JM: What are your thoughts on your son being sentenced to 87 days in jail?
Floyd Mayweather, Sr.: ?I don?t want to see my son go to jail but I just feel that everything that has happened may have happened for a reason.?
JM: How much will those 87 days affect Floyd Jr.?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: ?Well, I?ve been in jail before, and I can?t say the effect it may leave on someone that has never been in jail before. I?ve been in jail before, so I know how it affected me. Whether he says so or not, it will affect him in some kind of way. Lil Floyd is a strong person, and hopefully it won?t affect him much.?
JM: Have you talked to your son since he was sentenced to the jail time?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: ?No, we don?t talk man. We haven?t talked since that altercation that happened on TV. We haven?t talked to each other since then. I?ve just taken a step back. I am going to continue to let him do him, and me do me. I have no problem with that. He said stuff to me, and to me that I would never say to my father whether it is on TV or not. Lil Floyd talks about me being in prison when he was younger, but I went to prison over trying to provide for my son, as well as for me. Lil Floyd was my number one concern, and trying to provide him with all the things he needed to pursue his career, and blossom the way he did. When he did blossom, look who he blames. At the end of the day, I was the one who taught him how to fight. Not his mother, not his uncle. It was me. His mother didn?t give a damn about him. Right now, I don?t have any problems with my son. I?m not concerned with what his mother has, or what anyone else who he is providing for has. I?m just letting you know how it goes.?
JM: Do you think Floyd Jr?s jail stint kill the chances of a Manny Pacquiao fight in 2012?
Floyd Mayweather Sr: ?Lil Floyd doing time doesn?t have to prevent the fight from happening. I don?t think it will. Everyone wants to see the fight. I think Pacquiao don?t want this fight to happen anyway. Pacquiao knows that Lil Floyd will whoop him. A blind man can see that. Lil Floyd is bigger than him, he?s faster than him, he?s slicker than him, he?s stronger than him, and he has more knowledge than him. Lil Floyd has all the advantages over Pacquiao. Pacquiao don?t have a chance in hell to beat Lil Floyd.?
