Mayweather turning up late for training?

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  1. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    Anyone heard anything about this?

    There was something on the radio today, they were saying that Mayweather turns up late and Hatton's already quite a few rounds into sparring etc. They had people saying how disrespectul it was and were getting other fights/trainers etc to comment.
     
  2. Kid Lucky

    Kid Lucky Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I don't think it really matters too much if the other trainers are sorting out the training for a time. Ricky knows what he's doing and doesn't need Mayweather with him all the time so long as the others don't let him slip into bad habits.

    Besides Mayweather had to go to the library to borrow a rhyming dictionary for his terrible 'poetry'
     
  3. slip&counter

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    Floyd Mayweather Snr, Hatton's trainer, admitted on Thursday there was a personality problem within the camp although he said the matter was resolved without revealing the details or the extent of the headaches it caused.

    "I'm a no-nonsense trainer," Mayweather said. "I saw a situation and problem I had and I addressed it. We have a very clear understanding. I respect them and I want them to do the same with me."

    Asked about a possible conflict with assistant trainer Lee Beard, Mayweather cagely replied, "It's not just me and Lee. A lot of people are in there. But you could be on the right trail."

    "It doesn't mean the camp is not a good one because a person has a problem with another person, he added. "It was a problem that could be taken care of without being in the media. It got straightened out."

    Pacquiao, by comparison, caused his biggest troubles for veteran cornerman Freddie Roach by wanting to spend more time in the ring than planned.

    "Monday he wanted to go 10 rounds. I said two," Roach said. "I'm able to win the arguments now. I have trouble clamping him down. I give him one more. I have to give him something.

    "Everything's negotiable. I'm not the boss. If he's not comfortable he tells me. We have a good relationship. It's about finding what's comfortable for him.
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    At this point, it's really just about situations, when you make this move, Hatton will make this move. It's just embedding it in the brain."

    Roach, who has endured weeks of taunts from Mayweather, said he sees Hatton and Mayweather as an odd couple.

    "I don't think he's the right person, the right fit for Ricky's style," Roach said. "Floyd is 'Me, me, me.' It's about the fighter."

    The tensions come to a head this weekend when England's Hatton defends his junior welterweight title against Pacquiao, the recognized pound-for-pound king seeking a title in a record-tying sixth different weight class.

    "Pacquiao could do well in any era," Roach said. "It will just secure him in the history of boxing as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of all time."

    "Manny is going to beat Ricky but it's going to be a hard fight. If he beats Manny, it will be the greatest achievement of his life. I've made Pacquiao ready for anything he brings in there. He will be ready for Mike Tyson."

    Former heavyweight champion Tyson will not be in the ring but Hatton will have his hands full despite Mayweather's training on such techniques as head movement and jabbing styles.

    "I can't tell you he won't revert to the old Ricky but if he does it's going to be good enough to take care of the job," Mayweather said. "Ricky is the best fighter and he's in better shape."

    Pacquiao plans to use his deceptive footwork to keep Hatton off-balance.
    "Manny is hard to tell. You don't know whether he is coming or going. I don't think Ricky has the ability to cope with that speed," Roach said.

    "The key for us is speed. It's not hand speed but foot speed that will win the fight. If you stand in front of Ricky, you put yourself in danger."

    there was a report in one of the Brit papers the other day, which said when the camp flew to LA for a presser they didn't tell floyd snr they were gonna stay over for the night, which ment he didn't take his medication for a serious illness with him.
     
  5. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yea heard about this on the radio earlier...
     
  6. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    What station/show was it?

    My mate heard it and told me. I wouldn't mind hearing it.
     
  7. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It was on BBC five live, Richie Woodall was talking about it for a while with a couple of others.... prob around 7 or 8 - I can't remember the time exactly..
     
  8. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    f****tnews

    according to a source close to the Ricky Hatton camp, and trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr., the rumors of a Hatton-Mayweather split are untrue. After a story broke on Yahoo! Sports about turmoil in the camp, about 5 p.m. P.T., rumors began to circulate about Mayweather being fired by Hatton. Furthermore, it was written that Hatton had approached Freddie Roach - Pacquiao’s trainer - about working with him on his next fight.
     
  9. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    :rofl

    Yea, as if you're gonna fire your trainer before the fight and then ask the opponents trainer about training ya next time.
     
  10. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    Just listening to Radio 5 Live, Roach said Mayweather turned up 8 rounds into a sparring session.

    Hatton should drop him for Roach if he gets the chance, Pac's camp just oozes professionalism. Mayweather's a bit too showy, selfish and indisciplined.
     
  11. Well - the agent of Roach, who is suggesting all this - can't even remember who rang who.
     
  12. onourway

    onourway Haye KTFO1 Wlad Full Member

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    To be fair, we all saw Mayweather turn up late for a session in 24/7.

    And even when he was late, instead of rushing, he went to Taco Bell.

    So we've all seen the lateness with our own eyes.
     
  13. Yeah - it makes me think that people are using that scene, plus rumours etc. to do the sum 2+2=40
     
  14. john b

    john b EVERTON 0- OLdham 1 Full Member

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    That is true, but if they are still working on the things they should be it shouldn't effect the fight . Yes however it is unprofessional.
     
  15. Ischbaad

    Ischbaad Active Member Full Member

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    Hatton should have gone with someone like Freddie Roach, Nazim Richardson etc in the first place. Mayweather Sr has some MAJOR problems with ego.