Pacquiao-Mayweather predictions, reflections on altercations with Lil Floyd
JM: Hello Mr. Mayweather, do you feel that [your son] Floyd is more confident in his ability to beat Manny Pacquiao after watching this past Saturday’s fight?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: “No. Little Floyd was never scared about fighting Pacquiao anyway. Little Floyd told Pacquiao one thing. Take the test, and he’ll put his ass to rest. He never took the test. Now, my personal self, what I believe is that knowing Floyd was next in line, he was trying to coming down off of it. If he wasn’t like he was, he could not have beat Cotto, he couldnt have beat Margarito.”
JM: So your saying you think Pacquiao had to be on some type of Performance Enhancing Drugs in order to beat these bigger guys?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: I believe it. I definetly believe it. The way he’s knocking out all these big guys, cmon man. Now all of a sudden his foot is cramping? The last time his foot and leg was cramping I think he said, “where are all these cramps coming from?”
JM: Pacquiao may be fighting Marquez immediately in a fourth bout in either April or June. Who do you think that leaves your son to fight on May 5th?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: Little Floyd is going to fight whoever is in his weight class. I mean, whoever got the title. I heard Andre Berto won a title again. [Editor’s note: Berto did win the IBF welterweight title but has now relinquished it].
JM: How about the current middleweight champion of the world, Sergio Martinez?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: No, man. Thats crazy. Not that Little Floyd couldnt beat him, but Little Floyd aint that big as you guys think he is. Little Floyd walk around here at about 152 or 153 pounds. Hes not a big welterweight. Even myself, when I was fighting at welterweight, I had to take off 15 pounds to make weight.
