This content is protected Mayweather to train Augustus! "Slick" Nick Sampson and Macke Roberts of Sin City Sportshave announced that current WBO Oriental welterweight beltholder Emanuel "The Drunken Master" Augustus will soon be working with a new trainer in former two-time world champion Roger Mayweather, trainer of the recently retired Floyd Mayweather Jr. "People in the boxing world will now take me serious and see that I'm ready to win a world title," stated Augustus. "I am honored and privileged that a boxing trainer the caliber of Roger Mayweather has agreed to help me in my quest to win a world title." Roger Mayweather stated "Emanuel Augustus is a natural born fighter who knows how to fight. Once we get together and improve on a few things in the gym we have a good chance to win a world title." Thursday, July 24 2008 GO AUGUSTUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big deal. The years ahead will show that Rogers real talent was being related to Floyd. If Money was trained by Angelo Dundee, Freddy Roache, Manny Steward, or Grandmaster Funk, he'd still be undefeated. What other fighter has Roger brought to great heights? Agustus won't accomplish anything more, and probably less than ever before.
Agreed. Roger didn't really improve Floyd's game much. All of the stuff he does well is the stuff Floyd Sr. ingrained in him since he was a tyke.
That's far from the truth! Floyd is who he is by his genes, His upbringing and his experience with his father/trainner. You have to have an all around perfect experience to have a career like Floyd. if Roach trained Floyd his style would be completely different....that goes for any other boxer. Agustus has to be mentally ready to really dedicate himself to his career to become better and a trainer like Roger may be the extra motivation to really dig down.
Augustus is 33 and has over 70 pro fights, a lot of them tough ones. He had world class talent back in the day, but he may be too old and shopworn at this stage to make a serious run. I'll be rooting for him, though.