by Geoffrey Ciani(Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) – This week’s 150th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you by CWH Promotions) featured an exclusive interview with highly regarded trainer Roger Mayweather, who currently trains arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, his nephew Floyd Mayweather Junior. Mayweather shared his views on a variety of topics, including Manny Pacquiao’s controversial victory against Juan Manuel Marquez, his nephew’s recent knockout victory over a Victor Ortiz, a potential fight between his nephew and Pacquiao, Olympic style drug testing, and other possible opponents for his nephew including Amir Khan, Sergio Martinez, and Marcos Maidana. Here is a complete transcript from that interview:
JENNA J: It is time for our final guest of this week’s show. He is a returning one now making his seventh appearance on our program. We are joined by the Uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather Junior. We are joined by Uncle Roger Mayweather. How’s everything going today Roger?
ROGER MAYWEATHER: Oh, everything is well.
JENNA: Alright well Roger, there’s been a lot of interesting things going around boxing now and one involved your nephew. He’s mentioned in the press that he may be coming back on May 5 or even as early as February, and people are starting to suggest that maybe he’ll fight Pacquiao then. What have you heard?
MAYWEATHER: He’ll come back in February or May. Either way he’ll be much sharper. The more often he fights he’ll be much sharper, but that’s not to get sharp. Pacquiao’s going to get his ass whopped anyway. Marquez just did that.
JENNA: Now do you think that fight was as controversial as people are saying?
MAYWEATHER: The fight was very close. I mean I thought Marquez could have won. They could have gave him the decision, but the fight was very close anyway. The fight was very close but regardless of how close the fight was, he ain’t going to be able to do sh*t with my nephew, period. Especially when they make him take that test, when they make him take that test he’s going to get his whopped. That’s it. It’s going to be a mismatch anyway.
JENNA: But Roger, do you think after what you saw this past weekend that Pacquiao doesn’t even need to take a test for your nephew to whop him?
MAYWEATHER: No, he’s going to take a test! It ain’t about if he needs to take a test. He’s going to take the test. All fighters take the test. Who is he? Who is he not to take the test? He ain’t no mother f*cking body! He already got his ass whopped by Erik Morales. He got his ass whopped by—what’s that other Spanish boy’s name?
JENNA: Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: No, no, no, no. He got his ass whopped. He got knocked out twice at 105 pounds in the Philippines. He got his ass whopped by Erik Morales and he got his ass whopped by the other Mexican—Barrera! Now that’s six mother f*cking losses! He got six f*cking losses, so how in the f*ck is he going to beat my nephew? And those weight classes are at like 120-something pounds. Then all of a sudden he’s beating guys 150. Huh? He got his ass knocked out twice at 105 pounds. How in the world does a guy all of a sudden become so amazing whopping guys at 147-150 pounds? Tell me! You know why? Everybody knows why. Everybody ain’t no fool. Here’s a guy that just struggled. He just struggled with Marquez. That’s the third time.
JENNA: But why did he struggle with Marquez? That’s the question, though. Why did he struggle with Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: He struggled with Marquez three times, period. He fought him a draw one time, he fought him a split decision one time, and that fight right there was a draw. So what does that tell you? What can Marquez do with my nephew? Nothing! My nephew was laid off 18 months when he fought Marquez.
JENNA: Yep, but that’s what I’m asking you Roger. If Pacquiao looked so dominant the last few years, and you’ve stated multiple times on our show that you thought Pacquiao was doing something—
MAYWEATHER: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. He fought De La Hoya at 145 pounds. My nephew whopped De La Hoya at 154 pounds.
JENNA: Yep, there’s no doubt there Roger. But what I’m asking you is, is with Pacquiao looking so good the last few years, why is it that he looked so poorly against Marquez?
MAYWEATHER: Listen! I’m going to tell you about boxing. Boxing is this. You can have one guy whop a guy ten times, but for whatever reason there is one guy that he’s going to have problems with every time they fight regardless of what he’s got in him. That guy got his number. The guy that he has to struggle with has his number. So whether he has sh*t in him or not, Marquez knows how to fight him and that’s why they have close fights all the time. It’s just that styles make fights. Ali had more trouble with Joe Frazier than he had with any other fighter. Him, and he had trouble with Kenny Norton.
JENNA: But Roger, with Pacquiao struggling the way he did this past weekend do you think it takes away a little of the luster of a Pacquiao versus Mayweather fight?
MAYWEATHER: I’ll tell you this. Everybody says what Pacquiao’s going to do, Pacquiao did this, Pacquiao did that. Pacquiao beat the same guys my nephew beat. Remember, he beat the same guys my nephew beat but he ain’t never took a test to beat them. He ain’t never took a test to beat them guys! He beat them, but he ain’t never took a test to beat them. Now remember, he’s going to have to take a test to fight my nephew. Then we’ll find out how good he can really f*cking fight! Obviously he can’t fight that good. He got his ass whopped twice at 105 pounds, he got his ass whopped by Erik Morales, he got whopped by the other guy. What’s the guy? The Spanish guy? Barrera! Do you think Barrera could whop my nephew?
JENNA: Well Roger. I got to stop you there. Pacquiao twice dominantly beat Barrera.
MAYWEATHER: No, no! He’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds. I know that.
JENNA: Yeah when he was younger, but he didn’t get whopped by Barrera. Barrera he beat twice.
MAYWEATHER: He got whopped by Erik Morales!
JENNA: Yes, by Erik Morales.
MAYWEATHER: Listen! When Morales fought on my nephew’s show, they said he was one of the first guys from the States to beat Pacquiao. Morales. Erik Morales. He was knocked out twice in the Philippines. You mean to tell me he’s beating guys at 150 pounds? 147 pounds? Please! He got his ass knocked out at 105 pounds. What’s he going to do with a guy 150 pounds? And I’m sure they fought better than the guys at 105 pounds.
JENNA: Roger, but there is also an argument to be made that Pacquiao started his career without much amateur experience.
MAYWEATHER: But listen, listen! That has nothing to do with anything. No matter how he started his career, that’s his career. Nobody is worried about that. But they’re trying to talk about whether he had amateur fights or whether he don’t have amateur fights. The bottom line, he has been knocked out twice at 105 pounds. So what does that mean? Okay then! He got whopped by Erik Morales whether he had any experience or not. Here all of a sudden without any experience he’s beating guys like Shane Mosley. He’s beating guys like De La Hoya. How in the hell could that be when he’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds. Twice! Tell me how good could he be to beat an elite fighter like De La Hoya. De La Hoya was an Olympic Gold Medalist!
JENNA: Roger, fighter do improve, like Marquez. Marquez actually lost his first professional fight.
MAYWEATHER: No, no! Let me tell you something! I know about boxing! I’ve been boxing since I was a little kid! Period! There ain’t no guy who has been knocked out at 105 pounds twice at 105 beating guys at 150! There ain’t no damn way unless he’s got something in him! If he ain’t got nothing in him, he ain’t getting knocked out at 150 pounds and he’s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds! You mean to tell me he’s that good? Is that what you’re trying to tell me? I know! I’ve been a fighter for twenty-one years professionally. So tell me how a guy comes from 105 pounds beating a guy at 150 pounds? You ever seen anybody else do it?
JENNA: Well not exactly at that weight, but I’ve seen similar. Henry Armstrong got knocked out at 120 pounds and ended up fighting for the middleweight title.
MAYWEATHER: So Henry Armstrong did it. He came from 126 pounds. He didn’t come from 105 pounds. We’re talking about a guy coming from 105 pounds who’s been knocked out twice who’s beating guys that are 150 pounds! 26 pounds to 35 pounds to 47, I mean you have De La Hoya. De La Hoya did it! De La Hoya started at 30 pounds, 35 pounds, 40 pounds. My nephew did that! So it ain’t no big thing, but my nephew didn’t start at no 105. My nephew won titles at 30, 35, 40, 47, and 54.
JENNA: Yeah, but Pacquiao’s never weighed more than 145 pounds for any professional fight.
MAYWEATHER: Wait, wait, wait! We ain’t talking about that. We talking about the weight that he started out and the weight that he got knocked out at. He got knocked out twice at 105 pounds. How in the hell does a guy beat an elite fighter at 150 pounds? The only he’s whopping any mother f*cking body, everyone knows what that is and I ain’t got to say it. Everybody knows exactly what he’s got in him, period! But regardless of what the case is, I guarantee you this. If Pacquiao fights my nephew when he takes that test, he ain’t even going to make five rounds, period! He won’t even make five rounds. He won’t make five rounds and then you’ll see that he’s got that sh*t in him, because if he ain’t got that sh*t in him he’s going to get his ass whopped, period! Ain’t nobody got to tell me about boxing. You seen my nephew fight Victor Ortiz? You know how much Victor Ortiz weighed?
JENNA: Yeah, I do. He weighed 165 pounds on fight night.
MAYWEATHER: He weighed 165 pounds! My nephew didn’t cry about the weight was. He still whopped his ass! So is a guy that small right there, talking about Pacquiao, even going to deal with my nephew, period? Once Pacquiao takes that test he’s going to get his ass whopped and the fight ain’t going to go five rounds. The fight may not even go four! Period.
JENNA: So you believe your nephew will knockout Pacquiao early?
MAYWEATHER: Yeah. He’s going to knock him out anyway, period! He’s going to knock him out anyway, and then the question you asked me is the same question everybody is going to ask: How did Pacquiao get his ass knocked out so quick? Because you know why? Because he took that test! And since he took that test, he knows what time it is. When he takes that test and they take all that blood and that sh*t that he got in him, he’s going to get his ass whopped and the fight won’t last no more than four or five rounds at most.
JENNA: Alright well Roger, we’re also on the line with my Co-Host Geoff.
GEOFFREY CIANI: Hey Roger. It’s a pleasure to speak to you again.
MAYWEATHER: Hey what’s up, man?
CIANI: Not much Roger. You mentioned before how Marquez and Pacquiao have now had three really close fights, but I’m curious going into this third fight, were you expecting it to be another close fight?
MAYWEATHER: Styles make fights. A fighter always has a guy who will give him trouble. That’s just the way of boxing. Some guys you could knockout. Boom! It can be easy. But there’s one guy that will give the guy trouble. The guy who gave Tommy Hearns trouble, do you know the guy who gave Tommy Hearns trouble was?
CIANI: Barkley.
JENNA: Iran Barkley.
MAYWEATHER: Alright then. The guy who gave him trouble was Barkley. The guy who gave Ray Robinson trouble was who?
JENNA: LaMotta.
MAYWEATHER: Alright then. He only gave him trouble because of the weight difference between LaMotta and Ray Robinson. Okay, but you got another guy and that’s Marquez and Morales. Those guys are made for one another. Regardless to what Pacquiao has in him, that guy knows how to fight him because he fought him too many times. Remember the first time they fought he was dropped twice in the first round.
CIANI: Now Roger, given the fact that they had another close fight do you think that Pacquiao is even going to want to fight your nephew in May?
MAYWEATHER: Well, he’s going to want to fight because any time a guy is getting this kind of money, why wouldn’t he want to fight somebody? Even if he gets his ass whopped it wouldn’t make no difference, because he’s probably going to get his ass whopped anyway regardless of the case. The case is that here’s a guy that’s going to get this kind of money. I mean here’s a guy that don’t even take tests and he’s getting this kind of money. It don’t even make sense to me! But regardless of what the case is, I seen the fight the other day and there ain’t no way in the world he’ll whop my nephew. The only way he could ever whop my nephew is he would have to have all the drugs in the world, because right now there ain’t no way. He won’t even make five rounds with my nephew, period! He won’t make five rounds with him. That’s what I’m talking about. The minute they tell him to take that test, boom! That’s going to be it right there.
CIANI: So did anything about the Pacquiao fight and his performance surprise you at all?
MAYWEATHER: No. Hell no. There ain’t nothing that surprised me. That guy right there showed you how to beat him anyway. Morales showed you how to beat him. Remember, you got to understand. Pacquiao ain’t beating these guys on his ability. He sure in the f*ck ain’t beating De La Hoya and Shane Mosley on his boxing ability. Everybody knows what that is. Ain’t nobody no fool. When was the last time you see a guy 105 pounds go up to 150 and whop somebody. Tell me! When was the last time you seen it?
CIANI: I haven’t seen it.
MAYWEATHER: Alright then. So that means if you haven’t seen and I know I’ve been in boxing, I haven’t seen it. So how does a guy from 105 pounds who’s been knocked out twice beating guys 150, elite fighters? Tell me!
CIANI: Well let me ask you this Roger. Since a lot of fans think Pacquiao lost this fight to Marquez—
MAYWEATHER: Oh I thought he lost, too!
CIANI: So now a lot of fans that were interested in seeing your nephew fighting Pacquiao, they’re not as interested because now a lot of people are starting to believe what you have been saying all along—that Pacquiao is not in Floyd’s league. Are you at all nervous that he might lose this super fight that could have been a career defining fight for your nephew?
MAYWEATHER: No, no, no, no, no. It’s not that he’s going to lose it, because number one, he still get the decision. He still got the decision, and all the elite fighters that my nephew had beaten, Pacquiao stopped them. Remember? He stopped De La Hoya. He beat Shane Mosley. He beat all these other guys. He beat all these other elite fighters so ain’t nobody mesmerized that Pacquiao can’t compete with my nephew, because people don’t believe what everybody knows about Pacquiao. People don’t believe it anyway, because people don’t think. People think Pacquiao can really fight and he’s beating these guys on his ability. I have never ever seen a guy 105 pounds beat a guy 147 pounds, 150 pounds, 140 pounds. I have never seen it! Tell me in history where they’ve done that. In the history of boxing, tell me where a guy 105 pounds been knocked out twice beat a guy 147 pounds. Tell me! Where? The last great fighter ever to step from 135 pounds to win a middleweight title is who?
CIANI: Is it De La Hoya?
MAYWEATHER: No. It’s Roberto Duran. Let me ask you this question: When have you seen a guy 105 pounds beat a guy 150 pounds. Tell me!
CIANI: No, I haven’t seen that. I told you that already.
MAYWEATHER: Alright then. You ain’t never seen it in history, have you?
CIANI: No.
JENNA: Roger, can I step in here real quick? There have been fighters in history that have gained over 50 pounds and been effective. I can give you one—Guillermo Jones. He was 154 pound fighter and he got knocked out at 154 pounds, and now he’s the cruiserweight champion and has fought at heavyweight.
MAYWEATHER: Wait, wait, wait. You said a guy at what weight? What weight was it?
JENNA: Guillermo Jones, he was originally a 147 pound fighter. He got knocked out at 154, but now he’s a cruiserweight champion.
MAYWEATHER: But wait, wait, wait! Listen! That ain’t much difference in weight. 47 and 54, that ain’t much difference in weight.
JENNA: I’m saying right now, he’s knocking out people at cruiserweight.
MAYWEATHER: Listen! We’re talking about a guy 105 pounds fighting a guy 150 pounds. You ain’t never seen it in history. Now tell me! There’s two guys that ever went up that high in weight to fight, anyway! One of them is Henry Armstrong, the other one is Roberto Duran, and the other one is Oscar De La Hoya. At that higher weight class, you never saw nobody at 105 pounds beating a guy 150 pounds. Sh*t!
JENNA: Roger, give me a second here. I just mentioned an example of a fighter who got knocked out at 154 who’s now a reigning cruiserweight champion of the world knocking out people at 200 pounds.
MAYWEATHER: Well that’s no big thing. That’s like Roy Jones coming from middleweight and winning a heavyweight title. Listen! We’re talking about a guy that started at 105 pounds. He’s been knocked out twice at 105. Okay? Now here’s a guy who goes from 105 to 150 pounds. That’s a lot of weight difference in weight class.
CIANI: Well Roger, going back to what I was saying before. If Pacquiao decides not to fight your nephew and kind of takes that super fight away from Floyd, then there’s only really one fight out there that the fans would consider to be a real challenge for your nephew, and that would be against middleweight champion Sergio Martinez.
MAYWEATHER: My nephew ain’t got to fight Sergio Martinez, remember the fight is with Pacquiao and if Pacquiao turns the fight down with my nephew do you know how much money he will have lost and do you know how the fans will respond to him? Here’s a guy who beat Shane Mosley, De La Hoya, this guy, that guy, this guy, that guy, and you mean to tell me he don’t want to fight my nephew? Then what’s that tell you? If that’s the biggest fight, and right now that’s the biggest fight in history. Not the biggest fight now, that’s the biggest fight in the history of boxing right now. The other fight that was the biggest fight in the history of boxing was De La Hoya and my nephew. That fight grossed more money than any other fight in history. Now how in the world is a guy who beat all these guys at 47 and 50 pounds, beat all the guys my nephew beat, why wouldn’t he fight my nephew? That proves that he’s the best! If you don’t fight Floyd then you may as well step away from boxing right now.
CIANI: Well what if he did that, though? What if for whatever reason he didn’t fight Floyd if he fought Marquez again?
MAYWEATHER: Well if he don’t fight Floyd people are going to know what he’s got in his ass, because number one—there ain’t no way in the world a guy getting close to $100 million ain’t going to fight a guy from the biggest fight in the history of boxing, period. What do you box for? What do fighters fight for? You fight to get the opportunity to be one of the best in the history of boxing. That’s what boxing is about. That’s why people make those big fights. That’s how you get paid for the big fights. So why wouldn’t he want to fight Floyd? He just fought Marquez, didn’t he?
CIANI: What if he fought Marquez again next May?
MAYWEATHER: Everybody don’t want to see that. There ain’t nobody who wants to see that. People want to see one thing. They want to see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. That’s what the world was waiting for. There ain’t nothing else they’re waiting for. That is the biggest fight in the history of boxing to this do. So boom! If he takes that test, the fight is going to happen. The only reason the fight ain’t going to happen is because he don’t want to take that test. Now if you don’t want to take that test, that already tells you about him anyway! It tells you he got that sh*t in him! That’s what! How in the world are you not going to take a test if you’re getting damn near $100 million?
CIANI: But Roger, if he doesn’t take the test and he doesn’t want the fight with your nephew—
MAYWEATHER: Then that tells you he’s a fag and he never wanted to fight my nephew, anyway!
CIANI: But who would you want your nephew to fight in the event—
MAYWEATHER: I want Floyd to fight Manny Pacquiao! Pacquiao has been the one who beat the same guys that my nephew beat, too. So let’s see! Let’s see. I mean hey! That’s what people want to see. It ain’t what I want to see. That’s what the world has been waiting for! That’s what! Any other fight don’t make sense. The only fight that makes sense is Floyd and Pacquiao. That’s it. And if Pacquiao won’t take that fight then he’s got to be a fool, anyway!
CIANI: But what other opponents are out there for Floyd would you look at if Pacquiao doesn’t come to the table on this? Would you look at a guy like Amir Khan?
MAYWEATHER: Amir Khan ain’t sh*t! I don’t see no other one. Pacquiao is the one.
CIANI: So if Pacquiao doesn’t fight, do you think there’s a possibility Floyd might not fight in May?
MAYWEATHER: If he don’t fight, people are going to respond to his ass the way they should have responded to him a long time ago. He wasn’t sh*t anyway! How in the world are you talking about you want to fight my nephew. You beat this guy, you beat that guy, and you won’t fight my nephew. Everybody is going to know what time it is. Everybody is going to know and respond to him like they should have responded to his ass before. He ain’t going to fight my nephew because. That’s why, and everybody knows what I’m talking about. So Amir Khan don’t mean sh*t! He can’t drill my nephew. Pacquiao is the fight. That’s what makes money. That’s what makes sense. That’s the biggest fight in history. If he don’t take that he has to be a fool.
CIANI: So do you think if he doesn’t take it there’s a chance your nephew will retire?
MAYWEATHER: It could be. It could. He could retire, but my nephew don’t worry about retirement. My nephew takes the test so he don’t worry about that. This mother f*cker, he don’t take no test. Pacquiao don’t take no mother fucking test. He don’t take sh*t! My nephew is the one who can make him take a test, though!
CIANI: Roger changing things up here, in your nephew’s last victory against Victor Ortiz he was coming off of a fairly long layoff. Not as long as some of his layoffs, but you as his trainer, did you see any ring rust from Floyd in his victory against Victor Ortiz during those early rounds?
MAYWEATHER: Did I see any ring rust? Nope. Nope, because Victor Ortiz came out my nephew and he threw a bunch of punches. He wasn’t really hitting him. He was hitting his arms, but you got to remember one thing. The fight didn’t go that long for my nephew to be laid off that long. So my nephew needs to come back and fight right back, because the fight went about four or five rounds. Boom. That’s it. Remember, my nephew don’t fight no fighters at this catch weight sh*t like Pacquiao makes them do. Oh! You can’t weigh no more than 144, you can’t weigh no more than 145, and stuff like that. My nephew beat his ass at 162 pounds. That’s the difference between Pacquiao and my nephew. So if my nephew whopped Victor Ortiz’s ass at 160-something pounds, what in the world do you think he would do with Pacquiao? Oh I can’t fight you at 45! You got to weight 44. You got to weigh this. You got to weight that. You fight what you weigh.
JENNA: Alright well Roger, I have just a couple of more questions before I let you off the line. We were talking about Victor Ortiz a second ago. Some people give Floyd slack for the way that fight ended. Do you think he deserves any at all?
MAYWEATHER: He got knocked out. The referee said, “go”. That’s all. It ain’t Floyd’s fault, The referee’s the one who ruined the fight. He said, “go”. Boom. He got knocked out, period. He was going to get knocked out anyway. He was going to get knocked out one way or the other. Whether Floyd knocked him out then or whether Floyd knocked him out a round from then, he was going to get knocked out anyway. It didn’t make no difference. He was going to get knocked out, anyway.
JENNA: Alright but that leaves the question, for the fans that were upset about it, do you think they buy pay-per-views to see Floyd Mayweather Junior lose? Or do you think they tune in to see his skills?
MAYWEATHER: They are going to buy pay-per-views because Floyd is the best fighter in the world right now in the history of boxing, period. That’s why they’re going to buy the pay-per-views. I don’t know if they buy them to lose, or buy them to see him fight, but whatever the case is they’re going to buy it anyway. They’re going to buy it because of the way my nephew performs, and there wasn’t anything difficult about the fight that says Victor Ortiz got knocked out. He got knocked out anyway doing all this mother f*cking hugging, this hugging and kissing. This is boxing. This ain’t going on no mother f*cking date. He head-butted my nephew twice, anyway.
JENNA: Roger, let’s turn things to you for a second. What other fighters are you working with today that people might not know about and should be able to look out for?
MAYWEATHER: I work with so many, and I work with young kids as well. I mean I got a little kid Anthony Sims. He’s about an 8-time national amateur champion. The kid is about 16, but he’s boxing like a pro. I work one other kid that’s named DJ, but he’s still young, like 8 or 9 years old. There’s another kid I’m working with now. He’s a youth champion and I’m working with the guy that’s boxing him like Tyron and a guy named Kevin. Both of them are pretty good fighters. They’re young but they work with pros. You know, so they work with this guy who’s a junior youth champion from Canada. He’s 140 pounds and I got guys working with him right now.
JENNA: Alright Roger, I have one final question. On May 5, 2012, who do you expect to be standing across the ring from Floyd Mayweather Junior? Do you think it will be Manny Pacquiao?
MAYWEATHER: Do I think Pacquiao will be his next fight? I think my nephew will probably have one more tune-up fight first. He’ll probably fight, I don’t know. I don’t know if it’s Maidana. I don’t know. I think he’ll fight probably a guy of that nature, somewhere around there. The only way the fight won’t happen with Pacquiao, is because hey! Everybody knows. The only reason the fight won’t happen with Pacquiao is because Pacquiao is going to refuse to take the test, and if he refuses to take a test to get damn near $100 million then tells you how big a fool he is.
JENNA: So Roger, what you’re saying is it’s going to Manny Pacquiao on May 5 unless Pacquiao decides not to take a test, and then in that case Floyd will be taking a tune-up fight? That’s what you’re saying?
MAYWEATHER: That’s right. Right. Floyd is going to get another tune-up fight is what I’m saying, but by that time Pacquiao should have enough balls for him to fight Floyd, and hey! We won’t be talking about Floyd and Pacquiao no more. Would you turn down a fight for damn near $100 million?
JENNA: No, I’d fight your nephew for $100 million. (laughs)
MAYWEATHER: Okay then. That means hey! $100 million is $100 million. I don’t care how you slice it. Everybody ain’t going to boo Floyd. They going to boo him so they were thinking he was so good and he’s beating these guys way over his weight class. Let’s see! Let’s see what he can do. A guy 147 pounds, Floyd could make 145. It don’t make no difference. Let’s see what he can do.
JENNA: Well Roger, it’s been a pleasure having you back on our show and I think it’s been like the seventh time we’ve had you on, so I thank you for giving us all that time and I look forward to seeing you back in the ring regardless.
MAYWEATHER: No big thing. Hey! When you want me, call me again because this fight is going to happen. It’s going to be moving closer.
JENNA: Alright. Excellent! Thanks again, Roger.
MAYWEATHER: Remember, the only way the fight ain’t going to happen is because this guy has to be a fool to not fight Floyd for all that money. So we’ll see.
CIANI: Well we’re definitely looking forward to seeing it Roger. It’s been a long time in the making.
MAYWEATHER: Alright, have a good day!
CIANI: Thank you. Take care.
MAYWEATHER: Alright! Be good.
JENNA: Thanks. Bye.
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This article was also published November 21, 2011 at East Side Boxing
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the crack head thought MANNY lost twice to BARRERA, lololol
crazy ass always talking shit
now its TRUE..these mayweathers are really on drugs..look at this guy, name fuckin ROGER, he started to hallucinate that Barera beat Manny 2x..
And also fellow readers, try to count how many times the interviewer ask the same question because Gorilla Roger answer the “not-so-right” answer..i think he cannot understand educated English because they are un-educated people after-all..
PEOPLE, READ BETWEEN THE LINES: WHY DO YOU THINK ROgay ‘the uncle tom’ KEPT ON REAPEATING HIS ANSWERS THAT IF I WERE THE ONE INTERVIEWING HIM, I WOULD JUST PUT DOWN THE PHONE IN IRR!TATION AND TO SHUT HIM UP.
I CHALLENGE ROgay TO READ THIS, and EAT HIS WORDS AFTER HIS GAY niecePHEW FLOYgay and THE PACMAN FINALLY HAVE FOUGHT! BY THEN HE WILL HAVE EATEN HIS WORDS!
1) THE MAYWEATHERS ARE NOW DESPERATE TO FIGHT PACQUIAO AFTER SEEING THE LATTER’S ALLEGED LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE, THEY MAY HAVE THOUGHT THEY CAN DEFEAT PACQUIAO BY NOW, WHICH CIRCUMSTANCE THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINCE BELIEVED THE OPPOSITE. THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE BEEN AVOIDING HIM.
TO PAPA BOB ARUM — DO NOT GIVE THE MAYWEATHERS THE FIGHT THEY secretly ROOT FOR, but COVER-COAT IT WITH ‘best for boxing fans and good for the history of boxing ’. GIVE THEM A LITTLE REVERSE PSY WAR… SALUTE TO YOU PAPA BOB!
2) HOW MANY TIMES SHOULD uncle tom REPEAT HIS ANSWER ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES PAC GOT KNOCK-OUT AT 105 AND ALL? IF YOU WANT THE FIGHT, BECAUSE YOUR niecePHEW WILL JUST WHOOP PAC’s ASS THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? BRING IT ON – PAC IS READY TO SUBMIT TO YOUR OVER-INSISTED TEST. I REPEAT, BRING IT ON!
3) WHY DO YOU KEEP HAVING TUNE-UP FIGHTS FOR GAY Floydie BEFORE THE PAC FIGHT? IS PACQUIAO THAT GOOD THAT YOU HAVE TO ENDLESSLY PREPARE little floydie FOR HIM? NO RING RUST, DID YOU JUST SAY? NOT EVEN HIS SHORT OR LONG LAY OFF? NO RING RUST, IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT. “THE FEBRUARY FIGHT WILL NOT BE OF GETTING SHARP”. SO, FLOYDIE IS AS SHARP REGARDLESS OF A LONG OR SHORT LAY OFF. GET IT ON, UNCLE TOM! Floydie, AS YOU SAY IS WAY FAR BETTER THAN MARQ!
4) WHY ARE YOU SOooooo WORRIED OF PAC’s BEING A FOOL BY REFUSING a 100M PAYDAY BECAUSE HE DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE THE TEST, AND AS A RESULT PAC-GAY FIGHT WON’T HAPPEN? SO, WHAT?!
5) IT’S YOU WHO ARE F*CKING AFRAID YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR PAYDAY, probably the BIGGEST PAYDAY for GAY FLOYDIE and YOU BECAUSE ARUM HINTS OF a PAC-MARQ IV. AND YOU KNOW HE WON’T GIVE YOU THE FIGHT NOW WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST! BE AFRAID, UNCLE TOM, BE VERY AFRAID. NO MONEY, NO GAY!
6) THE BALL IS NOW IN PAC’s. HE SHOULD NOW CALL THE SHOT. SALIVATE FOR YOUR paycheck THAT YOU WILL NEVER GET HOLD WITH.
7) I HOPE YOU ARE READY TO EAT YOUR WORDS, BECAUSE PAC will BEAT your NIECEphew FLOYDIE GAY!
regardless of what the great roger mayweather is saying i think it’s their way of avoiding manny pacquiao. what excuse will they give now that manny is agreeing to the drug testing that they want? enough of talking full of f*cks you owe it to the boxing fans all over the world. get the fight done and lets see if who’s ass will get whopped.
there goes my blackass mothafuckin lowlife brotha in law again.. talkin shit he dont have no idea about.. told that dick to shut his vagina-smellin mouth about talkin about this shit drug allegations coz we still have fuckin court problems with that little fella.. roger is loaded again.. that bitch is an airhead.. fuckin gasbag.. embarrassing..
mrs mayweather s t f u you dumbass.. everyone knows you’re some mayweather that simply changed your name.. what a fucking dumbass typical pacquaio fan.. i bet you almost shit your pants as the final scores were being called out in pacquaio’s last fight.. smh you’re so lame
everybody knows you’re so mayweather hater*
Roger Mayweather is a shrink just like his brother Floyda Sr…his nephew in a few years time FLoyda jr. is gonna be shrink as well, beating on women, wife, bodyguards, parking attendants, what else kids also in the future..All you Gayweathers, are a bunch of shrinks and needle addicts as well..dope users like Floyda Sr..by Jeff Salvador..
Well, take it from the faggot, Floyd will fight Maidana or anyone beatable prior to a Pacman fights. Okey. No big deal. The problem is who gonna watch it anyway. lol!
put your nephew in the ring,dont say a lot of s_ _ _ t,ur nephew never fight Clottey,Cotto and Margarito.you know your nephew scare to fight Manny Pacquiao.Because Manny his going to knock him out within 6 rounds.
Roger doesn’t know what he is talking about! Pacquiao was whooped by Barrera? Shit! that’s the reverse man! What you mean is Pacquiao’s loss to Rustico Torrecampo at 108 lbs & to Medgoen Singsurat at 112 lbs.! In both cases, Paquiao struggled to make weight because he is still growing at that time.But those were lessons that made him a better boxer! With Singsurat, he was already stripped of his first crown on the scales & had no more left in him during fight night! So when he was hit a little hard, he did not stand from the KD to avoid further punishment! What’s the use anyway? Morales narrowly won in their first meeting because of the cut on Pacquaio!But in the rematch, Morales suffered the first KO of his life & so in the 3rd bout. A KO in the 3rd round! For a man who has his life in boxing, you have a poor grasp of boxing history! Verify your facts first before you delve in any subject, will you? Just be ready with your nephew! Pacquiao will surely bust his big mouth!
To correct you: Manny got blood drain before the fight and had no powers at all.
People says Manny is making excuses? Larry asked Morale right after the fight and Morale said HE DID NOT FEEL ANY OF MANNY’S power at all.
DAM RIGHT!!! that is why FIGHT#2 Morale was kissing canvas.
THIS IS THE REASON and Manny always said that whenever the FLOMOS say take the test.
HERES THE FACT and WHY FRAUD FROID is trying to take advantage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1pZYlVUulY
he said he want pacquiao in may and now he wants another tune up fight before they fight? wtf is tha? crack headthers
talk is cheap damn ass*** roger gayweather..make the fight happen.just sign the contract..you know why the reason manny not whooping marquez coz that’s the only reason to make ur gay nephew to fight the pacman!! let see
Yeah right Roger. Floyd had his chances and blew it. Pac should leave boxing to cry-babies & biased people and just enjoy his life. He proved he’s the best.
exactly, MANNY needs to stop fighting and be a good public servant. we dont want Manny to live a life like, MR. ALI
this uglymonkey doesnt even know how to answer question. if he truly believed that pacman can’t beat his nephew, then, why asked for a random test?
cut the crack uncle roger, am having a tummy ache
you are so funny
It suggest drink water, it will clear your mind.
MAYWEATHER: No, he’s going to take a test! It ain’t about if he needs to take a test. He’s going to take the test. All fighters take the test. Who is he? Who is he not to take the test?
Roger who the fuck are you to impose tests (Marvin Hagler) lolz
I really can’t understand why you still take time interview this monkey looking being. he just keeps repeating his answers to all the question thrown at him. he can’t say anything about pacquiao except that dope. but in reality they are the drug addicts. accusing someone of something which they are guilty about. he is a nonsense human being to interview cause he is not normal, the way he thinks, and the way he talks, it’s all garbage……a waste of time to listen to that guy..
It sounds like they are begging for a Pacquiao fight. Roger sounds like a suitor who had played hard to get too often that the other guy got tired of him and no longer interested. With all that 100 million dollar flashing in Floyd Sr.’s head, all that money might just evaporate away unless Pacquiao saves the day and decide to fight Floyd.
The Floyd camp should treat Pacquiao more better and maybe he’ll fight Floyd. Pacquiao is doing very well in the PPV department with over a million buys in his previous fights. Pacquiao can make a lot of money without Floyd so if the Floyd wants to earn the 100 million dollar they should beg Pacquiao and kiss his feet, and just maybe Pac will fight Floyd.
And on that note…. I want to see a Pac vs Floyd in May 2012.
Hhahaha, a good conversation with Roger mayweather,I think send them back to africa all this mayweather’s they dont deserve to be an americans citizen,A one coward in the country hiding excuses.Let Mayweather Fight with Pacquiao in May.
At last ! Mayweather and his handlers are now open to the fight vs Pacquiao. This after seeing the fight between Pacquiao vs Marquez. The bait of Pacquiao was taken by them hahaha.
gayweather vs cotto
gayweather vs margarito
gayweather vs clottey
i dont think gayweather dont have a chance against this 3. he avoided this fighters including manny. he just talk a lot of shit.
ESPECIALLY MARGARITO WOULD BEAT THE HELL OUT OF GAYWEAHTER.
MARG. is always in the face, he never backs down and can hit harder then Manny.
If Fraud would step up and take on Margarito. i have my money on Marg for sure.
LINK: Marg already call Fraud out in his face. Fraud was all scared, turned white.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_BWElcszSY
He has a crack on his head.He should be in the mental hospital. The reporters are asking who he will fight next if pacquiao wont accept the fight.. He keeps changing the topic over and over again.. He really is retarted!
He said that floyd is planning to take another tune-up fight. So it shows that floyd is not ready to fight pacquiao yet. It’s obvious that floyd is not confident against manny up to now. He’s always saying he’s not scared but his actions tell otherwise.
Floydiot should fight Pacman at even playing field at 144 lbs. Don’t give these cheaters advantage. Together with GBP they make formidable cheat team. Throw in their choice drug testing agency, they make the sport real dirty.
Hi. Roger argument about 105 lbs is useless..pls if you can talk to roger again..pac and floyd started the same age at the same weight! The only difference is pac is fighting as a pro while floyd is still at amateur so theres no pro record of floyd fighting at 105..the his argument applies.to.floyd also, floyd got shit in him coz he.moved from 105 to 150
Well, you can realize how stupid the way Roger thinks. He got the facts mixed up. The kind of reasoning he has is amusing. If he truly believes his nephew will ‘whoop’ Pacquiao’s ass then what the hell are they waiting for ? Bring on the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight. Period.
Mayweather needs to fight Cotto and Margarito first. PACMAN whooped the asses of both men pretty good. Is Money afraid of Cotto and Margarito?
here is the proof that Fraud is ducking Cotto and Marg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_BWElcszSY
coward maywheather.. desperately trying to invent a scenario that pacman in using illegal substance just to avoid… too much excuses..
i can’t understand why this writer has the patience to talk to an uneducated and inconsistent all knowing great pretender…
Tang ina mo! hirap mong kausap para kang bulol! rofl
Jenna & Cianni, congrats for having a lot of patience to interview him…i don’t know if i want to cry or laugh … i really want to read it in full…but its a waste of time…i don’t want to be hospitalized …i salute to both of you…check your sanity men! have a good day!
Pacquiao clearly stated and was so consistent when asked about the possible fight with Mayweather Jr., he is willing to fight, period…. here comes roger again, damn talking of nonsense things, let see if floyd can ko pacman at 5th round..
Floyd fought Mosley, compare it when Pacman fought Mosley… u can see the difference, so do with Dela Hoya.. so simple yet Mayweathers are just manifesting their fear to fight Pacman..
Manny stated on Jimmy show, that he is willing to fight Fraud and
“WINNNERS TAKES ALL REVENUE” meaning Winner earns all the money. 200million worth of PPV + 100million that was suppose to be split upon both of them. TAKE THAT FLOMOS. I bet your lover Fraud will not agree to “WINNERS TAKES ALL”
they are afraid of pac because pac killing the elite fighters at 147… hahha marquez is a great challenge for pac. but floyd jr.. its still a mystery until he fight pac. ^^
I remember that Mr. Roger….Gayweather will knock out Manny in 5 round…let us see your propetic prediction…your right Meyoy fight the three first b4 Pacman.
Someone tell Roger that Pacquiao turned pro at 16. 16! His body wasn’t even fully developed yet. That’s why he started at 105 pounds. In fact, Pacquiao admitted that he lied about his age so he can turn pro early. If you’re so convinced he’s on steroids, why not just say it? Oh yeah, when you things that aren’t true and people believe you, you can get sued. Whoops.
Roger has crack in his head. He keep on repeating that a 105 lbs. fighter cannot whop a 150 lbs guy. of course not. Pacquiao was a young boy when he weigh 105lbs. he did not stay as a boy, he grew up to be a welterweight like his nephew who also started at almost the same weight as Pacquiao.He said, “Who is Pacquiao not to be tested?” And who is his nephew to demand testing? The boxing commission decides the testing! The Mayweathers are all pyscho!
a talking chimp!
why not let flloyd fight at 160 up? he’ll get his spirit seperate from his body if he will try to fight at that weight. manny fought guys at the highest weight he cud. mayweather remained at super welterweight cuz he definitely know that his black ass would turn into a violet color.
HEY ROGER LISTEN.. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BOXING? BARRERA NEVER BEAT PACQUIAO. AND WHO THE HELL IS THAT SPANISH BOXER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? LOL. AND MORALES WAS KNOCKED OUT BY PACQUIAO TWICE. MORALES NEVER KNOCKED OUT PACQUIAO. AND LASTLY,FLOYD JR. NEVER FOUGHT WITH COTTO, MARGARITO, CLOTTEY. YOUR BRAIN MUST HAVE BEEN WHOPPED. LOL
This crazy niggah thinks his nephew can KO Pac, but contradicts himself that he may need a tune up fight first! LOL!
If they aren’t scared and so sure of the win, why ask for olympic style drug test, why need tune up?
“Pac is so great, the self proclaimed best in boxing thinks he is on roids”
u can say that but floyd dont want to fight pacman.. coz floyd already knows that he cant defeat pacman.. blah blah blah blah blah mayweathers
JENNA: Roger, can I step in here real quick? There have been fighters in history that have gained over 50 pounds and been effective. I can give you one—Guillermo Jones. He was 154 pound fighter and he got knocked out at 154 pounds, and now he’s the cruiserweight champion and has fought at heavyweight.
Crackhead Roger Mayweather does show that his IQ is very low to understand what is Jenna’s pointing out…
Refer to the question above…
Funny…
JENNA: Roger, can I step in here real quick? There have been fighters in history that have gained over 50 pounds and been effective. I can give you one—Guillermo Jones. He was 154 pound fighter and he got knocked out at 154 pounds, and now he’s the cruiserweight champion and has fought at heavyweight.
Crackhead Roger Mayweather does show that his IQ is very low to understand what is Jenna’s pointing out…
Refer to the quote above…
Funny…
Marquez didnt win in any fight with pacman! and when he fought gayweather, he’s ot in peds with heredia..and gayweather is overweight on that time when they fought..so how can this Uncle roger tell sumthing bout pacman that he cant beat his nephew? aRE U SURE? PACMAN IS NOT ARROGANT LIKE THIS MONKEY look people…thanks and god bless..
what did this fool took this time?he,s got his head all jumbled up..
Barrera the spanish guy rofl!!twice at 105 lol
another chIkEn talking…hahaha shame on you mayweathers….
do you think floyd can win if he fight cotto..margarito..clottey….
the fight between marquez vs pacman is a (BAIT) bob arum is a business man
RUN CHIKEN FLOYD RUN
Roger thinks Nonito Donaire is Manny Pacquiao that’s why he has issues about the weights of 105 bl. and 150 bl. He can’t tell the difference between Moralez and Barrera. The same goes to Floyd Sr….They both don’t know who’s who that’s why there is this PED issue. Something wrong with their brains and that’s why it’s hard to negotiate because of these two monkey clowns.
This peanut (Roger) is a non-believer that a person can grow. Was Roger 160 pounds when hes was 15 years old? If he weighed 160 pounds when he was 15, did he weigh 160 pounds when he was 8? Men do grow, physically. I can’t understand why Roger is insisting that Pacquiao should not grow in strength and in skills. While it is true that Erik Morales beat Pacquaio once, Roger never mentioned that Pacquiao beat Erik twice.
While I agree with Roger that Pacquiao must take drug test, I think that many people would agree with me too that Roger should take a psychiatric test, that’s my opinion. This opinion is based on the way he reasons out. And his brother Floyd Sr must take a psychiatric test as well. Period.
Roger doesn’t need psychiatric test , it’s inherited…can’t you tell? ! ?
LOOK AT THE FIGHT BETWEEN JOSE LUIS CASTILLO VS FLOYD MAYWEATHER
CASTILLO WON THAT FIGHT LOOK AT IN YOUTUBE YOU WILL SEE..
MAYWEATHER IS NOT UNDEFETED….THATS ALSO A CONTROVERCIAL…COZ JUDGE FAVOR TO CHIKEN FLOYD….HAHAHA WHAT A SHAME
Hey folks, that says only one thing, ROGER IS CRAZY! All things that come out from his mouth are all garbage.
I feel sorry for Floyd Jr. with these two clowns giving him moral support. Floyd could have been a better guy.
It really doesn’t matter Floyd is as stubborn as shiit anyways. He don’t listen nobody he just needs them to hold up the mitts now and again. most times they sit back and smoke dope and shiit.
Roger MANNY always taking the test in every commissions he fought, are you more than capable of the athletic commission in U.S.A. who are you to dictate the DRUG TESTING roger you’re nothing but a poor trainer.Too many excuses roger to fight a midget no skill fighter if you believe so..
Same old story Roger Take the test gender test coz your nephew is a GAY. If i’m a fighter then i have a rival in boxing that can tarnish my record for not fighting him then i can beat him easily coz he is no match to my skills coz he is a midget .
this mongofloyd uncle of floyd is an idiot!!! take the test? who the hell are you can demand that fucking test?you’re not the NSAC. if you want you better tell floyd to fight for the olympic since he only won bronze. lol.. losers!!!
Sorry i had to stop reading at the ” he got knocked out a 105 pounds and he’s beating guys at 150 pounds” B.S. that Roger was spinning.
All i have to say is: “com’ on now. how many guys you know go from 105 pounds to 150?
Pacquiao was one of the few. Roger makes it sound like it happens everyday and there is no way no one can get knocked out at 105 and not in 150 wtf?
Pacquiao wasn’t as experienced and he was what 16, 17? or some shiit like that.
A really dumb argument but considering the source, I am not surprised.
the reason they want the random test for pac is for pac to be weakened during fight night. what if they will have the test 5 hours b4 the fight, this will take some of pacs explosiveness. it wont affect floyd coz he doesnt attack. all he does is run and counter. y do they keep on comparing the results against mosley and dela hoya? coz floyd almost got beaten by both and pac punished them. if roger is saying pac is easy work, then take the fight. too many excuses. ur saying styles make fights and no matter how great u r, some1 will have ur number. if pacs nemesis is marquez, i think mayweather’s nytmare is pacquaio. rmember floyd is unbeaten, pac will have his number and this fuckin roger knows it. prove it first that u can beat pacquiao easily b4 saying shit.
Roger Mayweather doesn’t kow what his talking. The two guys did not beat Floyd were Margarito & Cotto because he did not accept the bout & he was afraid to be knocked out.
Hey Roger, you said Pac didn’t take a test to beat those guys, well neither did Lil’ Floyd (except for Mosley).
This dude makes me laugh. Pacquiao was 16 when he became pro, so yes, of course he is going to gain weight. What all the morons don’t realize is the heaviest Pac has weighed on fight night is 148 against Margarito in November, 2011. When Pac fought Morales in November, 2006, (5 years earlier) he weighed 144 on fight night.
All that happened is Pac stopped cutting weight to make fights, simple as that. Frankie Edgar in the UFC is another example of a guy who doesn’t cut weight and is beating guys who cut 20+ pounds to make lightweight. It’s overblown.
this roger is high in cocaine!
what d heck? Gayweather Jr., should fight first Cotto & Margarito before Pacquiao…he (gayweather) should show to the world that he is great boxer..Roger shut up your f****k..g mouth…
Naazim Richardson was so easy to say that marquez is a better fighter than manny and that pacquiao mayweather fight will no longer be a great match up because he thinks mayweather will easily handle him. All marquez could do is make pacquiao look bad. He is a top level fighter but he is no better than manny. Does Naazim really believes marquez can defeat dela hoya, cotto, margarito, clottey or mosley? Probably he has a chance at hatton, maybe not because we also saw how he had rough times with juan diaz, and katsidis. The thing is he’s a good counter puncher and an intelligent fighter and he knows how to fight manny but as small as he is, i don’t think he can defeat the bigger guys that pacquiao defeated. That’s why pacquiao is special because this is something that nobody or will ever be achieved. So it’s not right to say that marquez is now a better fighter than pacquiao. Even if you claim marquez won, it’s not even as if marquez really dominated the fights. Those were closed fights that could go either way. But i understand some are rooting for marquez because hes the underdog. I even saw better how bias Naasim is when he said pacquiao lost all 3 fights clearly. I would have given you a benefit of the doubt if you said all 3 fights were close. You should not even be easily jumping to the other side since we already know based on their last 2 fights that there styles are really bad news for each other. When they did not fought for the third time yet, why would you think a pacquiao mayweather fight will be a very good match up when pacquiao already showed he has difficulty in the style of marquez. Even if the third fight has the same outcome as the 1st and 2nd you will now then say that pacquiao will have difficulty on mayweather? Did you forgot the 1st and 2nd fight? It was still the same but pacquiao moved on and knocked out the biggrt guys. Maybe you’re forgetting what pacquiao did to them and this was after the 2nd fight with marquez.
Bwahahaha! ! ! I can’t believe this conversation happens! rofl!
Is Roger sayin that his nephew is on PEDS as well? read this article I found below.
Manny Pacquiao made his pro debut against Edmund Enting Ignacio in January of 1995. He was 16 years old at the time and weighed in at 106 pounds. At 16 years old Floyd Mayweather Jr. won the 1993 USA National Golden Gloves tournament in the 106 pound division.
At 17 years old Manny Pacquiao climbed in to the ring in May of 1996 against John Medina and weighed 114 pounds. At the same tender age of 17 Mayweather captured a USA National Golden Gloves title again, this time at (you guessed it) 114 pounds.
The biggest difference between Pacquaio and Mayweather early in their careers is that Floyd opted to turn pro at 19 years old (after attending the 1996 Olympics where he won a bronze medal at 125 pounds) as a lightweight in his first professional fight in November of ’96 (where he weighed in at 131 pounds). Mayweather remained at 130 pounds from his pro debut until 2002 when he ventured to lightweight as a 25 year old.
Pacquiao (who as mentioned above) turned professional in the Philippines at 16, remained between 114 pounds and 126 pounds from ages 20 through 25 until he met Erik Morales for the first time in his first foray at 130 pounds.
Thus in their mid 20′s both men were fighting at natural weights for their body type in and around the junior lightweight / lightweight divisions.
At 27 years old Mayweather took his first fight at 140 pounds against Demarcus Corley. Pacquiao made his first jump north of light welterweight when he fought Oscar De la Hoya at 29 years old tipping the scales at 142 pounds in what was officially a sanctioned welterweight contest.
Both men entered and spent their early 30′s as welterweights where we find both of them remaining to this day. Both fighters claim their “walk around weight” to be in the high 140′s and both men admittedly have an easy time making the welterweight limit of 147 pounds.
In his last three fights to date Mayweather has weighed 146, 146 and 146.5 pounds respectively to 145.75, 144.5 qnd 145 for Pacquiao in his last three outings.
http://fightfan.com/2011/09/enhanced-performance-the-natural-progression-of-manny-pacquiao-from-light-flyweight-to-welterweight/
dumb-ass avoided Cotto and Margarito…. dumb-ass!!!
another crackhead and a stupid nigger!
FUCK ALL NIGGERS!
WTF? the whole time he only heard maybe 2 questions! I think it’s time trainers take the damn tests too! sounds like he thinks Manny walks around at 105 and during the 8wks of training he bulks up to 150… (smh)!?!?! btw, does anyone have a copy of the fight Manny lost to barrera? I can’t believe I missed that!
word of advice… say no to drugs rog… oops, I mean people!
floyd didn t fight cotto
hey whatever these mayweathers say manny beat those guys fair and square.lets do the fight so there aint no more talkin and debating.mayweather vs pacquiao that is what should everybody be focusing on right now.and i mean now.
Everybody know now that mayweaather’s are ducking pacquiao. They just waited until pacqiuao got exposed by other boxer before they fight him. What a coward! I hope pacquiao just got an off-night beat the hell of jr the fight night then fight marquez again and knoch him out then retire. And every boxing experts, writers and fakers will jump on the bandwagon again.Boxing world are full of fools!
And the winner is the pride of the Phillippines Manny Pacman Pacquiao!
another idiot article…
What take the test shht Roger is kept talking about? Pacquiao already agreed to the testing all the way to the fight night itself. And NSAC and boxing commissions have done testing every fight and pacquiao passed all the test as clean as whistle. Even Stevie Wonder can see that this test nonsense is just an alibi of Floyd for whatever reasons that he would like to duck Pacquiao. pacquiao is confident to win but not afraid to lose unlike Floyd who is scared to lose that “0″ much more getting KTFO by the little fella. Floyd should stop ducking if he thinks that Pacquiao is beatable based from his last showing against Marquez.. ROGER CAN DO THE BOXING FANS A BIG FAVOR BY TELLING FLOYD TO GROW SOME BALLS AND FIGHT PACQUIAO NOW SO WE’LL SEE WHO’S GONNA WIN!
another jealous stinky mouth gorilla..
Roger your a stupid slave. Monkey looking no good wife beating drug addict. Why don’t you just kill yourself.
Real athletes are sponsored by Nike not Reebok. End of the story you dumb nigger.
Stop the BS and step in the ring versus Pacquiao. Let’s see who’s a** gets whipped. Mayweathers’ are all talk but won’t agree to fight Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao because deep down inside they all know Manny is sure to beat the crap out of Floyd Mayweather Jr. So stop the talking crap and get in the ring with the Pacman!!! Otherwise, just shut the f*** up.
Mr. Roger said that his nephew will fight 3 more before fighting manny because to get the ring rust.. after watching the fight on manny vs jmm they are now interested on fighting manny because of his poor performance..dont you think mr. roger that it is a bait on manny in order for your nephew to fight him…so let we see who’s the winner between manny vs floyd jr.. just accept the decision after the fight no if…
I dont buy that excuse. people buy his ppv bcoz they want him to lose?
floyd hater keeps on talking, mayweather is a boring boxer. then why did you give your time just to watch a boring fight, anyway. and most of all why did you waste you dollar just to buy his ppv?
floyd hater doesnt accept mayweather sell ppv more than to anyone, then why did you put your numbers just to add to his numbers? it doesnt make sense, only shit would say that.
floyd haters dont accept the facts that people watch floyd because of his skill and not his villains image.
if you hate floyd you should watch him on internet through ” free live streaming online”
-pacturd is the worst kind ever!!
Pac started at 105 lbs to 150 lbs and no one in history did that! Roger u know why? Coz only da ‘BEST FIGHTER’ can do that and he’s “MANNY PACQUIAO”!!! And i think he will fight s Sergio Martinez in the middleweight division for a world title so he will retire in boxing to become “nine division world champion” in history of boxing!!!
Pac started at minimum weight to jr middleweight and no one in history did that! Roger u know why? Coz only da ‘BEST FIGHTER’ can do that and he’s “MANNY PACQUIAO”!!! And i think he will fight s Sergio Martinez in the middleweight division for a world title so he will retire in boxing to become “nine division world champion” in history of boxing!!!