This week?s 108th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio featured an exclusive interview with highly regarded boxing trainer Roger Mayweather, who is best known for training his nephew, Floyd Mayweather, Junior. Roger shared his opinions on a variety of topics, including his nephew, Tim Coleman, Hopkins-Pascal, Pacquiao-Mosley, Amir Khan, Paul Spadafora, and more! Here is some of what he had to say in that interview:
His views on the fight between Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao:
?Well I hear what Freddie Roach said: ?Oh, Shane Mosley got to take the test! Shane Mosley got to take a drug test!? Pacquiao don?t even take a f*cking test. But he tells Shane Mosley has to take a test. Well what does Pacquiao have to take? They?re both fighters, ain?t they? Then they?re both supposed to take the test. I see that?s why him and my nephew never fought. Him and my nephew never fought because of one thing. Because of all that stuff, ?Can I take the test two days or three days before the fight?? Who would take the test two or three days before the fight? No, they said this, ?We?re going to test you a couple of days before the fight and we?re going to test you right after the fight?. And you know what happened? That?s why the fight never happened, because of the fact he didn?t want to take a test. That?s it! He knows what he would have gotten. Pacquiao knows what he would have gotten. He knows, period and it wouldn?t be close. Shane Mosley and my nephew wasn?t close, was it? Okay then! This fight with Pacquiao, Pacquiao?s been knocked out twice at 105 pounds. Now he?s beating guys 150 pounds? Man, please! Everybody knows what time it is. Ain?t nobody no fool. He said he wouldn?t take the test. He said he?d take a test two or three days before the fight, but the doctor said you have to take a test right after the fight. Why do you think they never fought? That?s the reason! That?s the reason right there, because he already knew. I ain?t even got to tell you. I ain?t got to say, ?Oh, Pacquiao?s on something! Oh, Pacquiao?s doing this! Oh, Pacquiao?s doing! I ain?t got to say that. I ain?t got to say that, just like Shane Mosley was doing something, too. Well they said Shane Mosley has to take a test, but if Shane Mosley has got to take a test what?s Pacquiao have to do? Shane Mosley has to take Olympic-style testing. Well what is Pacquiao supposed to do? He ain?t going to get the test at all? Alright, then! I ain?t got to tell you what time it is.?
On how he expects the fight between Mosley and Pacquiao playing out:
?Well Mosley is getting some good money for the fight, but at the same time I truly believe Mosley would stop Pacquiao, but under the circumstances under what they?re talking about?the fight is still going to be close! The fight is still going to be close, and when you see the fight you?re going to determine the same thing I said anyway. The guy?s got to take a test but you?re going to tell me you don?t got to take the test? I mean Shane Mosley?s fighting and he?s going to get good money, but he ain?t going to lay down. He?s going to have to not stop Mosley, but he?s going to have to beat him. All the rest of them dudes he fights, I already know the deal with that, but still. Anyway, I think it?s going to be a better fight with Mosley. That?s what I say.?
On whether he believes Manny Pacquiao can hold up to the type of punch Shane Mosley landed in round two against Floyd Mayweather:
?Nope! No, I don?t know because you know what, anytime I see Pacquiao fight somebody he?s fighting them at a catch weight anyway. He ain?t never fought no dudes who fought at their regular weight class. He fights them dudes at a catch weight. Oh, you can?t weigh this! Oh, you can?t weigh that! Antonio Margarito had been off I don?t know how long. Oh you know you can?t weight more than 150. That?s what they say. He fights all them dudes at catch weights. If he fights my nephew, he?ll fight him at 147 and he?ll take a drug test. After he takes that drug test and we find out that he?s clean, he?ll get his ass knocked out, period! He can?t do shit with my nephew, period. So that?s what will happen and that?s why the fight never happened, because he never decided to take the test. Anytime a guy offers you all this kind of money, if you offer me $50-60 million and you don?t want to take a test, then something must be wrong. Wouldn?t you say? He?s a fighter, and he?s getting $50 or $60 million, and he don?t want to take a test? Then okay!”
On when he expects to see his nephew Floyd Mayweather get back in the ring given his recent problems outside the ring:
?I hope he gets back in the ring, and I think most of that is pretty much cleared up. People think what they don?t know, but still. The thing about it is yeah, he has to get back in the ring. That?s how you make money and that?s how you further your legacy. Hopefully, I don?t know, but hopefully my nephew and Pacquiao will fight. If Shane Mosley beats Pacquiao then we ain?t even got to worry about that.?
