"Sugar" Shane Mosley is going to beat Manny Pacquiao in May — at least that's what Roger Mayweather thinks.
The uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather Jr. told On The Ropes that he "truly believes" Mosley can beat Pacquiao on a level playing field. However, Roger Mayweather accused Pacquiao of only fighting boxers at "catch weights," giving the Filipino an unfair advantage.
"I truly believe Mosley would stop Pacquiao, but under the circumstances under what they're talking about, the fight is still going to be close," he told the show.
Unsurprisingly, Roger Mayweather was irked that Pacquiao is requiring Mosley to submit to a drug test — an issue that was the main snag in organizing a fight between the undefeated Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao.
"Well I hear what [Pacquiao's trainer] Freddie Roach said: 'Oh, Shane Mosley got to take the test. Shane Mosley got to take a drug test!' Pacquiao don’t even take an [expletive] test," Roger Mayweather said. "But he tells Shane Mosley has to take a test. Well what does Pacquiao have to take? They're both fighters, ain't they? Then they're both supposed to take the test. I see that's why him and my nephew never fought. Him and my nephew never fought because of one thing."
Roger went on to say that Pacquiao never fought his nephew because Pacquiao "knew" he would lose.
"That's why the fight never happened, because of the fact [Pacquiao] didn't want to take a test," Roger Mayweather said. "That's it. He knows what he would have gotten. Pacquiao knows what he would have gotten. He knows, period, and it wouldn't be close."
