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FightFan.com here on location at the Mayweather gym with Roger Mayweather. We wanted to start out by asking you to reflect back on the Mayweather vs. Hatton fight from a few months back? Roger Mayweather:The Mayweather vs. Hatton fight turned out just the way it was supposed to. My nephew did what he was supposed to do and beat (Hatton) at what he does best. All he does is brawl and hold and brawl and hold, my nephew fought him at his best and he knocked him out anyway. If they were to fight again, Floyd would stop him even sooner. What else can he do? It just goes to show you that when they weren?t holding and grabbing, there was a big difference in ability. When it came down to the fight, I told Floyd to stay right there with him and don?t move. He didn?t have the defence Floyd has and doesn?t have the boxing skills. FF: What do you think about Floyd?s decision to take some time off? Is he still interested in boxing and does he still have the hunger? Roger Mayweather: Oh yeah, Floyd loves being known as the best fighter in the world. He won?t be off for too long . We just have to wait and see what transpires with De La Hoya (and a September rematch). Aside from that, he does what he wants to do. FF: What do you think about a Floyd vs. Oscar rematch? Obviously it will make good money but do we really need to see it again? I was of the opinion Floyd won the first fight very clearly? Roger Mayweather:Well, you know some people feel Floyd won, but other people say things like, ?Oh, but De La Hoya threw all the punches?? But none of them were landing! It?s not about how many punches you throw, it?s about how many connect! Obviously Floyd was the one connecting and that?s what won him the fight. I think the next fight will be much better, because De La Hoya will be trained by my brother who is a great trainer?and his son is being trained by me. FF: How much room is there for Floyd to improve on his performance from the first fight? Are there adjustments he can make? Roger Mayweather: Oh yeah. All he?s got to do to improve is come off the ropes and stay in the centre of the ring then we?ll see how well De La Hoya fights. In the first fight, Floyd hit him in the sixth round and stunned him. If Floyd comes off the ropes, the rematch may not even go to a decision. We?ll have to wait and see. FF: I don?t want to ask you to look past a potential rematch, but if another Oscar fight comes off and you guys win and everyone gets paid, does Floyd have a few more fights left? Does he want to fight beyond that? Roger Mayweather: He may fight Ricky Hatton again, and before Floyd?s career is over, he?ll fight Cotto. FF: That?s what I was going to ask you, and the question on everyone?s mind. Do you think Floyd will fight Miguel Cotto? Roger Mayweather:Why wouldn?t he? I mean, Shane Mosley fought Cotto, didn?t he? And what did Cotto do with Mosley? I?m not even sure he won that fight. I know they gave it to him but I?m not going to say he won. Why wouldn?t Floyd fight him? FF: What do you think about the potential Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito match up this summer? Roger Mayweather:I?m not sure how good Margarito really is. I?m not sure how good Miguel Cotto really is. Cotto fought DeMarcus Corley and got hurt. He fought Shane Mosley and got hurt. I?ve seen him get wobbled in a lot of fights. I know he?s a good puncher, but I don?t know what he can and can?t take. FF: If Cotto beats Antonio Margarito, a Mayweather vs. Cotto fight could be a very big money fight for early next year? Roger Mayweather: Listen, if it makes dollars, it makes sense. It?s obvious Floyd doesn?t duck and dodge money . So if Cotto beats Margarito impressively, then we?ve got something to talk about. Until he does that, he hasn?t been impressive to me. He was impressive against Zab Judah, but Zab let off him and Zab hurt Cotto also. We?ve got to wait and see how he looks vs. Margarito to determine how big a fight between him and Floyd would be and how well it would sell. FF: What do you think about that style match up if the fight were to come off? Roger Mayweather: (Floyd has) too much boxing ability. He?s got too many gifts. Skill and luck are the only things that win fights. Anybody can get lucky, but nine times out of 10 skills pay the bills. -- Edited by CroatianSensation at 05/14/2008 4:25 AM PDT -- Edited by CroatianSensation at 05/14/2008 4:26 AM PDT
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 2:39 PM
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YEA i think mosley would have beat him, tito always had trouble wit quick or good boxers
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 2:23 PM
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> Even that hopkins fight, look at wat beating tito
> took before being knocked out, he took a bad beatin
> for 11 or 12 rounds, oscar took a lil ass body love
> tap, and hes on the floor crying and banging his fist
> against the canvas, pleazeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that alone
> to me showed that tito was better than oscar, oscar
> would never get in the ring with roy jones at any
> weight, and oscar was always scared of winky, i think
> if mosley would have beaten winky, if u remmeberr, he
> was supposed to fight tito after that fight, that
> fight was supposed to be a tune up, that would have
> been a interesting fight at 154 pounds, mosley vs
> trinidad
I would have picked Mosley. I just think Mosley was a little better than de la Hoya and Trinidad and would find a way to get it done.
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 2:17 PM
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Even that hopkins fight, look at wat beating tito took before being knocked out, he took a bad beatin for 11 or 12 rounds, oscar took a lil ass body love tap, and hes on the floor crying and banging his fist against the canvas, pleazeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that alone to me showed that tito was better than oscar, oscar would never get in the ring with roy jones at any weight, and oscar was always scared of winky, i think if mosley would have beaten winky, if u remmeberr, he was supposed to fight tito after that fight, that fight was supposed to be a tune up, that would have been a interesting fight at 154 pounds, mosley vs trinidad
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 2:13 PM
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> To be honest, and people might not agree, but tito
> whipped vargas worst than de la hoya, and pernell
> whitaker worst, and pernell whitaker who fought both
> of them, said that tito was the better fighter, so i
> got to say tito, i think oscar was handled well by
> top rank and some of his fights he got or didnt get
> the decision, i think he lost to quartey, beat mosley
> 2nd fight, so i would say tito was a little better
You took the words right out of my mouth. I also think you can throw their middleweight careers in there. Even though both were KOed by Hopkins, they both won paper titles and Tito's win over Joppy was far more impressive than de la Hoya's "win" over Sturm.
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 2:08 PM
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To be honest, and people might not agree, but tito whipped vargas worst than de la hoya, and pernell whitaker worst, and pernell whitaker who fought both of them, said that tito was the better fighter, so i got to say tito, i think oscar was handled well by top rank and some of his fights he got or didnt get the decision, i think he lost to quartey, beat mosley 2nd fight, so i would say tito was a little better
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 2:02 PM
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Hey Carlos, which one would you rate better all de la Hoya or Trinidad?
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 1:57 PM
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> I agree totally, i think if de la hoya boxed the same
> way throughout the fight he beats tito easy, but i
> think if he changed and brawled, who knows maybe tito
> knocks him out, but i had it a draw either way, so i
> dnt know, basically both of them and the fight didnt
> live up to expectations
That's exaxtly what I mean. I have always said that fight was bad for boxing. I allowed us to see what a one trick pony Trinidad was, but because he got the W he stayed on top awhile. Then for de la Hoya, he didn't have the balls to be a great fighter, but since most people thought he got robbed he stayed on top for awhile. Combine that with the unbelievably overrated Vargas their for both of them to crush. These guys were able to have legendary careers basically off the controversy of their fight, and kicking Vargas' ass. Amazing!!!
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 1:52 PM
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I agree totally, i think if de la hoya boxed the same way throughout the fight he beats tito easy, but i think if he changed and brawled, who knows maybe tito knocks him out, but i had it a draw either way, so i dnt know, basically both of them and the fight didnt live up to expectations
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 1:30 PM
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> yup i hated that he was so mild mannered, its boxing
> man, go for the kill, i even think de la hoya lacked
> a little bit of heart to be honest with you, he
> should have tried to knock tito out in their fight,
> even though i loved tito and i think de la hoya was
> scared and felt his power, i think he was like im
> good im up by points i aint messing with him!!!
I know. That's why I don't even count their fight aganist each other when ranking them. I mean I left that fight feeling de la Hoya was head and shoulders the better fighter, but felt Tito deserved the decision. How crazy is that?
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 1:13 PM
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yup i hated that he was so mild mannered, its boxing man, go for the kill, i even think de la hoya lacked a little bit of heart to be honest with you, he should have tried to knock tito out in their fight, even though i loved tito and i think de la hoya was scared and felt his power, i think he was like im good im up by points i aint messing with him!!!
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 1:05 PM
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> i thought lennox lewis was soo overrated, i even
> think klit---- would have kicked his butt if they
> ever had the rematch, lennox was too mild mannered,
> he only had the killer instinct sometimes, like in
> the rematch with rahman, which was a beautiful
> knockout!!!!
That was his downfall. If he had half of Mike Tyson's killer instinct I honestly believe he could have been the best heavyweight ever.
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 1:01 PM
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i thought lennox lewis was soo overrated, i even think klit---- would have kicked his butt if they ever had the rematch, lennox was too mild mannered, he only had the killer instinct sometimes, like in the rematch with rahman, which was a beautiful knockout!!!!
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 12:54 PM
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> Cleaning out any division at any point in time,
> doesnt make you a elite fighter? then what does? do u
> think lennox lewis was a elite fighter? cause u could
> say same things about him, i always thought lennox
> lewis was overrated
Man, I've been debating that one for years. In my opinion Lennox Lewis was an elite fighter and one of the best heavyweights ever. Personally, I would be comfortable putting money on Lewis against any heavyweight in history. I'm not saying he was the best ever, but I think his size and skills would give any heavyweight trouble. As for cleaning out your division, I don't think that's overrated at all. The fact is all you can ask of any fighter is to beat the best guys in his division. For example, Joe Calzage is what he is today mostly because of what he did over his career at super middleweight. Until he beat Hopkins he really never beat another fighter considered elite. But, his domination over a division for a long period of time made him an elite fighter.
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 12:48 PM
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Cleaning out any division at any point in time, doesnt make you a elite fighter? then what does? do u think lennox lewis was a elite fighter? cause u could say same things about him, i always thought lennox lewis was overrated
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Re: Roger Mayweather: Before Floyds career is over, hell fight Cotto
Jun 5, 2008 12:43 PM
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> neither has hatton, Tsyzu quit cause hatton was
> holding too much, and Cotto give Zab a ass whipping,
> worse than Floyd did, why you guys never give cotto
> credit, he beat carlos torres and carlos quintana
> while both guys were undefeated and upcoming!!! sugar
> shane mosley is still a solid fighter as well even at
> 37 yrs old
All I know is that for whatever reason he made Tsyzu quit, he quit. As far as Torres and Quintana their not anywhere near sniffing anyones P4P list and he beat Mosley at least six years past his best days. I give him credit for doing what Mayweather hasn't, that's cleaning out the welterweight division, but to say he's an elite fighter would be crazy right now.
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