USA Today is reporting that official announcement is still to come, but Oscar De La Hoya has decided against having long time trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr. train him for his May 5 bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mayweather Sr was asking for $2 million dollars.
CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer, said Mayweather Sr., who was demanding $2 million to train De La Hoya to fight his son’s opponent, is definitely out. A new trainer will likely be finalized within a week Quoted by the USA Today, Schaefer said: “We felt that $2 million was excessive, and maybe it was Floyd Sr.’s way of saying he really didn’t want to do it.” Schaefer added: “Oscar had his own doubts about whether Floyd Sr. should be doing it because at the end of the day, as even Floyd Sr. has said, Floyd Jr. will always be his son.”
It seems the reason Floyd Sr is out as trainer is the high asking price $2 million. “We checked with some other managers and found out what (Mike) Tyson used to pay his trainers,” Schaefer said. “We don’t want to be out of line. Oscar has always been very fair in what he pays to a trainer. But $2 million is way beyond what any trainer is ever paid.”
According to Schaefer, De La Hoya doesn’t want to put Mayweather in a difficult situation and doesn’t want one of the biggest sporting event in history to turn into a circus. “Oscar thought about it, and he doesn’t want to put Mayweather into a difficult situation,” Schaefer said. “It’s not just father and son. It’s the brother (Roger Mayweather, who trains his nephew, Floyd Jr.). It’s the mother and grandmother. It’s the whole Mayweather clan. Oscar doesn’t want to stir up or create more friction.”
Schaefer added. “This is about not just the biggest boxing event but one of the biggest sporting events in history. This is not a circus. We want this to be a night when the sport of boxing can hopefully
