Audio After The JumpLeading up to the potential "Fight Of The Decade" we've heard a lot of different reasons for why it might not happen. Everything from money, to Olympic Style Drug Testing demanded by the Mayweather camp, to tension between the two promotors, Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions. All have been cited as possible stumbling blocks to what would be the most lucrative boxing match in history.Floyd Mayweather Sr has come up with one I have never heard of before. He told "On The Ropes Radio" that he has concerns for his son's life if the fight takes place.
"I’m just saying this right here, my concern is for my son’s protection. My concern is for my son’s life, that’s why. If my son’s fighting that little man, I’m concerned about my son’s life. That’s what I’m telling you." Floyd Sr said.
During the interview, it's clear that Floyd Sr suspects Pacquiao is doing something illegal to gain an advantage. Although he doesn't come out and say it directly.
He also says that Pacquiao pretended to be hurt by a body shot thown by Antonio Margarito in their match last weekend. Floyd Sr thinks some kind of ruse unfolded during the fight because both men are managed by Bob Arum."I think well you know, both of them are with Bob Arum and I think that he didn’t care about one as much as he cared about the other one. That’s what I believe, and I believe that he didn’t care about one as much as the other one. I believe that Pacquiao, to me there was no doubt anyway. I told everybody that Pacquiao is going to beat him up real bad or stop him, and that’s what he did. Pacquiao caught myself I believed, when the guy hit him to the body, I can’t say who told Pacquiao to act like he did, like he was hurt. Man, he wasn’t hurt. Believe me. He might have been hurt before when he got his ass whopped by one of them little bitty fighters when he was fighting in a smaller weight class when he got stopped when a guy hit him to the body. But now, when he got hit this time by a much, much, much bigger man, he got hit solid. If another smaller guy hit him like that and he put him on the ground and he couldn’t even get up, how is a big old man this big, way, way bigger than him with way, way more weight and hit him to the body and then he just comes out of it. He was hit to the head a few times by some good straight right hands. It never moved him. So I don’t know. If somebody don’t see what’s going on, I don’t know what. What’s in my mind stays with me and there it is"Me myself personally, if they had the fight I’d tell my son not to fight him! Not because my son can’t beat him, because my son could beat him easy. He’s nothing big. He’s nothing hard to find. He can be found, and even Margarito showed you can hit him when you want to hit him. How in the hell is Margarito hitting somebody as big and slow as he is? He couldn’t hit me in my sleep. So how in the world is he hitting this man now? I know my son is different. He’d tear him apart, but the whole thing is I’m like this right here. If I was my son, I have my reasons why I would not fight that man. I would have my reasons for not fighting that little bitty man. I got my reasons why, and I ain’t got to tell nobody nothing. Everybody knows what time it is."
It's important to note that Floyd Sr does not speak for his son. Yes they have reconciled recently after not talking for years. But Floyd Jr is trained by his uncle Roger, and his management team does not include Floyd Sr.
There's much more to the interview so check out the excerpt below.
To hear the interview in it's entirety go to www.EastSideBoxing.com.
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