Video: Floyd Mayweather Sr. accuses Manny Pacquiao of taking steroids, supplements

LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao may have claimed boxing's mythical pound-for-pound throne with wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton while Grand Rapids' Floyd Mayweather Jr. was in retirement, but Floyd Mayweather Sr. says it wasn't without help.

"I believe he's on some type of supplements. I'm convinced about a lot of (boxers)," Mayweather Sr. said. "That's what they're doing right now. Everybody should be checked a little bit more thoroughly. Sometimes people know what's going on but they ain't saying nothing."

Pacquiao's next fight is Nov. 14 against Miguel Cotto. Mayweather Jr. (39-0) returns to the ring Saturday against Juan Manuel Marquez at MGM Grand.

A Mayweather-Pacquaio showdown could be on the horizon for 2010.

"I don't think he can beat Lil' Floyd with steroids in him or not," Mayweather Sr. said. "He don't have that kind of talent. He don't have that kind of skill, whatever he has in him.

"I think they're pushing Pacquiao a little too much, even if he's got 'roids in his body. The steroids aren't going to make him no faster. It's going make him relentless and hit strong, but that's it. It ain't going to put no knowledge in your head."

Source: http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/index.ssf/2009/09/video_floyd_mayweather_sr_accu.html#more