EEC - January 23, 2007

More on the whole Mayweather-De La Hoya training situation and what the recently victorious Valuev may be up to next…

News, Notes, and Rumors:

- Freddie Roach has come up as a strong possibility to be De La Hoya’s trainer for his fight against Mayweather Jr.

We all know that Mayweather Sr. wants $2 Million in order to train Oscar to defeat his son and De La Hoya’s camp isn’t prepared to give him anything close to that. Apparently De La Hoya offered Mayweather Sr. $500,000 to train him and another $500,000 if they won last year but Mayweather Sr. rejected the offer.

Roach has informed The Boston Herald that he has been approached by De La Hoya to train him for this fight. He didn’t sound very confident that he would be training him however…

“Oscar did approach me about training him for the Mayweather fight,” Roach said. “But then he’s spoken to me about training him for his last three fights before that, too, and nothing ever came of it.”

Roach then went on to blast Mayweather Sr. for his recent behavior:

“Exactly who did he ever train?” Roach asked. “Oscar was already a finished product when Floyd got him, and the whole time Floyd Jr. was developing as a boxer, his uncle Roger (Mayweather) trained him because Floyd was in jail.”

- Mikkel Kessler’s WBC and WBA Super Middleweight title defenses against Librado Andrade on March 24th may actually have to be rescheduled in the coming weeks. Denmark, where the fight is supposed to be held, plays Spain in a soccer game that same night on live TV. Officials are speculating that because of this the bout may be pushed back…

- It is almost certain that WBA Heavyweight Champion Nikolai Valuev will have to make his mandatory defense against Ruslan Chagaev in his next fight.

Some Good Reads:

FOX Sports: Hatton, Castillo revive 140, Hatton figures to have a tougher time in next Vegas visit
The Sweet Science: Very Superstitious…..

Posted by John Chandler on Jan 23, 2007 at 10:00 AM
Features • Early Eight Count • Trainers • Floyd Mayweather Sr • Freddie Roach • Roger Mayweather • Heavyweight • Welterweight • Floyd Mayweather Jr • Jose Luis Castillo • Librado Andrade • Mikkel Kessler • Nikolai Valuev • Oscar De La Hoya • Ricky Hatton • Ruslan Chagaev

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