His first tweet read, “Manny Pacquiao I’m calling you out let’s fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see.” Then he followed that up by saying “My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk.” Of course with the way negotiations have gone in the past, this could just be another case of Mayweather blowing smoke or trying to make Pacquiao look like the bad guy. Or maybe Mayweather needs money with his impending jail sentence on the horizon. No matter what the motivation is this time, if it leads to the fight of the year, it’s irrelevant. Pacquiao says he wants Mayweather. Mayweather says he wants Pacquiao. Fight fans continue to wait.

Freddie Roach joined 790 the Zone in Atlanta with Mayhem in the AM to talk about whether or not a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao will actually happen, if Pacquiao’s promoter is currently negotiating a deal to fight Mayweather, how things could change based on Mayweather’s jail sentence, whether or not he thought Pacquiao was distracted in his last fight, and why he thinks Mayweather is calling Pacquiao out.

Whether or not a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao will actually happen:

“It would be nice. The thing is we’ve been calling this guy out for two years now and all of the sudden something changed and they want to go on that date now. He thinks he’s gonna call all the shots now. In the Philippines right now negotiating with Manny and trying to work that out.”

If they are negotiating a fight against Mayweather:

“Yes. (Host: On May 5^th of this year?) They’re talking about May or June. There’s two dates out there right now but which one I’m not sure. Again Bob (Arum) is in the Philippines and they’re talking.”

How Mayweather’s jail sentence affects a possible fight against Pacquiao:

“When he gets his jail sentence we’re looking in a different direction again because we’re not gonna sit around and wait for him so we did make some obligations with some people. They are negotiating those deals out now and hopefully this thing happens.”

Whether or not he thought Pacquiao was distracted in his last fight:

“His mind just wasn’t there. I know that’s why I want a big fight with Mayweather, something he can get up for. I don’t think we’ll have any problem with that fight if it does happen.”

If he thinks Mayweather really wants the fight against Pacquiao

“No, I think he needs money. (Host: As long is the fight happens I don’t think people will care.) I agree. Everywhere I go in the world people say make that fight happen. We’re doing the best we can to make it happen and boxing needs a fight like that right now.”

Where the fight could take place:

“Well the thing is someone in Dubai made an offer for 100 million apiece. (Host: Someone made an offer for 100 million apiece?) Yup. (Host: How does it not happen in Dubai then?) Because Mayweather says he wants to fight in Vegas. He will go where the money is. I think Dallas is maybe a good site also because we will sell that place out no problem. It is the fight of the year. You go where the dollars make the most sense of course.”

Listen to Freddie Roach on 790 the Zone in Atlanta here

Among them, Tyson says that he would pick Floyd Mayweather if a fight with Manny Pacquiao would ever finally happen. But he only finally makes a pick when he convinces the host to give him a pretend $500,000 to bet on it and says his thinking would be more rational if and when the fight got closer. Yeah, that’d be the day.

Mike Tyson joined ESPN Las Vegas with The Gridlock to discuss what he’s been up to, his singing, his new fanbase, Michael Buffer being elected to the Hall of Fame, a potential Pacquiao-Mayweather fight and the passing of Joe Frazier.

What have you been up to?:

“I’ve been traveling. I’ve been getting paid to sing songs.”

More on his singing, after they play a clip of him singing Girl From Ipanema:

“Teddy Pendergrass has been singing for 20 years and he did all-women concerts. He’s been doing it for 20 years, I did it for three songs and I got an all-woman concert. I’m Teddy Pendergrass reincarnated.”

Who is your favorite artist?:

“Whitney Houston.  She’s a good singer.”

How many new fans do you think you have just based on your singing and The Hangover and things like that?:

“Hey, listen, this new Mike Tyson guy, I don’t know him that well, but he’s got a whole big fanbase of new people, people that never even saw him participate in any kind of fisticuffs and stuff. That’s what takes him to a whole different variation, as far as a fanbase and Twitter. It’s just totally different. I could just never dream of being able to talk to a billion people at one instant of a second.”

On what his new fanbase is like:

“Before, my crowd was like the late-night stoners from Las Vegas. Now it’s a whole different clientele.”

Michael Buffer has been elected to the Hall of Fame. What are your feelings on that?:

“Hey, listen, there’s a bunch of guys that are in the Hall … that from the beginning of fighting, in the 20s and 1910, all these guys, these guys are in the Hall of Fame, too. If these guys never went to the Hall of Fame, then Michael Buffer shouldn’t. But these guys are in the Hall of Fame and his voice is more sensational. We had never heard that voice before. These are guys are people that we just heard because they were in the ring. … He entertained us. … He’s a part of the two men in the ring. The referee should be in there, the announcer should be in there.”

If Pacquiao-Mayweather ever happens, who would win?:

“Well, you have to look at the situation like this: Manny’s getting a lot of slack because of Marquez, mostly in the Latino and African-American community. He’s getting a lot of slack because everybody believes that he lost that fight. They really thought that Marquez won. Marquez is on a big high right now. … It’s very close. I’m the kind of guy, I can go with my heart, but I like to bet concerning the odds of the fight.”

OK, let’s say it’s a pick’em and I gave you $100,000:

“Put some more money on it.” OK, $250,000: “A little bit more.” OK, $500,000: “I’ll go with Mayweather at 500. If Mayweather’s the underdog, I’m going with him. … Closer to a fight, I’d get more rational, realistic.”

On the passing of Smokin’ Joe Frazier:

“One of the first all-time really greats, even since the beginning of boxing, that we could actually visualize and watch these guys and make sense out of what they’re doing.”

Listen to Mike Tyson on ESPN Radio Las Vegas here

However, this might’ve been the best thing for the sport of boxing and it might finally lead to the dream matchup that everyone has been hoping for. If fear played any part in Floyd Mayweather Jr’s hesitancy with this fight that might be all but gone now. Mayweather, like the rest of the boxing community watched the fight. He saw a beatable opponent, he saw an opponent that struggles with counter-punchers, the forte of Money, and he saw a fighter who has been labeled by some as the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet show vulnerability.

Freddie Roach joined 590 The Fan in Toronto with Bob McCown and Stephen Brunt to talk about whether or not it is possible that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum does not want a fight between Pacman and Money, if he felt Pacquiao won the fight against Marquez, whether or not he would take a fourth fight against Marquez, if he thinks the Mayweather fight, if it ever happens, would be Pacquiao’s last, and how tough of a matchup Mayweather would be.

If it is possible that Bob Arum does not want to make the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight happen:

“Possibly yeah. The thing is everywhere I travel in the world everyone tells me to make that fight happen and so forth. I talked to Manny’s advisors last week and they told me they are negotiating so it’s definitely a possibility and I hope that fight happens.”

Whether or not he thinks Pacquiao won the fight against Marquez:

“I thought he won by a little bit but the thing is before the decision was announced I didn’t know which way it was gonna go though because it was a close fight. It coulda went either way, and if it went the other way I couldn’t complain that’s for sure. After watching the fight on TV I did have Manny winning by a little bit. First time in ten years Manny had a bad night and just came at the wrong time. It may be good because maybe Mayweather is licking his chops at this point.”

Whether or not he would accept a fourth fight against Marquez:

“If that makes the most sense then yeah but Mayweather is the fight I want. I think he is the biggest challenge out there and I like challenges. I think that’s the defining fight of Manny’s career.”

If he thinks Pacquiao’s last fight will be against Mayweather:

“I don’t think so. The thing is if Pacquiao does lose that fight – well win or lose I think he will retire. I think that’s gonna be his last fight. He’s really into politics and so forth and politics is going to take him away from boxing that’s for sure. Politics is something he wants to be good at. It’s not like the singing or dancing and acting, that’s more for fun. This is serious business and something he wants to be good at. It’s gonna take 100 percent of his time to be good at that. I feel if we do fight Mayweather, win or lose I think it will be his last fight.”

How tough he thinks the Mayweather fight would be if it happens:

“Very difficult fight. He is a good counter-puncher and his style does give us trouble. He does have some Marquez similarities but he’s actually a lot faster than Marquez so he does pose a bigger problem. Manny, in his last fight, he kinda fell back into the realm when he fought this guy the first two times. He didn’t use the improvements he’s been working on to beat these bigger and better guys. He kinda went right back to what he did in the first two fights. That wasn’t enough and that wasn’t really effective. I think Mayweather will bring out the best in Manny. It’s gonna have to because if not we’re not gonna be there in the end.”

Listen to Freddie Roach on The Fan 590 in Toronto here

Bob Arum joined WQAM in Miami with Sid Rosenberg to talk about whether or not he believes what Mayweather said about fighting Pacquiao, if he thinks Mayweather is obsessed with this Manny Pacquiao fight, on the idea that many people feel like Mayweather will be able to beat Pacquiao, and if he thinks the random blood testing is something holding up this fight from happening.

Whether or not he believes what Mayweather said about fighting Pacquiao:

“No. It’s like a big joke. I mean obviously you see what’s happening. I would’ve taken it seriously if he had made a statement on November 14^th but right now what he’s doing is he is a little jealous about the attention Manny is getting so he’s hogging a little bit of the limelight. It’s not a serious kind of thing. You don’t start a negotiation saying I’m gonna fight on May 5^th and it’s gonna be at the MGM Grand. What kind of negotiation is that? What happens if Jerry Jones wants to put up 30 million dollars or something? What do you mean you’re holding a date at the MGM? What does that mean?”

If he thinks Mayweather is obsessed with the Pacquiao fight:

“Yeah he’s obsessed because he’s afraid to fight Manny. The truth is that it’s no longer a competitive fight. It once was but it isn’t anymore. Manny can out-speed him and Manny’s second hand, the right hand, is gonna knock Mayweather out. Truth is Marquez is a more difficult fight for him because Marquez’s style, counter-punching style can give Manny some trouble. I think Manny wins the fight but it can give him trouble.”

I haven’t talked to many people that think Pacquiao can beat Mayweather:

“What? You’re speaking to the wrong people because the people I’ve been speaking to overwhelmingly figure that Pacquiao beats Mayweather. It’s not even a tough fight. It really isn’t a tough fight. Mayweather has nothing to hurt him with, Mayweather doesn’t throw anywhere near the punches. Manny will not only win the fight over Mayweather, Manny will knock him out.”

If the Olympic style blood testing is still preventing a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather from happening:

“No because we’ve been saying for the last year we will take the Olympic style testing, random blood and urine test period. We’ve agreed for the last year. How many times am I supposed to say it? It hasn’t been an issue in a year.”

Listen to Bob Arum on WQAM in Miami with Sid Rosenberg

Marquez might be in the twilight of his career, and while the stiffest competition for Pacquiao remains Floyd Mayweather Jr. there is a lot of bad blood between Pacman and Marquez and the two fighters will finally be able to settle the score on November 12^th in Las Vegas.

Freddie Roach joined 790 The Zone in Atlanta with 2 Live Stews to talk about the two previous fights between Marquez and Pacquiao, what he thinks about Marquez saying he was robbed in the first two fights, what he makes of Floyd Mayweather intimating that he would be willing to fight Pacquiao now, and whether or not Pacquiao is distracted by this news with Mayweather.

On the two previous fights between Marquez and Pacquiao:

“They had two really, really good fights, 24 rounds, and one point separates the two. But Manny has come a long way since they fought. He’s bigger and better fighter now and I don’t think Marquez is gonna last six rounds this time. He’s on a weight program, he has put on a lot of muscle, and I can’t wait for this fight to happen. It’s been a long time coming and I can’t wait to shut Nacho and him up and finally close the book on this one.”

What he thinks about Marquez saying he was robbed in the first two fights:

“The thing is Marquez fought two great fights that were good for boxing. Nobody got robbed, they were just very close fights. He did go to the Philippines wearing a t-shirt that said I got robbed by Manny Pacquiao twice, I beat Manny Pacquiao twice, and that was a slap in the face to Manny. Believe me payback is a bitch, Manny doesn’t like this guy, and this fight won’t last six rounds I’m telling you. Manny is so amped for this fight and this is the best training camp he has ever had. He just really wants this guy badly and I can’t wait to shut these guys up.”

On the idea that a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight could be getting closer:

“Floyd Mayweather sends Leonard Ellerbe his little puppet…He won’t even mention Manny’s name, he says the little guy. Is he talking about Larry Merchant? He’d probably knock him out too. The thing is…Floyd sign the contract, shut up, sign the contract, and let’s get it on.”

Whether or not the news about Mayweather is a distraction:

“Pacquiao doesn’t let anything distract him. In training camps and so forth he is 100 percent focused on Marquez right now, this news about Mayweather who cares? If he wants to fight, sign the contract then we will believe it.”

On his prediction for the fight:

“Manny really wants this fight and this fight won’t last six rounds. If Marquez comes to fight it won’t be a sleeper, he does have a lot of balls, and that’s gonna be his downfall in this one.”

Listen to Freddie Roach on 790 the Zone here

Mayweather defeated Ortiz by knocking him out coming out of a break in which Ortiz was docked a point for a headbutt. Boxing analyst Larry Merchant describes that knockout as a legal sucker punch, but he didn’t really go there right after the fight. In fact, he hadn’t really said anything damaging at all while interviewing Mayweather, but that didn’t stop the fighter from laying into Merchant and calling for him to be fired. Merchant then retorted that if he were 50 years younger, he’d have at least tried to kick Mayweather’s butt.

Larry Merchant joined ESPN Radio Los Angeles with Mason and Ireland to discuss the crazy interview that Mayweather gave after the fight, what he meant exactly when he referenced the ‘sucker punch’ that he felt Mayweather was guilty of administering to Ortiz, why he decided to lash out and say that if he were 50 years younger he’d at least try to kick Mayweather’s butt, who would win a fight between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, and if he’d change anything about how he conducted the post-fight interview in retrospect.

Why do you think that Mayweather went nuts on you in that interview?:

“Let me ask you something, did you hear anything untoward or anything unfair? … I think to speculate that I’m in the long line of media people that he feels have not given him as much credit as he gives himself. And, in this instance, he fought an outstanding fight up until that crisis moment and the fans saw what they saw. They saw a sucker punch ending a fight. Now, was Mayweather within his rights to throw it? Absolutely. Should he have? In my opinion, no. This was a legal blow but it’s not the way great champions do it. And, the kid, Ortiz, has blame on him as well. But now I’m interviewing Mayweather and he’s absorbing from the boos in the crowd, which are getting more explosive, more inflammatory, and he understands he’s not going to get all the credit he deserves again. And that’s what set him off.”

Explain what you mean by sucker punch in this instance:

“A sucker punch is a guy’s got his hands down, he’s looking away, he’s not ready to start a fight — and this could happen in or out of the ring, by the way — and somebody just walks up and hits a punch. In this instance, they had met mid-ring after a point was deducted from Ortiz for a head collision, and properly so, and Ortiz was almost overly apologetic and coming forward and because he was embarrassed. Then the referee stepped in and should have sent them to their corners while he was trying to restore order and get the timekeeper to go again. Suddenly he turned around and said, ‘Time in,’ and Ortiz was looking away and Mayweather clocked him.”

Was Mayweather within the rules?:

“Yes. It was absolutely a legal sucker punch.”

When you said you wished you were 50 years younger, was that just something you said or had your blood boiled over to a point that you wanted to fight him?:

“It was spontaneous combustion. I have no idea where it came from, but you’re getting personally insulted as well as professionally insulted. I was just trying my best to ask the questions that everybody wanted answered and suddenly he assaults me that way and I just went off and was amazed by myself afterwards. But I did say afterwards that I don’t think I would’ve kicked his butt 50 years ago, but I sure would have tried.”

If Mayweather and Pacquiao fought in three months, who would win?:

“Well, Pacquiao has a fight in two months.” Well, ignore that: “I think Mayweather would be the favorite because he’s a wizard of defense and a defensive wizard is hard to beat because he’s taking fewer risks and leaves fewer openings for opponents to fill. But there’s an old saying in baseball that good pitching beats good hitting and vice versa, so if anyone has the vice versa in them, it’s Pacquiao.”

If you could go back to before that interview, would you have done anything differently?:

“I’m not second-guessing myself. I don’t think that what I did was a sucker punch, put it that way. It was a counter punch.”

Listen to Larry Merchant on ESPN LA here (Interview begins at 22:35)

Freddie Roach joined WQAM in Miami with the Michael Irvin Show to talk about how tough it is to get a fighter ready to fight in Las Vegas with all the distractions, how dangerous Shane Mosley can be, what it means to him to win the Trainer of the Year award for third straight year, and whether or not he thinks Manny Pacquiao will knock out Shane Mosley.

How tough it is to get a fighter ready to fight in Las Vegas:

“Vegas is a tough place but you have to be very disciplined and most fighters are disciplined about that. They’re athletes and they’re here for a reason of course. Pacquiao, he knows what his limits are and if I can stop him from band practice I’d be a little more happy. He booked a concert after the fight and he has eight songs to sing so he’s working on that after training. One thing about that it takes his mind away from the fight, it relaxes him, he’s very, very calm when he does that, and it’s his outlet.”

How dangerous Shane Mosley can be:

“He can be very dangerous. He has one punch knockout power in both hands. He’s very strong puncher, I’ve seen it in the past. I’ve seen him knockout guys. If you walk into the fire without any thought, he’s a great counterpuncher, and that’s something that we have to be really, really careful with is how we need attack him. It’s in Manny’s nature to attack. Shane loves guys that attack him so we came up with a game plan to attack him from an angle moreso where we’re using the faints and getting on the angle and attacking him from the angle. Once you obtain that angle you’ve got him turning into your punches. I think it’s a good game plan for us and we’ll see if it works.”

How much it means to him to win Trainer of the Year:

“I wanna keep winning them because it’s named after my trainer Eddie Futch who taught me the game. The only thing this year is I’m going to miss Manny. Manny’s not with me. They gave fighter of the year to Martinez, but he’s got a big fight coming up and has other things on his mind right now.”

Whether or not it can be a bad thing that Manny Pacquiao doesn’t have fear when he fights:

“Fear can be used as a positive of course, but one thing about Manny Pacquiao, his work ethic that’s what does it for me. When I say he’s going to be the first person to knock out Shane Mosley, I don’t mean anything bad about Shane. Shane is my friend and I’ve known him for a long time. I’m not being cocky, I’m not talking badly about him, I just have confidence in my fighter Manny Pacquiao because of his work ethic. He trains harder now than the first day when he came into my gym. He just has more on his shoulders now. If he lost a fight he feels like he would be letting too many people down and he just doesn’t want to do that. He just works and works and works. The fight is coming up really close now and he wants to go to the gym and do mitts with me and I say you know Manny the fight is getting closer why don’t you save it until Saturday. We’ll just go light and I say you don’t know what light is.”

Whether or not he thinks Pacquiao will knock out Shane Mosley:

“The thing is I think that’s the icing on the cake. I know Shane is a really tough guy, he’s got a great chin, but I think our pace is going to be too much for him. I don’t think he can handle the pace and I think we will take his legs away from him with body shots. I do think Manny will stop him in the late rounds. I have so much confidence in Manny Pacquiao I can say that I truly don’t think this fight will go the distance.”

Listen to Freddie Roach on WQAM in Miami here

Shane Mosley joined WFAN in New York with Boomer and Carton to talk about when he plans on leaving the fight game, what one fight he would like to be able to do over throughout his career, and what he predicts for his fight against Manny Pacquiao.

When he thinks he will walk away from the fight game:

“I will walk away after four or five more fights. There’s a couple more fights. I do the rematch with Manny, get the rematch with Floyd (Mayweather) (Host: Will he fight again?) I think so. I have (Miguel) Cotto and if (Antonio) Margarito wants to do an extra one. So I’m reserving fights for a couple of people then I’m getting out.”

On what fight he would like to have back throughout his career:

“The first time that I lost when I fought Vernon Forrest. I was just like how did I lose the fight like that. (Host: You were 38-0 going into that fight right?) Yeah 38-0 and that was the first time I had my first loss so I couldn’t believe it. Being on the ground and fighting that way was unbelievable.”

On the notoriety that he is getting with the show leading up to his fight with Pacquiao:

“That’s a great idea that Bob Arum came up with. Being on regular TV I think it’s 114 million viewers that are viewing this.”

What he predicts with his fight against Pacquiao:

“I predict an exciting and great fight. I think Pacquiao’s style is suitable for me because he’s not going to be running around and trying to outbox me. He’s going to try and knock me out and I love those kinds of fights where I can get a chance to use my own punching power on a guy. I love to pound away and he’s the same type of fighter so it’s going to be exciting.”

Listen to Shane Mosley on WFAN in New York here

Freddie Roach joined ESPN Radio in LA with Andrew Siciliano and Mychal Thompson to talk about the upcoming fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito, how good his training camp was, what problems Margarito presents to Pacquiao, whether or not he is concerned with Margarito when he gets wrapped, and if he expects the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight to happen.

On having a bad training camp:

“We had maybe our worst training camp ever. We’ve never had a bad one and comparative-wise it’s probably better than most people’s training camps. Manny missed one day because the President wanted to meet him and I was little pissed off about that. I told the President he can see him on his own time, not mine. We’re back on track. As soon as we got to LA, the focus was 100 percent better. We went 15 rounds yesterday with no rest period. He knows what he has to do and he assured me that I will not disappoint you. He’s on fire right now. I slept great last night because he really got his focus, there’s no politics here in America for him, and no problems at all.”

On whether or not Manny Pacquiao has lost a step:

“Not yet and I’m amazed by that. Going for his eighth world title and all these different weight classes I thought his speed may be affected by his growth also. He has power at this weight and his speed is as great as always.”

On the size of Margarito and whether or not that will be a problem:

“The reach advantage is easy to take away. It’s all about the distance and we’ve got the distance and timing of our shots down. The thing is speed is going to win this fight. Manny is going to hit him four or five punch combination and get out. Margarito is going to be swinging wide. You can beat him down the middle all night long. He’s wide with all his punches. He can’t throw a straight punch if he had to. His footwork is terrible and we will take advantage of that. I’ve studied him quite a bit. He’s a tough guy. He’s got a good chin and that’s his best asset. Overall his boxing skills, he can’t hang with my guy.”

On whether or not he will monitor Margarito when he gets wrapped:

“I’ll be right on top of it. I don’t trust anyone in this sport. They’ll be no mistakes. I will be in the dressing room the whole time he’s wrapping his hands and that won’t be a problem.”

Whether or not the Mayweather fight will happen:

“I hope so because that is the biggest challenge in the world for us. Mayweather, he’s a little crazy and all that, but he can fight. He’s a good boxer and I just hope that fight happens because that’s the only challenge out there. I feel if he doesn’t come to the table that we might have no options and Manny might just go to Politics and get out of boxing because Maywehather won’t fight him. He’s the only real challenge out there that I can see at this point. I hope that fight happens as bad as you do. A lot of people want to see us kick his ass too and we will do that.”

Listen to Freddie Roach on ESPN Radio in LA here (Audio begins 20:25 into the podcast)

Right now Floyd Mayweather is undefeated and many have considered him the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport. Pacquiao on the other hand has gotten past every fighter that has stood in his way with relative ease recently and there are some people out there that consider Pacman the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport. The only way to answer the burning question is to have the two fight each other. As a boxing fan, I want to see the best fights that the sport can offer. Pacquiao vs Mayweather would be just that.

However, here we are two years later and after a number of negotiations, this fight still hasn’t been finalized. Mayweather blames Pacquaio and Pacquaio blames Mayweather. However, when it comes to Money, he has been known to duck opponents in the past to keep his perfect record intact. It seems like that is what he is doing here as well. When it comes to Floyd Mayweather Jr, everything is calculated, everything is planned, and there’s no reason to think this strategy isn’t planned as well.

Oscar De Lay Hoya joined WQAM in Miami withrec Big O to talk about Floyd Mayweather Jr’s recent video comments about Manny Pacquaio, whether or not he thinks Mayweather may be ducking this fight, and whether or not it’s reasons like this that boxing has been surpassed by MMA to a lot of people.

On Mayweather’s comments about Pacquaio

“Obviously there is no room for any type of language of that sort. It’s uncalled for and it should never happen coming from anybody’s mouth. That’s the bottom line. I’ve known Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a long time and yes he is a very colorful guy and I think sometimes he can be  a bit naïve and not the smartest guy on the block, but I truly feel he doesn’t have a racist bone in his body. I truly feel that yeah, he’s a fighter that likes playing games and likes playing those mind games but when you even mention those types of words to another race or another culture, its uncalled for and it shouldn’t be happening. Maybe he did cross the line a little bit.”

On the idea that Floyd Mayweather is ducking Manny Pacquiao:

“The conclusion that I’ve come to is that Mayweather, believe it or not can be smart when it comes to playing with your head, playing with your mind, and playing those mind games. They say you beat the fighter before you step in the ring. Mayweather did fight (Shane) Mosley and beat him with ease what was it two months ago and claims he’s on vacation, but one thing I ask myself is you have these precious years of your career where you’re at in your career and you’re at your peak, you should take advantage of them. Fight everybody. Fight whoever you have to fight. Like you mentioned, Sugar Ray fought everybody. I fought everybody. That’s what it’s all about. We’re fighters. That’s one thing I pride myself in the most is I never ducked anybody and I was willing to fight anybody. I was willing to step up against Ike Quartey who nobody knew, who was from Africa, had bricks in his hands, and was an undefeated young fighter. Those are fights that people love and this is going to be no exception. When Pacquaio and Mayweather fight each other it’s the type of fight that makes the sport and we have to figure out a way to make this fight sooner than later.”

Listen to Oscar De La Hoya on WQAM in Miami here