Mayweather Sr. to open his own gym in Las Vegas

By Boxing News - 09/06/2011 - Comments

Image: Mayweather Sr. to open his own gym in Las VegasBy Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Sr. reportedly is in the planning stages for opening up his own gym in Las Vegas, Nevada. This has nothing to do with Mayweather Sr. being kicked out of his son’s gym Floyd Mayweather Jr. on the Mayweather-Ortiz 24/7 episode 1. It more has to do with Mayweather Sr. wanting to have his own gym to train his fighters.

He previously trained his guys at Johnny Toccco’s Gmym, but Mayweather Sr. he wants to have his own place. This makes a lot of sense because he’s considered one of the best trainers in boxing, and if guys like Freddie Roach is successfully running his own gym in Los Angeles, California, then an amazing trainer like Mayweather Sr. really needs to have his own gym.

I see Mayweather Sr. as a much better trainer than Roach, who I see as more of a strategy guy than a good trainer. Mayweather Sr. trained his son Floyd Jr. during the formative period in his youth, and taught him pretty much everything he knows. If you look at Mayweather Jr. fight, that’s all Mayweather Sr’s teachings. Mayweather Sr. has trained a lot of good fighters such as Chad Dawson, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton to name just a few. He did more with Dawson than any other trainer has, and I think Dawson would be better off with Mayweather Sr. training him rather than Emanuel Steward. Mayweather Sr. also helped De La Hoya develop some defense late in his career. Mayweather Sr. recently made some valuable observations about Manny Pacquiao’s flawed technique, pointing out some badly needed changes in his game. It’s a wonder why Pacquiao’s trainer Roach has never made the changes that Mayweather Sr. was pointing out.



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