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FLOYD MAYWEATHER SR: “UNLESS LIL FLOYD KNOWS IT’S AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD, THEN IT’S NOT WORTH IT”

“I basically told him, man, that unless he knows it’s an even playing field, then it’s not worth it. They got people thinking that Pacquiao done agreed to everything, and he may have agreed to all the testing, but he keeps talking about this cutoff date…Lil Floyd is clean and he will take all of them tests. See, people gotta understand that my job as a father is to protect my kids; it’s no different than their job as a father. The fans only want to see a fight. They don’t give a damn if Lil Floyd gets killed in the ring. Ask the fans how many of them have donated to the Leavander Johnson Foundation. I’m not saying the guy that gave him the beating was on something, but the point I’m trying to make is that the fans don’t care about you once the fight is over…I trained one guy whose opponent got caught cheating after the fight. Oscar De La Hoya fought Shane Mosley, who later admitted he was on something, and Fernando Vargas got caught afterwards, but guess what? If Oscar would have gotten killed in one of those fights, it’s too late then,” stated world-class trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., who revealed that he had a recent conversation with his son regarding the potential showdown with Manny Pacquiao. You don’t want to miss what else he had to say. Check it out!

PC: Things going better for you today my man?

FM: Oh yeah! I feel good, but the other night, when it was time for the band to go home, it was time for me to go as well (laughing). I’m just telling you it wasn’t good man.

PC: I know just from talking to you how serious the disease itself is, so I’m glad to see that you bounced back.

FM: Oh yeah!

PC: You told me that when Floyd came to visit you, that you talked to him about the Pacquiao fight. How did that conversation go?

FM: I basically told him, man, that unless he knows it’s an even playing field, then it’s not worth it. They got people thinking that Pacquiao done agreed to everything, and he may have agreed to all the testing, but he keeps talking about this cutoff date shit, and to me, that ain’t no good. If a motherfucker ain’t got nothing to worry about, he wouldn’t need a cutoff date or need to know when they coming and all of that shit. Lil Floyd is clean and he will take all of them tests. See, people gotta understand that my job as a father is to protect my kids; it’s no different than their job as a father. The fans only want to see a fight. They don’t give a damn if Lil Floyd gets killed in the ring. Ask the fans how many of them have donated to the Leavander Johnson Foundation. I’m not saying the guy that gave him the beating was on something, but the point I’m trying to make is that the fans don’t care about you once the fight is over. So it’s my job to make sure my son is not getting into a situation that we could have controlled. Because trust me, if Pacquiao fights my son on an even playing field, he’s getting knocked out! I’m telling you what I know man. An

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