Hamed, Morales, Barrera ducked Mayweather

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'Leading trainer Floyd Mayweather Snr has heavily criticised Naseem Hamed, saying the former WBO featherweight champion possesses a flawed technique.

Mayweather issued the warning from the Otomi altitude training centre in Mexico City, where he is preparing Erik Morales to fight Marco Antonio Barrera in an eagerly anticipated clash in Las Vegas on 2 March.

The clown jokes, turning flips, the talking trash, coming down on ropes is all finished
Floyd Mayweather Snr

Hamed has just signed a lucrative three-fight deal with HBO, a deal which he hopes will pave the way for a re-match with Barrera, who soundly defeated him last year.

And Mayweather revealed he has been approached to train Hamed, an offer which he is currently considering.

But he warned that if Hamed wants to become the world's best, he needs to start learning - and fast.

"Naseem doesn't have a place anywhere to mess around any more," said Mayweather, who will also train Oscar de la Hoya for his junior middleweight unification bout with Fernando Vargas on 4 May.

"The game is over. The clown jokes, turning flips, the talking trash, coming down on ropes is all finished.

"Whoever has been training him, he's been telling them what to do. They haven't been telling him what to do."

Hamed's bubble finally burst when he was defeated by Barrera in Las Vegas in April 2001, a fight which Mayweather believes was an unmitigated disaster.

"It was a lopsided one-man fight," he said. "Naseem wasn't even in the fight. After he saw what Barrera was doing, he knew he couldn't win.

"He's off balance all the time. No one has ever worked on the man's balance.

"I would teach him to move gracefully on his legs, clockwise, counter clockwise, teach him feints and teach him how to throw more than one punch at a time.

"Have him throw punches in bunches. Let the jab be like whip and you be the matador.

"I would also teach him to pivot, to give him angles, and slip and slide his head because all he's doing now is to pull back.

"When he does this he's completely off balance, and if he then gets clipped he'll have nothing to fall back on."

There's still time and Naseem could very well come through with flying colours

However, Mayweather did single out Hamed's awesome punching power.

"Just dues where they belong, Naseem is one of the hardest punchers at his particular weight who's around or has been around," he said.

"He is definitely a one punch KO artist."

Mayweather agreed Hamed needs at least three quality fights if he wants another shot at Barrera.

But if he can regain his very best form, then the future could be bright for the Sheffield star.

"There's still time and Naseem could very well come through with flying colours," said Mayweather, who has the credentials to back up his words of wisdom.

He once trained his son, Floyd Jnr, one of the greatest pound for pound boxers around'