The saying goes that blood is thicker than water, but apparently blood is not thicker than cold hard cash. Whatever the hell that means. Floyd Mayweather Jr., the pound for pound best fighter in the world, is set to fight Oscar De La Hoya for the junior middleweight title. This fight shouldn’t need any more intriguing storylines as it is already set to break record for most pay-per-view buys. Oscar De La Hoya, “The Golden Boy,” the cagy veteran who won a hard fought TKO over Ricardo Mayorga to win the junior middleweight title. “Pretty Boy” Floyd is the undefeated, virtually un-hit welterweight champ. Floyd Mayweather might even be looking to pull a Tiki Barber (and I don’t mean wear that possibly homosexual turtleneck) and retire after the fight. But the gods of fantastically disgusting sports stories have smiled upon me and given this fight another dimension. Floyd Mayweather Sr., who you may have guessed is the father of Floyd Mayweather Jr., is set to train one of the boxers for this fight. Now, common sense would dictate that the father would train the son, but oh no, not in the madcap and zany of world of professional boxing.
Floyd Mayweather senior is currently negotiating with the De La Hoya camp to train Oscar to fight his very own son. But don’t worry Floyd Junior, Dad won’t do it for less than 2 million. In fact, he finds the current offer of a half million up front and another half million if Oscar wins “insulting.” According to Floyd Sr., “if you want me to tell you how to beat my son — and I’m the only one who can tell Oscar how to do that — then you need to pay me." There is nothing like that special bond between a father and a son. I can just imagine Little League baseball when Floyd Sr. would tip Junior’s pitches to the 9 year old opposing batter. Sure it is down right disgusting, but that 11 dollars from the opposing coach makes it worth it.
This is the same Floyd Mayweather Sr. that was in jail for drug trafficking when Floyd Jr. won the bronze medal in a disputed decision at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Although Floyd Jr. was originally trained by his dad, he is trained by his uncle and former champ Roger Mayweather. Roger will be in Floyd’s corner in the De La Hoya fight once he gets out of prison for battery charges. Floyd Mayweather Jr. avoided jail time in September when he was acquitted of domestic abuse charges stemming from an argument. Nice family Floyd, Floyd and Roger. This situation reminds me a lot of that Full House episode when Uncle Joey beat the hell of a Stephanie after she talked back to him and had to be tasered to the ground by the police. Either that one, or the episode of Step by Step where Cody (or the Code-Man depending on your Step-by-Step knowledge) uses his KickBoxer III (oh that’s him) skills and scissor kicks each and every member of the family, including a paralyzing leg drop to Patrick Duffy to end the scene.
Floyd Mayweather will win this fight regardless of what his father teaches De La Hoya. He is the younger, faster and more skilled boxer. This is just like when my father tried to sell my secret of great sports writing to other sports blogs. After receiving bids of “get the hell out my office” and “wait…what?” for my sports writing magic, he was forced to come crawling back to me. Just wait and see who Floyd Sr. comes back to for help after he attempts to pass out free coke samples the night of the fight to generate business. Fathers are all the same.
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