"I thought Pacquiao and Mayweather would never do it, but I see it happening next year. I think I just can see it happening. I see everybody leaning in that direction. And they are both on that type of edge right now. They are not quite the guys that they were some years ago," stated world-class trainer Kenny Adams, who shared his thoughts on whether or not the long-awaited mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could possibly take place next year. The Las Vegas-based trainer believes all signs indicate that both fighters are to the point where it's the only fight they want, so we may finally see them to step into the same ring in the near future. Check out what else he had to say!

PC: We left off speaking about fighters and not wanting to be disciplined, so when I look at a guy like Floyd Mayweather, who has committed so much of his life to the sport and has accomplished an undefeated record since 1996, that shows the type of dedication and commitment it takes to be a great fighter, and you just don't see a lot of that today unfortunately.

KA: Oh yeah, without a doubt. He's one of the greatest fighters around, period, and he's proven that time and time again. But he has to have a wake-up call too. Don't get me wrong, Roger does an outstanding job, but he needs someone to control him. But he's not gonna let that happen. You know I almost trained him too. I spoke to Don House and Don House could tell you this, but we met in a gym one day and we was gonna work out. Well, I was working with other guys then, and he was on one end of [Johnny] Tocco's and I was on the other end, and I told someone to have him come over and see me while they finish training. Well, he didn't want that; he wanted me to come over where he was at. So I already knew that was going to be a struggle. That's not gonna happen; we either gonna make it or break it, and we didn't make it because he wasn't gonna dictate to me. I asked him to come over and that's what I wanted him to do. That was our first test. I have the utmost respect for the guy, especially as a boxer. I may not like the things he does outside of the ring, but in the ring, he is a fighter.

PC: I don't know how close you were with him, but Philadelphia is finally going to put up a statue of Joe Frazier. I think it's long overdue considering there is a statue of Rocky out there, but nevertheless, it's getting done. I'm sure you think this is well-deserved.

KA: Ah man, well-deserved. The only guys that he couldn't beat was Foreman and Ali, and he got it done on Ali once. Without a doubt, they should have had this statue up years ago. He was a man of Brotherly Love without a doubt. I really liked him because he was always a good, caring guy for everybody; personable person too. I met him on a few occasions and I thought a lot of him. I thought he was really okay and he is very deserving of that.

PC: Are there any fighters out there catching your eye right now, Kenny? 

KA: I like Broner; he looks good. I like what I see in him and I also like this middleweight that fought on HBO the other night [Gennedy Golovkin]. That cat looked terrific the other night. That guy is going to be a problem for a lot of cats; I can tell you that without a doubt. He is definitely gonna be a problem. Abel Sanchez has a good fighter on his hands with that cat. He is tremendous. He is one of the better fighters I have seen here in a long time. He really puts it together.

PC: Boxing really seems to be headed in the right direction. I like a lot of things I'm seeing and even if we don't get Mayweather/Pacquiao, I like a lot of these match-ups I have been seeing.

KA: I thought Pacquiao and Mayweather would never do it, but I see it happening next year. I think I just can see it happening. I see everybody leaning in that direction. And they are both on that type of edge right now. They are not quite the guys that they were some years ago. But I saw Floyd's last fight with Cotto and I thought Cotto got next to him in certain cases. But I also think that is the weight too; 54 is too big for Floyd. That's part of the problem; he is not a junior middleweight. But I think what Floyd has to be careful of is listening to people using that psychology on him. "Ah Floyd, you could probably move up to fight Martinez and fight this guy and that guy." But that's a double-edge sword and basically to me, it's a little psychology to get him to move up because people gotta realize that those people can't stand him and they want to see him get beat. So he gotta start thinking along those lines. And then I go back to what I was saying about Roger being a great trainer and a good trainer for him, but I think the problem is Floyd needs someone that can control him in a senseÂ…and when I say controlÂ…the way he does his training, from what I understand, and I haven't been there, but I talk to a lot of people and they give me firsthand information, I think he has probably over-trained himself at times and I think he may be burned out. And he doesn't really...he's doing it because he has so much ability that he can overcome these things. But his fight with Cotto, he got himself in harm's way a few times and that's something he has to be very careful of.

PC: I agree with everything you just said and I have said the same things. I don't think he is a junior middleweight. I think due to his training so hard, his legs are not what they used to be and he doesn't have much longer. He's been successful for a very long time, and that's hard to maintain with so many young guns coming after you.

KA: You can't go out and party half of the night and then leave the club at 2:00 in the morning and change clothes and get out and run. Come on, you can't do that; that's overkill. And then, going these 6, 7, and 8-minute rounds in the gym, sparring 2 and 3 people over and over, I mean, he's over-doing himself. So he needs someone to say, "Hey Floyd, this is it. Cut it off right here. Floyd, we need to do 3 here and 4 here and then that's it." He does crazy ass situps and crazy ass pushups and all of this different stuff that he does, and some things are not good for the body. He's tearing the body down and then probably not replenishing it as well as he probably should be. I don't have to be there to know what people tell me to see these things, and at the same time, I look at tapes and I look very strongly at people. That's why I'm a strategist. That's one of the good things I can do in boxing. I can dissect a guy and that's why my kid looked so good last time. I knew what I had to do with this guy we were fighting and I had him do exactly what it took. After we stepped in there and worked that body, and stepped around there and catch and go and roll and shoot those punches, that's all we had to do. We put that pressure onÂ…and plus, I saw a guy who had a weak stomach. Those are the things I'm looking at and I'm waiting to get the tapes on this guy Abril. I got the perfect guy in the gym now. We got a tall Cuban kid we have been working with and that's gonna work out just fine for us.