LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Sr. believes the fighter he once trained, Oscar De La Hoya, was a clear victim of steroid use when he lost a disputed rematch to Shane Mosley in 2003.
Because of that, Mayweather -- whose namesake son fights Mosley on Saturday -- said he remains uncertain whether the once-tainted fighter is clean, even today, despite the enhanced drug-testing measures placed in the Mayweather-Mosley contract.
"We're talking about Shane -- you can't trust nobody, man, who did that,” Mayweather Sr. said. “Even though my son's fighting him right now, believe me -- I've still got suspicions in my head, I'm going to be honest with you. And that is the truth. I've got suspicions in my head, right now."
Mosley admitted three years ago, in a leaked grand jury testimony, that he used performance-enhancing drugs provided by BALCO during the federal investigation into the California laboratory.
His use in 2003 covered the same period as his second win over De La Hoya, three years after the first win prompted De La Hoya to replace trainer Roberto Alcazar with Mayweather Sr.
Mosley’s trainer, Naazim Richardson, has criticized the Mayweather camp for harping on the past steroid issue.
“His trainer said 'Everybody's talking about that' -- yeah, we're talking about it, you used the (expletive),” Mayweather Sr. said. “You've got to talk about stuff like that, man. People are getting killed, brain damage. He's talking about 'Why you got to talk about stuff like that? Talk about the fight.' Man, we're talking about the underhanded (expletive) that you've been doing, that ain't no good. It's worthless and heartless and gutless, to the game.”
Mayweather Sr. first broached the issue of steroids in boxing in an interview with The Press last year, when he initially accused Manny Pacquiao of using steroids, a claim which blew up into an international sports controversy.
Pacquiao since has sued several members of the Mayweather camp for defamation, and negotiations for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight fell apart over the drug-testing issue.
Mayweather Sr. said Pacquiao “ain’t nothing but a little girl” for choosing to sue rather than submit to a set blood-testing schedule ending no later than 14 days before fighting Mayweather. Pacquiao refused to accept any such testing later than 24 days before the fight.
"The only thing I'm saying is what is your reason for not taking the test?” Mayweather Sr. said. “Floyd is willing to do everything there is to make the biggest fight in history come off, and you're going to tell me a blood test is going to cause this fight not to take place? Come on. The law should be looking into it, for real."
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