal in relation to an August 2009 domestic violence case against him that sees him serving no time in prison at all, instead getting a year of probation and some community service hours as well as a $1,000 fine. Despite never showing any signs of worry in the past months, Roger is now in the clear and slightly relieved to have the incident behind him.
Shortly after his 10 round technical decision victory over Devon Alexander at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, members of the media asked WBO/WBC junior welterweight champion Tim Bradley for his opinion on why Floyd Mayweather has not agreed to face Manny Pacquiao. "He's scared man. Floyd don't want to fight that."