Is Bobby "The Brain" Heenan somehow involved in this?
Yesterday, Floyd Mayweather Sr, father of Floyd Jr. and former trainer of Oscar de la Hoya, had yet another tearful reunion with his son, immediately after which the two decided to work together for the big Floyd/ODLH rumble on May 5.
Daddy Floyd has played a big role in this drama from the start, and you get the feeling that he wouldn't have it any other way. Initially, ODLH said that his fighting Floyd Jr. was conditional on Floyd Sr. working his corner, something that daddy Floyd said he was unwilling to do. Then some hard words were exchanged between The Generations of Floyd, prompting Floyd Sr. to come out and say, sure, if my son is going to do me like that, I'll train another man to whup his ass. And the fight was on, with Daddy Floyd intimating that he was the only man in the world who actually knew how to beat his son, in that "I brought him in this world, I'll take him right out" kind of way.
Of course, Floyd Sr. wanted some serious bank to impart this secret knowledge to ODLH, two million dollars worth of bank, to which Oscar replied, "ninja please." He hired Freddie Roach about five seconds after that conversation. So much for his "I absolutely need Mayweather in my corner for this fight" bullshit. Suddenly, Big Daddy Floyd, the linchpin of the whole extravaganza, was out in the cold.
Which brings us to yesterday at a tour stop in Vegas, where the two Floyds evidently hugged it out - "Dad you crazy old crackhead, you're more evil than Idi Amin" "Thanks son, I was going to train that fake Mexican to knock your teeth out but he wouldn't pay me enough money so how about you give me some money" "Aw dad c'mere you big lug..."
In a final twist, at a post-reconciliation interview yesterday Mayweather Sr. described himself as a "former fighter and a poetry writer." I ask you people - who needs the WWE?
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In the WWE this would turn into an epic three-way match.
I'll do you one better. This very much like the Wrestlemania 2000 Main Event where Vince McMahon represented the Rock, Shane (his son) represented Big Show BUT THEN Stephanie (Vince's daughter) brought HHH to the mix not to be outdone by her mother, Linda McMahon, who unretired Mick Foley and added him to this explosive 4-way dance. Which leads me to ask: when is Mrs. Mayweather gonna announce she is representing De La Hoya come 5/5?
Floyd is gonna win this easily....
Well now that he's got Floyd The Brain Mayweather in his corner teaching him all of Oscar's secret moves, I'd say yeah, it's a lock.
And yes, I agree with Franchise - where the hell is Mrs. Mayweather in all of this? As U.M. has suggested, she needs to back Cotto and turn this into a three-way steel cage situation. Get Uncle Rog out of prison, get him in there too.
Floyd "The Brain" Mayweather, Sr.? You mean Floyd "The Cryptkeeper" Mayweather Sr. I know that HBO modeled their host of Tales From The Crypt after "the former fighter and poetry writer."
Floyd Fairweather Sr. will superkick Jr. before the 1st round and reveal a DLH shirt under his Jr. shirt.
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