Today in New York’s Times Square the fighting pride of Lynwood, California, Shane Mosley, kicked-off a media tour for his May 1st boxing match with pound for pound great Floyd Mayweather Junior.
Their press conference got testy when Mayweather and Mosley exchanged in the customary pre-planned shoving match before being separated by the event’s organizers.
Sugar and Money may electrify fans in Las Vegas on May Day, but the most interesting personality surrounding the contest will not be lacing up the red leather come fight night.
This personality does not belong to promoter Richard Schaefer, or Golden Boy Promotion’s living logo Oscar De La Hoya, nor Mayweather’s world-class assistant Leonard Elerbe.
The Michigan motor mouth, Floyd’s trainer and uncle, Roger Mayweather will take center stage when it comes to talking up the bout as the weeks tick away and the combatants settle into the daily grind of preparing for a world-class fight.
This past Sunday, broadcast from Los Angeles, The Boxing Truth Radio had the opportunity to catch up with one of boxing’s true characters. Roger discussed his nephew’s pending confrontation with Mosley, how the Mayweather clan got involved with boxing, and of course, his thoughts on Manny Pacquiao.
All this, and interviews with junior welterweight Vivian Harris, super bantamweight Antonio Escalante, and fellow Examiner boxing scribe Michael Marley can be heard by clicking this link.
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