Floyd Snr blasts Graham

Mayweather: pillow talk

What can you learn from hitting a pillow? That is what you punch when you're in a bad mood, not what you hit to prepare for the best fighters.

Floyd Mayweather Snr
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Floyd Mayweather Snr says he will make Ricky Hatton even better.

The controversial trainer will take over the Hitman's corner when he takes on Paulie Malignaggi, live on Sky Box Office on November 22.

Mayweather says British fight fans are in for treat and also blasted his predecessor Billy Graham's methods and accused him of teaching Hatton "nothing" ahead of his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr.

"If I had trained Ricky to fight my son you would have seen a completely different fight," he told the News of the World.

"Ricky was taught nothing for that contest and had no corner. I can't wait to get hold of Ricky just to show the difference a good trainer can make.

"People will see the best Ricky Hatton they have ever seen."

Mayweather's remarks though, were not based entirely on his own abilities as a trainer.

He could not resist a swipe at Graham, who parted company with Hatton after 11 years following the points win over Juan Lazcano in front of 58,000 fans at the City of Manchester Stadium.

And it was the pair's legendary body bag sessions that took the full force of Floyd Snr.

Pillow

"What can you learn from hitting a pillow?" he said.

"That is what you punch when you're in a bad mood, not what you hit to prepare for the best fighters.

"I'll have two months preparing him and that will be enough time to get him ready for Malignaggi and to bust his a**e."

It remains to be seen how Mayweather's comments go down with Hatton himself.

Although he and Graham, who guided him to his first world title against Kostya Tszyu in 2005, split after 11 years together both men have said they will remain firm friends.