Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (Photo : Twitter)

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has retired from boxing, but he has not retired from taking shots verbally.



This time, he's called out Coach Freddie Roach, severely criticizing how he handled his ward Miguel Cotto. He talked to Ben Thompson of Fight Hype (h/t Keith Idec of Boxing Scene).




"If your coach knows you're losing in the fourth round, if that was the case, that's when a trainer needs to step up and say, 'You know what? Pick up the f-----g pace," Mayweather said. "You losing.' Or, 'F--k it! Go out like a soldier! Go for the knockout.' If you get caught, that's part of the game. But s--t, the name of the game is kill or be killed. You gotta sacrifice something to get something."



He also questioned Roach's reputation as a "legendary trainer" because he thought "Cotto was fighting the same way before he got with Freddie Roach." The same applied to Pacquiao. "Both guys were already world champions before they got to Freddie Roach."



He adds: "But when Pacquiao lost to Marquez and he lost to me, they still keep talking about how legendary the coach is. When are y'all going to get on the coach's ass and say, 'You know what? This coach done a f----d up job.'"



Money May clarifies that he does not have a personal grudge against Roach, just that he's not a "legendary trainer" as he is touted to be.



Bleacher Report contends that even the stats point to an improvement with Cotto's performance when he went under Roach's wing. In a tweet from ESPN Stats and Info:



"Miguel Cotto has landed 49% of punches in his last 3 fights under trainer Freddie Roach (25% in 2 prior fights without Roach)."



Roach continues to be credited by most boxing observers for reviving Cotto's career despite the loss. This is just another chapter in the continued feud between Roach and the Mayweathers.

