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11-16-2006, 02:35 PM
By Mark Vester
Like father, like son. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. told the Las Vegas Review Journal that will not play the running game when he meets Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. He plans to stand and trade with De La Hoya, going for a knockout in what he still claims to be his final career bout prior to retirement.
Prior to his recent bout with Carlos Baldomir, he also said that a toe to toe battle should be expected, but there was very little combat, and a lot of Mayweather using his superior skills to box Baldomir's ears off.
"The fans aren't going to have anything to worry about," Mayweather told LVRJ. "I am going to stand toe to toe with Oscar. He has my word on that. I will be right there in front of him, toe to toe. It will be a toe-to-toe battle and, absolutely, I will (knock him out).
"He wanted to wear Reyes gloves and I said fine. He wanted it to be at 154 (pounds) and I said fine. I truly believe in my skills and I just wanted this fight to happen. That's all I wanted. When they handed me the paper, I signed it before I read a word."
His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., also predicted a knockout, but the prediction was for the man he trains - Oscar De La Hoya.
The strained relationship between the Mayweather Sr. and his son has long been documented, and this fight appears to give the father some satisfaction against what he calls "a greedy son." He does not think his son wants to fight De La Hoya to prove he is the best, he feels that his son wants to hurt him by beating the star fighter he trains.
"This is a case of greed overcoming common sense," Mayweather Sr. said. "He's going to pay for getting greedy. He sees those dollars, but it's not about him wanting to fight Oscar, it's about him wanting to hurt his daddy. But he's going to have a surprise, because little Floyd is going to wind up on his ass. Little Floyd is fighting out of his weight class. Oscar definitely would knock him out."
"Once in a while, the good little man beats a bigger man, but that's usually when the little man has way, way, way more talent. But that's not the case here."
Like father, like son. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. told the Las Vegas Review Journal that will not play the running game when he meets Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. He plans to stand and trade with De La Hoya, going for a knockout in what he still claims to be his final career bout prior to retirement.
Prior to his recent bout with Carlos Baldomir, he also said that a toe to toe battle should be expected, but there was very little combat, and a lot of Mayweather using his superior skills to box Baldomir's ears off.
"The fans aren't going to have anything to worry about," Mayweather told LVRJ. "I am going to stand toe to toe with Oscar. He has my word on that. I will be right there in front of him, toe to toe. It will be a toe-to-toe battle and, absolutely, I will (knock him out).
"He wanted to wear Reyes gloves and I said fine. He wanted it to be at 154 (pounds) and I said fine. I truly believe in my skills and I just wanted this fight to happen. That's all I wanted. When they handed me the paper, I signed it before I read a word."
His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., also predicted a knockout, but the prediction was for the man he trains - Oscar De La Hoya.
The strained relationship between the Mayweather Sr. and his son has long been documented, and this fight appears to give the father some satisfaction against what he calls "a greedy son." He does not think his son wants to fight De La Hoya to prove he is the best, he feels that his son wants to hurt him by beating the star fighter he trains.
"This is a case of greed overcoming common sense," Mayweather Sr. said. "He's going to pay for getting greedy. He sees those dollars, but it's not about him wanting to fight Oscar, it's about him wanting to hurt his daddy. But he's going to have a surprise, because little Floyd is going to wind up on his ass. Little Floyd is fighting out of his weight class. Oscar definitely would knock him out."
"Once in a while, the good little man beats a bigger man, but that's usually when the little man has way, way, way more talent. But that's not the case here."