The elder Mayweather has been a fixture at his son's corner ever since the two mended fences a couple of years ago, and has been the champion's chief trainer while Roger Mayweather – the unbeaten boxer's uncle and trainer – dealt with health issues.
Roach and Mayweather Sr. have exchanged insults over the years and the two are expected to escalate their word war as their fighters are set to finally face off after half a decade of on-and-off negotiations.
On the Jim Rome Show, Roach got the ball rolling again, saying he is more impressed with Roger Mayweather as a trainer.
"The dad gets so nervous in between rounds. He has trouble getting the words out," Roach said, as quoted by Boxing Scene. "He kinds of stutters halfway through it, and he doesn't really get the information across to the fighter."
"I mean, I'm really happy he's in the corner because the kid's going to be fighting by himself," he added.
Roach fully expects Mayweather Sr. to succumb to the pressure of the mega-fight, leaving his son to fend for himself – something the boxing champ has done all his life.
"He grew up in the gym," said Roach of Mayweather. "I've known him since he was five years old. He was a good fighter at five."
"But the thing is, he's always taught himself, and he's never really been taught the correct way to do things, and I don't think his father can deliver that," he added.
Mayweather Sr., for his part, has recently said that Roach "doesn't know what the hell he's talking about."
"Freddie Roach was talking about my son, talking about Roger getting in the corner. Hey, he don't want the master in the corner. That's what it is," he said.
"He don't want the master in the corner because you know what the master's gonna do? The master's gonna tell him to do some things that he ain't never seen before."
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
