"I can't wait to see the Mosley-Pacquiao fight...I really am excited for that fight. I want to see how it's going to play out...I'm telling you now, Shane is going to hit Pacquiao with a big shot and it won't even buckle him man. Watch what I'm telling you now. And Shane is big and strong...I've been around boxing for a long time and Pacquiao has been hurt by guys that don't punch nowhere near as hard as Shane and I bet Shane won't hurt him. He gonna walk through Shane's punches. If he beats Shane worse than my son did, then come on man; that's all I'm gonna say about that. I think a lot of people know something isn't right...I think Shane can bust him up because everyone busts Pacquiao up, but we will see if he can actually hurt him and possibly put him out. I'm really anxious to see how that fight plays out because that fight is going to tell us a lot," stated world-class trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. as he shared his thoughts on the May 7 clash between Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao. You don't want to miss what else he had to say about that fight as well as his thoughts on Amir Khan's win over Marcos Maidana and the draw between Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal. Check it out!
PC: What's up Big Floyd? Happy Holidays to you.
FM: Everything is good man. Happy Holidays to you too. How is everything going with you?
PC: I'm doing great man. I can't complain. I wanted to chat with you about some past fights and of course upcoming fights. Bernard Hopkins really turned back the clock in Canada. What did you think of his performance against Jean Pascal?
FM: Man. I'm going to be honest with you about that fight right there, Bernard looked better than he's looked in a long time and any time you get knocked down twice in a motherfucker's backyard, in they hometown, that means you won that fight. I thought Bernard looked good. In fact, you would have to go back a long time to see the last time he looked that good.
PC: Would you say the Pavlik fight?
FM: Longer than that because I just was never that impressed with that guy [Pavlik], but shit, I would say the Trinidad fight.
PC: Damn Big Floyd, that was 9, close to 10 years ago.
FM: I'm telling you man, look at the way Bernard fought Pascal and then you look at how Chad fought him and it was night and day; not even close. He looked good man and I give him a lot of credit for that fight because boxing is a young man's sport and he looked like that against a young fighter. That says a lot. I liked the way he used his jab. I would have liked to see him use his jab a little bit more, but his footwork was good, his defense was good and the body work done the trick. Pascal went from running his ass off to standing still and that was because Bernard tore his ass up to the body early and often. That brought Pascal to a complete stand still. He couldn't run no more after he got touched up to the body. I told my man Lamar that the body work was going to catch up to Pascal and it did. Bernard did some good work in there. He got a draw, but everybody knows he won that damn fight.
PC: I know you attended Khan/Maidana. What are your thoughts on that fight?
FM: Man, I thought Amir Khan looked like dog shit. Everybody talk about how Freddie Roach made him a better fighter. Freddie Roach made him a worse fighter. He caught that guy with a nice shot early, but after that, all he did was fucking run. He was running for his life in there and he's lucky it wasn't a 15 round fight like the old days or you know what would have happened to him? He would have been stopped. Khan looked like shit man. Man, let me tell you something man, Freddie Roach ain't did nothing for Khan. He looked like shit. He would stand still and throw a few punches and then start fucking running again. I can't wait to see the Mosley-Pacquiao fight though.
PC: That was the fight I was going to ask you about next; seems like you're ready to see that fight.
FM: I really am excited for that fight. I want to see how it's going to play out. You know, I've never had a problem with Shane Mosley. I know he did his thing awhile back and he was a stand-up guy and admitted he took some things, but he is cool man. I sat next to him for the Pacquiao/Cotto fight and we were talking. Shane is a good guy, man. Of course I wanted him to lose to my son, and Oscar when I had him, but other than that, I've never really pulled against Shane. I know he is almost 40 and I think my son damaged him a little bit, but if he can get it together and really train hard...I know he's gonna train hard and fight hard because this is it for him, but if he can really put good work in, Pacquiao is there to be hit. Shit, you can't miss him. But I'm telling you now, Shane is going to hit Pacquiao with a big shot and it won't even buckle him man. Watch what I'm telling you now. And Shane is big and strong; shit, he buckled Lil Floyd, but he won't even buckle this little motherfucker. Come on, man. I've been around boxing for a long time and Pacquiao has been hurt by guys that don't punch nowhere near as hard as Shane and I bet Shane won't hurt him. He gonna walk through Shane's punches. If he beats Shane worse than my son did, then come on man; that's all I'm gonna say about that. I think a lot of people know something isn't right. If Floyd was doing the shit that Pacquiao is doing, as far as stopping these bigger guys and walking through their punches, they would have been investigated him. They would have buried Floyd. But I said it once and I will say it again, if Pacquiao agreed to the testing tonight, we would fight him tomorrow.
PC: So you think Shane can get some work done, but you don't think he can win?
FM: Pacquiao's so fucking hittable because the motherfucker don't move his head, but at this point, I don't know if Shane can hurt him. Cotto couldn't, Oscar couldn't, Clottey or Margarito. I think Shane can bust him up because everyone busts Pacquiao up, but we will see if he can actually hurt him and possibly put him out. I'm really anxious to see how that fight plays out because that fight is going to tell us a lot. Like I told you the last time, if everything is on the up and up, Lil Floyd beats 3 Manny Pacquiao's.
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