{"id":410054,"date":"2026-02-05T22:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/410054\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:25:06","slug":"roger-mayweather-admitted-that-one-boxing-great-would-have-caused-floyd-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/410054\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Mayweather admitted that one boxing great would have caused Floyd problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former two-division world champion Roger Mayweather trained his nephew Floyd Mayweather for over a decade, but the \u2018Black Mamba\u2019 believed there was one fighter who could have threatened the unbeaten run of \u2018TBE\u2019.<\/p>\n

Roger Mayweather held the WBA super-featherweight crown in 1983 and claimed the WBC super-lightweight title four years later, but lost the belt after four successful defences.<\/p>\n

In both of the divisions in which he reigned, Mayweather was knocked out by supreme Mexican icon, Julia C\u00e9sar Chavez, first losing to \u2018El C\u00e9sar del Boxeo\u2019 by second-round stoppage at 130lbs<\/a>, before being halted in round 10 of their super-lightweight rematch in 1989.<\/p>\n

Previously speaking to Hustle Boss<\/a>, Roger Mayweather heaped praise onto the legendary three-weight conqueror, who holds the record for most successful world victories (31) and fights (37).<\/p>\n

\u201cCh\u00e1vez would give motherf***as problems today, just like he gave motherf***as like me problems. Remember, he fought the best in the world, period. I couldn\u2019t see nobody today that he wouldn\u2019t give a problem to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roger then went on to admit his belief that Ch\u00e1vez would have caused issues for his nephew, who hung up the gloves with a flawless 50-fight record back in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt don\u2019t matter if he fought my nephew [Floyd], that would be a tough fight too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez retired with a record of 107-6-2 back in 2005 and his son, Ch\u00e1vez Jr., has since gone on to become a world champion himself.<\/p>\n

As for Roger Mayweather, he sadly passed away at the age of 58 years old back in 2020<\/a>, leaving behind a legacy in both the ring and the corner that will never be forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former two-division world champion Roger Mayweather trained his nephew Floyd Mayweather for over a decade, but the \u2018Black…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-410054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}