Floyd Mayweather Jr may have retired undefeated but his father Floyd Sr felt there should have been a blemish on that record.
Mayweather hung up his gloves in 2017 having gone 50-0 in his career, becoming a five-weight world champion and earning victories against the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya along the way.
It was that fight with De La Hoya that Floyd Sr believes his son should have lost, as he revealed during the post-fight summary after the bout whilst part of the HBO broadcast.
“I’m just gonna be honest with you, man. If you want to call fights by scoring, points system, who’s throwing more punches, you had to give it to Oscar. If you’re just going on a guy hitting a guy with single shots, you have to give it to my son.
“My son had good defence, he caught a lot of punches with his shoulder and his arm, but it’s still about a guy throwing punches. If he touches you, he’s scoring … I thought the fight was a close fight, it’s just where the point system goes. If you look at the point system, who’s touching who the most … You’re gonna have to give it to Oscar if you’re going by point system.”
Floyd Sr had worked with De La Hoya between 2001 and 2006, but issues over money meant the pair didn’t work together for the bout with Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather Jr would end up picking up a split decision victory, the only time in his career where a judge scored a bout against him.
