Forbes fires (Roger) Mayweather and hires (Jeff) Mayweather

By Marc Abrams

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the soap opera that is the Mayweather's took another peculiar turn on Thursday night.

Early Thursday, pound-for-pound kind, Floyd Mayweather voiced his displeasure at his Uncle Roger, who is his trainer for Roger's role as Steve Forbes lead trainer for Forbes May 3rd fight with Oscar De La Hoya.

Floyd's reason were that Roger would be training Forbes to defeat De La Hoya, which if that result happens, would cost Floyd a potential $20 million pay day for a rematch with De La Hoya, which is rumored for September 20th.

Floyd Jr. went as far as to say he would consider hiring his father Floyd Sr., for whom they have been estranged off and on for the last decade.

If you are still following, the story the story took another turn on Thursday night.

Forbes then fired Roger and replaced him with Floyd Sr. and Roger's brother, Jeff Mayweather.

Jeff, who recently trained former WBO Heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov will start with Forbes Friday in las vegas