For Floyd Jr.’s training for the Cotto fight, Mayweather Sr. stopped by the gym unexpectedly and it appeared that the rift was starting to die down a bit. But Floyd Sr. explained that it wasn’t exactly his intentions to make peace with his visit. “I didn’t come down there to see Floyd,” Mayweather Sr. explained. “I came down there to bring a young lady down there that wanted to see Roger. I took her down there to see Roger and I was not going in there. She went in and she said one of his people, a guy, they call him 53, Miguel I think his name is; he told me that Floyd told me to come in. And I came in.” Lil’ Floyd also exchanged some heated words with HBO analyst Larry Merchant on air after his victory over Ortiz, making for quite the scene. However, Mayweather has seemed to make peace with Merchant, as he apologized to him after his victory over Cotto. Floyd Sr. feels a bit shocked that his son would reach out and show sympathy to Merchant while overlooking his own father. “Did you see him on TV? I’m going to tell you something like this right here. Because he never apologized to his Daddy for anything that he did. Now, Mr. Larry Merchant here. ‘Oh, I apologize’. Come on, man. For whatever reason, he wanted me to see that. But this stuff don’t bother me man,” Floyd Sr. stated. Such is the way with the Mayweathers. Here’s hoping father and son can find a way to work things out.
did you see the "speaking out" show with floyd mayweather? he and his father cannot simply rectify their issues with an apology. it's much deeper than that. maerchant and mayweather jr's issue was small potatoes compared to the history between father and son. floyd sr's too stubborn to see that but he wasn't the best dad by any stretch of the imagination, and it has come back to haunt him in a way.
In all honesty it seems like Roger took over for Floyd Sr. fatherly duties a long time ago. Sometimes I wonder why Floyd acts the way he does and says some of the things he does and then I see and listen to Floyd Sr. I would have rather not grown up with a father than to have one like Sr.
The guy wanted to train De La Hoya to beat his son in their 1st fight. If that isn't proof of what a disgrace Floyd Sr. is as a father then I don't know what is. This was Floyd Jr's big chance to make it to the top of the sport like so many boxers dream to do and his own father was trying to keep it from happening. Only reason it didn't happen was because De La Hoya prevented it.
