"Hatton could stop Pacquiao man. I'm telling you what I know. Hatton is going to beat Pacquiao like Pacquiao beat a dehydrated De La Hoya because that's what he was. A lot of people got blinded by that performance from Pacquiao, but De La Hoya couldn't have looked any worse if he wanted toÂ…Wait till you see this Ricky Hatton. He is going to be a different fighter man, mark my words. You could see a few changes in him already, but that wasn't shit compared to how he's going to look in May. Pacquiao is going to be in trouble man and mark my words, don't be surprised if Hatton stops him. Pacquiao still is not that skilled man," stated world-renowned trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. as he talked about the highly-anticipated clash between Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao. Plus, you don't want to miss what he had to say about Oscar De La Hoya, a potential Mosley-Mayweather showdown and much more. Check it out!
PC: I haven't talked to you in forever my man. How are you doing?
FM: Everything is good.
PC: What did you think of the Shane Mosley-Antonio Margarito fight?
FM: Shane looked good. I think that showed you what Lil Floyd would have done to him (Margarito).
PC: Did you hear about the whole hand wrap situation and if so, what are your thoughts on that?
FM: Yeah, I heard about that. I don't know how they figured they would get away with that. That's bad man. Have they said anything about his wraps in the Cotto fight?
PC: He's suspended right now, but I think he was cleared for the Cotto fight. There's really no way to trace back to previous fights, but I was told that the gauze was blood-stained already.
FM: That's bad man. He may not be able to bounce back from that. I hope Cotto could get it together man.
PC: A lot of people are talking Mosley-Mayweather now.
FM: I like that fight for Lil Floyd. You know, when Lil Floyd was a junior lightweight and Shane was a lightweight, we tried to make that fight twice and Shane and his daddy turned it down. I put that on everything. I know they were saying Floyd turned the fight down, but that's not true. I like that fight though and I think people see what Lil Floyd would have done to Margarito as well. Shane still has fast hands, but he don't use them like that anymore. Shane was loading up with those shots and was still able to find Margarito. Lil Floyd uses his hand speed in combinations.
PC: Were you surprised De La Hoya wasn't at the fight?
FM: Shit, they would have booed him out of that place. I don't even think De La Hoya could fight anymore man. I'm not saying from a physical standpoint, but just in general. I don't see what they could do with him. The Mexican fans are against him now and that's pretty much a wrap. As great of a lightweight as Roberto Duran was, and he was probably one of the best, what do people remember him for?
PC: No mas!
FM: Alright then. Duran didn't quit because he was hurt either. He was outclassed. De La Hoya was getting his ass whooped and quit on the stool. How the fuck you, as a trainer, gonna tell your fighter, "He's too fast for you!" Shit, nobody expected Oscar to be the faster man in that fight. Hell, Julio Cesar Chavez wasn't faster than Meldrick Taylor. He quit man! De La Hoya quit and it ain't no coming back from that. I had a hairline fracture in my right hand in my fight with "Sugar" Ray Leonard and I begged my corner not to stop the fight. They were trying to stop it in the 10th. Win, lose or draw man, I fought with heart. Roger quit against Chavez.
PC: Roger was putting hands on Chavez too.
FM: Yeah, Roger was beating the shit out of Chavez. Chavez started hitting his ass and he gonna talk about he's cramping up. Get the fuck out of here man! You cramping up because he hittin' your motherfuckin' ass. He didn't get up; he quit! They're not going to forgive Oscar for that. But to be honest with you man, from what I've heard, Oscar was getting his ass tore up in sparring for that Pacquiao fight. I don't know if it's true; I'm just telling you what I heard. I heard Oscar had got as low as 143 pounds in that camp. That ain't no good man. You know if Oscar was getting his ass kicked in sparring with me, I would have stopped everything. I would have shut the entire camp down and got his shit straight. They got Nacho, and that's what they wanted, and you saw what happened with that. Nacho wasn't even doing shit anyway as far as training Oscar. That guy that was a former champion was training Oscar; Daniel Zaragoza. He don't know shit. They overtrained Oscar.
Let me tell you something though Percy. That fight was God teaching Oscar a lesson man. Money ain't everything and Oscar got greedy. If it wasn't for me, this shit would have been over with a long time ago for Oscar. How in the hell are you making 30 million dollars a fight and you giving me $300,000? It was cool at first because I had never saw that kind of money, but damn man, I've been with you for 8 years and you can't do me any better than that? Oscar has a ton of money and I've been with him all of that time and I'm just now getting rich? I was with Oscar 8 years man and he can only fight with me. He tried Freddie "The Joke Coach" Roach and Nacho Beristain and you see how that turned out. I'm telling you, that fight was a lesson from God man. That fight all together was about money. See, Oscar thought he was going to beat the shit out of Pacquiao and it backfired on him. And I don't know how true it is, but I heard he paid Nacho $500,000. That's not right man when I've been with you for 8 years. But greed overcomes common sense and Oscar paid for it with his ass.
PC: That is wrong. If you were making $300,000 with him from the first fight with him, it would seem you were due for a raise. Even McDonald's gives raises every 6 months to a year.
FM: Man, if you haven't ever said a true statement, you did just then. Even McDonald's give raises and I earned my raise. It's all about the money with him. Man, Oscar is loaded with money, but he don't want to give anybody a nickel of it.
PC: You mentioned Freddie Roach so you know I have to ask you about the Pacquiao-Hatton fight.
FM: Oh yeah! We will be ready man and I'm going to tell you something. Hatton could stop Pacquiao man. I'm telling you what I know. Hatton is going to beat Pacquiao like Pacquiao beat a dehydrated De La Hoya because that's what he was. A lot of people got blinded by that performance from Pacquiao, but De La Hoya couldn't have looked any worse if he wanted to. His stance was so wide, Pacquiao went in and landed shots at will. If you watch that fight, De La Hoya threw a few shots and almost fell down; his stance was so bad. They had his hands low and everything. People forget I didn't get to work with Ricky that long before the Malignaggi fight. Wait till you see this Ricky Hatton. He is going to be a different fighter man, mark my words. You could see a few changes in him already, but that wasn't shit compared to how he's going to look in May. Pacquiao is going to be in trouble man and mark my words, don't be surprised if Hatton stops him. Pacquiao still is not that skilled man.
PC: I'm looking forward to that one. I'll let you go so you could go ahead and eat. Is there anything else that's been going on with you?
FM: I almost got into a fight with Chad (Dawson) brother.
PC: Did you really. Well you know I can't let you go before I get that story.
FM: Man, I was leaving the gym and you know how when you're leaving, you don't always look down at the hands you're shaking. So I'm about to slide out and I just kind of leave my hand out for everyone to shake while I'm leaving and I hear somebody say, "You don't fuck with my brother no more motherfucker; don't shake my hand." I saw it was Chad's brother. I said, "Motherfucker, what?" If I would have looked and saw it was him, I wouldn't have shook his hand no way. Who the fuck is he? We had words back and forth and they separated us. So then he going to yell out, "Let's go outside!" I told him, "Motherfucker, that's where I'm headed; follow me!" I went outside and he never came so I went back in and they were holding him. I told him, "You are the luckiest nigga in the world right now." I was going to whoop his motherfuckin' ass man. I don't play that shit. These young boys think they can throw down, but I was going to beat his ass. Lung disease or not, I was going to put my foot in his ass.
PC: (Laughing uncontrollably) Man, I'll let you go on that note man. Be careful out there Big Floyd. I'll get with you before camp starts.
FM: Sounds good my man; take care Percy.
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