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JEFF MAYWEATHER GIVES EPIC TAKE ON PACQUIAO VS. VARGAS AND MAYWEATHER VS. PACQUIAO FALLOUT

By Percy Crawford | September 30, 2016
JEFF MAYWEATHER GIVES EPIC TAKE ON PACQUIAO VS. VARGAS AND MAYWEATHER VS. PACQUIAO FALLOUT

"That's why he ended up losing that contract with HBO because HBO was building that fight for him...I think that he does have what it takes to beat Pacquiao, but Jessie has to fight the perfect fight and Pacquiao doesn't. I think Pacquiao still has the advantages...that is never going to happen again in boxing. Never again will there be one night where $400 million dollars is made between two fighters. But the one thing is this, everything that happened happened the way it was supposed to," stated world-class trainer Jeff Mayweather, who gave an epic take on the upcoming clash between Manny Paquiao and Jessie Vargas, as well as the fallout from Mayweather vs. Pacquiao. Check it out!

PC: Jessie Vargas was, I want to say, the first fighter ever signed to Mayweather Promotions. He is scheduled to face Manny Pacquiao on November 5th. You have been around Jessie. What do you think of that fight and Jessie's chances?

JM: I think Pacquiao thinks this is a win-win situation for him. Pacquiao is really trying to cash out. Pacquiao was really supposed to fight Terence Crawford. He wants no parts of that, but he still wants to perform for his fans and in this way, instead of one payday, he's hoping to get two. He figures he can beat Jessie Vargas and then he can go out in a blaze of glory; win, lose or draw. He figures after this, he can take that fight with Terence Crawford. But that's why he ended up losing that contract with HBO because HBO was building that fight for him and Crawford to fight, not him and Jessie Vargas. That was his own personal choice and that's why they released him. They put Crawford in tough against Postol with the intent of Crawford and Pacquiao being the attraction. Pacquiao, in a sense, basically kind of pimped them. They paid him all of this money for all of this time and the one time they ask him to fight this guy, he wants no parts of it, "I'm fine. I still got pay-per-view value. I'll just go ahead and do this one without you guys." It's kind of like a backhanded slap in the face.

Don't get me wrong, Jessie Vargas is almost like a son of mine. That's how close we were. I genuinely love this kid. I think that he does have what it takes to beat Pacquiao, but Jessie has to fight the perfect fight and Pacquiao doesn't. I think Pacquiao still has the advantages. I think Pacquiao is a little faster than Jessie and probably punches a little harder. But the advantages that Jessie has going into this fight, he's talking about not using them. I don't know if it's just him trying to sell the fight saying he's going to be a "Macho Mexican" to prove that he is this and he is that; nuh uh, that's not going to beat Pacquiao. You're fighting a guy that you're probably 5 inches taller than and probably have at least 4 or 5 inches in reach. Why would you even want to bang with a guy that punches harder than you and his hands are faster than yours? That, to me, is suicide. But at the end of the day, of course I wish nothing bad on Jessie I just hope that on fight night, he realizes that being in a slugfest is great for the fans, but it means nothing for you.

PC: Do you feel like too many fighters get caught up in the whole crowd-pleasing style thing?

JM: That's one of the things that a lot of fighters get caught up in majorly is pleasing the fans. At the end of the day, when your career is over with and you're in a situation where...kind of like my brother, Roger, where he gave his heart and soul to this and you walk away from it, you made money, but you're not the person you were when you came into this sport. And once it's over with, the fans are no longer screaming, the promoters are no longer knocking at your door, and honestly, you're opportunities in the sport dry up. The thing is this, like I said, you give your heart and soul to this game, and that's not to say that the fans are supposed to take care of you, but it's kind of like, you give so much, but when it's over with, the only people who are there with you is your family and loved ones. They are dealing with all of the illness, they dealing with all the heartache and depression and everything else that comes with it, and that's the sad part. You don't have a promoter call you and say, "Hey, how are you doing, champ?" Or come to your house just as a friend and shake your hand and ask about your family. It's business and you're just one of a billion that's going to walk through that door with the same intentions and the same ideas of being a world champion, and once it's over with, that's when you gotta prepare. You gotta prepare for when that last bell tolls. What happens? Now you're not going to walk out your door and everybody is yelling. That's not going to happen; that's over with. And when it is over and you get all of these health ailments, the only people dealing with that is your family. So, you know, let fans be passionate, they are supposed to be, let them be critical, but don't let them decide the fight you need to fight. Your family is left dealing with that same person that made millions scream, made millions of dollars for a promoter, but now they are a shell of themselves.

PC: You and I spoke for years prior to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight ever becoming a reality and at one point, it felt like an election. People felt like if you sided with Floyd or even just thought Floyd would win, then you had to dislike Pacquiao; if you sided with Pacquiao or thought he would win, then you had to dislike Floyd. Tensions were high, emotions were high, and the fans voiced their opinions either way. As good as it was for the sport, it created a lot of divisiveness and you were right in the middle of it. I never felt like you disliked Manny Pacquiao, but you obviously were on your nephews side. When the fight finally happened, were you glad it was over?

JM: One thing is this, that is never going to happen again in boxing. Never again will there be one night where $400 million dollars is made between two fighters. But the one thing is this, everything that happened, happened the way it was supposed to. If that fight would have happened 5 years ago, Floyd and Manny would have probably made $50 million dollars a piece. Now, when you look back on it, it took 5 or 6 years for the fight to actually happen and it got to the point where it was, like you said, very ugly on both sides. Like you said, you were forced to choose one way or the other. But at the end of the day, I never had no dislike for Pacquiao. Of course I can't like him when he's fighting my nephew. If you're fighting anybody in my family, damn right I'm against you. You're fighting my nephew. I'm not going to have a "may the best man win" mentality. The other part of the build up was Floyd is the bad guy, Pacquiao is the good guy. He's holier than thou. So of course he played that role. Now that's the one part that I won't necessarily say angered me, but that was the part that I was glad that people took notice that this guy was a hypocrite. All of this talk about God, yet he's out there cheating on his wife, he's out there drinking and doing all of this stuff. I happened to know the girl that he was cheating on his wife with. I'm fortunate enough to be in the know and I know a lot of stuff that goes on. I have so many different resources and stuff just comes to me. And it comes to me a lot of times before it even hits the news and that was one of the things.

And here it is, you're playing holier than thou talking like Robert Guerrero on some "God chose him to beat Floyd" stuff like Floyd's the devil. Motherfucker, we are all God's children and obviously you must've got the wrong memo because you're not better than Floyd no matter what. You can go to church and bring a preacher, you can do all of that bullshit you did, it don't mean nothing; you got your ass whooped. Then the same thing with Pacquiao, "After this fight is over, I'll take Floyd to church with me." Okay, once you got your ass whooped, not once, not once, did he even mention God. So did you get mad that God let you down? Did you feel betrayed? It was nothing like he thought it was going to be. So now, it's like, why don't Floyd take you to a damn strip club (laughing). People have that bad image on Floyd. Floyd is always the first person to give thanks to God. He's the bad guy because he wants to be the bad guy. That's by design. Because if he wasn't the bad guy, there is no way in the history of boxing this guy would have made $800 million dollars in the ring and that's with no endorsements. The thing is this, people were willing to spend their money to see him get beat, and some of them paid for every single fight because they couldn't miss it when he finally lost. At the end of the day, they all had egg on their fucking face because he walked away undefeated, never took a loss, and all of that hating you did and all of that money you spent went into his pocket. Thank you! Thank you for hating me (laughing)!



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