Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father and former trainer of WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs), spoke to BoxingScene.com about his son’s upcoming fight with WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (37-0, 32KOs), which takes place on May 5th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas read more ...

Well, I’ve been in jail before, and I can’t say the effect it may leave on someone that has never been in jail before. I’ve been in jail before, so I know how it affected me. Whether he says so or not, it will affect him in some kind of way. Lil Floyd is a strong person, and hopefully it won’t affect him much read more ...

These days trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. has been spending a lot of time at Johnny Tocco’s Ring Side Gym on the east side of Las Vegas, working with a select group of fighters including junior lightweight contender Mickey Bey Jr., welterweight hopeful Lanardo Tyner, and standout amateur Kevin Newman. With his brother Jeff out of town and in Panama as he helps Celestino Caballero read more ...

In a revealing interview with Luis Sandoval of BoxingScene.com, trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. said his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr., would beat Manny Pacquiao without the involvement of random drug testing. Mayweather Sr. studied Pacquiao's win over Miguel Cotto and didn't see anything that would prevent his son from beating the Filipino champion read more ...

That man was about to fight my son. What am I supposed to do? I did what any father would do," stated world-class trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., who revealed he has no regrets insisting that his son request more stringent testing prior to the proposed bout with Manny Pacquiao. Although the fight is completely off now and both sides have moved on, there's still the matter of the defamation lawsuit that Pacquiao has filed read more ...

The news has turned the boxing world upside down. The March 13 super-fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is in serious jeopardy of being off after a dispute over the contract clause of "Olympic-style drug testing" 30-days before the fight. Pacquiao is only willing to go read more ...

Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. views the July 18 showdown between his son Floyd Mayweather Jr, and WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, as a one-sided mismatch. He compares the fight to his son's one-sided beatdown of Arturo Gatti from 2005. Mayweather pounded Gatti for six rounds before the fight was stopped. He says the fight is so one-sided that he can't believe HBO placed it on pay-per-view. Marquez moves up be nearly two weight divisions to meet Mayweather read more ...

The father/son combination of unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and well-known trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. - is back. The two have been feuding for several years but managed to make peace in the last few months. Mayweather Sr. taught his son the sport but after a falling out which took place nearly a decade ago, he began training other fighters like Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Chad Dawson read more ...

Manchester, England - During a national conference call held today for members of the media, Ricky Hatton's trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. all but ensured a Hatton victory over his next opponent Manny Pacquiao when the two meet in a world junior welterweight championship on Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and live on HBO Pay-Per-View. Here is what Mayweather, who is currently training Hatton in Manchester, England, had to say read more ...

Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. promises to show the world the best Ricky Hatton ever on November 22, when Hatton meets Paulie Malignaggi in Las Vegas. Floyd Sr. event went as far as to say that Hatton's former trainer Billy Graham did nothing for him, and said that he would of made a big difference if he was in the corner of Hatton when the Manchester fighter was knocked out by Floyd Mayweather Jr. read more ...