http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2009/05/floyd_mayweather_father_workin.html A father-and-son reunion has taken place since Floyd Mayweather announced his return to the ring. As part of an international press tour to promote his July 18 matchup against Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather told The Los Angeles Times on Monday he has been spending a lot of time with his father, trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., for the first time since the pair has been estranged for much of the last decade. "My dad's been working with me every day since the (Ricky) Hatton fight (earlier this month)," Mayweather said. "We chill out, shoot pool, talk about different fighters." The press tour continues today at the Empire State Building in New York, then concludes Thursday and Friday in London. The 32-year-old fighter and Grand Rapids native also showed real affection for his father when telling The Times about his father's health problems. His father suffers from sarcoidosis, a disease which limits lung capacity, and reportedly has lost 25 to 30 pounds due to the illness. "Both of my parents are getting older. There's certain things you want to say to both of them before they leave this earth," Mayweather Jr. said. He didn't commit to using his father as co-trainer for his upcoming fight against Marquez, 35, of Mexico. That's a role occupied by uncle Roger Mayweather, who's also had personal battles with his older brother, Floyd Sr., but Floyd Mayweather Jr. defended his father's training methods following Hatton's crushing loss May 2 to Manny Pacquiao. "I know what my father teaches," he said of the Hatton fight. "That's not how my father trains a fighter. He'll say, 'Use the ... jab, man.' I guess a fighter can't be taught new things. Hatton rushes in, he didn't follow the game plan." The undefeated Mayweather (39-0, 25 knockouts) has been established as a nearly 4-to-1 betting favorite against Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) by Las Vegas oddsmakers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't know Floyd Sr. was sick, it's good to see Floyd backing him up no matter what. A father is a father. I've also been pretty surprised by Floyd's respect and comments on JMM, repeatedly saying how Marquez is one of the best in the world, a great warrior and that he won't talk trash about him. I do disagree with the Mayweather's putting all the blame on Hatton for the loss. At the end of the day Mayweather Sr. promised something and didn't come close to deliver, just like Ricky. Can't wait for the fight.
I think at the end of the day, Hatton just doesn't know how to box. And Floyd Sr. can't be expected to rectify that in a matter of months. But it doesn't mean he shouldn't demonstrate confidence in his fighter prior to the fight. That's a big part of what a trainer does.
It's all bullshit...everytime Mayweather has a fight coming up...he either tries to reunited w/ him....or his father might be training the his opponent....just drama to sell the fight... All the Mayweather put together as Trainers could not equal one nacho beristain....
God the thought of both of them in the same room at once. The universe would collapse on itself from the gravitational force of the douchyness.
