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Boxerboy · 03-21-2008, 10:32 AM

As reported earlier by BoxingScene's David Greisman, Floyd Mayweather Jr., during a live conference call to promote his WrestleMania appearance, threatened to fire his uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather, if his uncle continued to train Steve Forbes for his May 3 bout with Oscar De La Hoya.

"Lately, I've been upset with my uncle, Roger Mayweather," Mayweather said. "My uncle Roger has been training Steve Forbes and if Steve Forbes beats Oscar, it's taking money out of my pocket. [If he continues], I'll have to move on and get another trainer."

If Roger helped Forbes pull off the upset, it would cripple a potential De Le Hoya-Mayweather rematch in September. Even the slightest possibility of Floyd losing out on a $20 million dollar payday was enough for him to force his uncle in a tough spot.

According to a recent report by Dan Rafael, Roger told Forbes that he would talk things out with Floyd, and then meet him at the gym. Roger had his talk and then stood Forbes up. Once Roger no-showed, Forbes knew right away that a new trainer was needed. He fired Roger and hired the third Mayweather brother, Jeff.

Jeff is the trainer of former heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov.

Forbes told Rafael that after Roger no-showed for their training session on Thursday, he tried to reach him by phone without success. He's not mad at Roger, but he is disappointed.

"It's more [of a problem] with Floyd because he is Roger's boss," Forbes said. "He pays him a nice salary. I just wish Roger would have called me or come by the gym instead of just not showing up. But I'm not upset with Roger. If I had been a pro only two or three years, maybe this would bother me. But I've been a pro for 12 years. This is just another little story to my story. It doesn't affect me one bit, but it's just bizarre."

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Boxerboy Professional Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 294 Points: 7,718 Bank: 13,483 Total Points: 21,201 Donate	Roger Chooses Floyd Jr, Forbes Hires Jeff As reported earlier by BoxingScene's David Greisman, Floyd Mayweather Jr., during a live conference call to promote his WrestleMania appearance, threatened to fire his uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather, if his uncle continued to train Steve Forbes for his May 3 bout with Oscar De La Hoya. "Lately, I've been upset with my uncle, Roger Mayweather," Mayweather said. "My uncle Roger has been training Steve Forbes and if Steve Forbes beats Oscar, it's taking money out of my pocket. [If he continues], I'll have to move on and get another trainer." If Roger helped Forbes pull off the upset, it would cripple a potential De Le Hoya-Mayweather rematch in September. Even the slightest possibility of Floyd losing out on a $20 million dollar payday was enough for him to force his uncle in a tough spot. According to a recent report by Dan Rafael, Roger told Forbes that he would talk things out with Floyd, and then meet him at the gym. Roger had his talk and then stood Forbes up. Once Roger no-showed, Forbes knew right away that a new trainer was needed. He fired Roger and hired the third Mayweather brother, Jeff. Jeff is the trainer of former heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov. Forbes told Rafael that after Roger no-showed for their training session on Thursday, he tried to reach him by phone without success. He's not mad at Roger, but he is disappointed. "It's more [of a problem] with Floyd because he is Roger's boss," Forbes said. "He pays him a nice salary. I just wish Roger would have called me or come by the gym instead of just not showing up. But I'm not upset with Roger. If I had been a pro only two or three years, maybe this would bother me. But I've been a pro for 12 years. This is just another little story to my story. It doesn't affect me one bit, but it's just bizarre."