Roger Mayweather on Pacquiao-Margarito bout
It has been a while since Floyd Mayweather, Jr. keeps a low profile, however his trainer and uncle Roger Mayweather can’t seem to help but do what they’re best at,to thrash talk. According to reports, they are trash-talking “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao.
From a report of Fight Chronicles.com, Roger said that a drained Margarito is a tailor-made opponent for Pacquiao.
“Margarito was picked [be]cause he’s easy to hit and made for Manny. It’s gonna make him (Pacquiao) look good fighting a bigger guy,” said the boxing trainer.
Pacquiao and Margarito are scheduled tentatively to fight on November 15 for the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight title.
The match will be fought at a catch weight between 147 to 154 pounds.
“The weight will beat Margarito. He ain’t fought but once in over a year. Manny will have a rough fight on his hands, but only for a little while early on,” predicted Roger.
He added that the catch weight system makes a mockery of boxing divisions, especially in a title fight.
“One hundred fifty-four is one hundred fifty-four. Junior middleweight is junior middleweight. Period. Anyone said anything different don’t know boxing,” said Roger.
He also put down Pacquiao’s latest victories over bigger opponents.
“He’s been fighting underweights that he challenges at. He didn’t fight Oscar [de la Hoya], Ricky [Hatton] or [Miguel] Cotto at 147. He’s always weighing in less and had them drain their bodies to make weight. It’s like cheating,” said Roger.
Meanwhile,Mayweather remains to be unbelievably mum about the whole situation.
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