Jeff Mayweather disses Floyd Mayweather

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Floyd's uncle, former contender and trainer Jeff Mayweather, says that Floyd has been a detriment to himself with his gangsta image.

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"Pretty Boy's" autobiography will probably read like a Horatio Alger novel.

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"He never had one bad day," says Jeff Mayweather.

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Most of Floyd's image stems from his open defiance of convention and standards, the standoffish look-at-me-now attitude that suggests a desire to be seen as a great entity his way. Jeff Mayweather claims that the persona of Floyd is merely a false representation of who he is as a person.

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The youngest uncle of Floyd claims that he hasn't spoken to his nephew in 8 years.

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Nonetheless, Floyd's incredible talent does continue to enthrall and fascinate young fans, who are the most impressionable among observers. (I guess that explains Horus, Burner and Money May) Like Muhammad Ali, Ray Leonard, and Roy Jones before him, he is the fighter that kids at the local boxing gyms strive to emulate.


But 12-year-olds don't buy tickets. The crowd that buys tickets to boxing fights are influenced by the media. That's where Floyd Junior's negative image most reveals itself as a detriment. "It's his personality," says Jeff Mayweather. "That's why Floyd's not accepted. The way he lives his life."


The Floyd Mayweathers' have long had a strained relationship, which became irreparable when, at age 15, the young Floyd Junior parted ways with his father, who was on his way to prison for selling drugs. For five years Floyd Junior was his own man, an independence he had never previously enjoyed.


"Once he got that feeling, "says Jeff, "he never wanted to be back in that situation. It's a sad situation that can never be fixed, unless little Floyd becomes a man."


"It was like a Joe Jackson situation, where he created this monstrous machine, but he wasn't able to teach him how to be a man. Don't get me wrong, Floyd Senior accomplished making his son into a great fighter. Joe Jackson was successful in making Michael Jackson into probably the greatest entertainer ever. But look at him as a person. Just like Floyd is a great fighter, but look at him as a person. Sometimes that's the price that you pay when you focus on only one thing."


HBO's 24/7 show profiled the contrast between De La Hoya and Mayweather. Oscar, as usual, was depicted as the good guy. Floyd was cast as the villain. Jeff Mayweather feels that Floyd missed out on an opportunity to alter public perception of himself.

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While Jeff Mayweather lambastes Floyd Junior as a person, he equally praises his worth as a fighter. "As far as ability, Floyd is the best fighter on the planet. No one even comes close. He will have to go down as a great fighter. As far as securing the legacy that he wants, no he won't, if he stays retired (after Hatton)."

Floyd's constant battle for respect hit a snag when, before the Carlos Baldomir fight, he claimed to be the superior of "Sugar" Ray Robinson, the generally-accepted pick for greatest boxer of all time.


"He was out of line when he said that," Marley says.

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Hauser analyzes,

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