Everyone in and around the Mayweather Boxing Gym. Unfortunately, his health was failing him for several years. “My uncle was one of the most important people in my life inside and outside of the ring,” said Mayweather, who is still grieving from the loss of his children’s mother Josie Harris. Roger is also survived by his brother Jeff, a former boxer and trainer in his own right. He was in his corner for some of the most memorable and important moments in boxing history. He won world titles at super featherweight, super lightweight and welterweight.Īll while earning 59 wins in a nearly 20-year career that included notable fights against Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell Whitaker, amongst many others.Īlong with his brother Floyd Sr., he helped guide the illustrious career of his nephew Floyd. It comes after a long battle with diabetes.īorn in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Roger Mayweather was a two-division boxing world champion.
Floyd Mayweather on Roger’s deathįloyd Mayweather, along with the boxing world, mourns the death today of his uncle, former world champion and legendary trainer Roger Mayweather. Mayweather Promotions said the following as they revealed the cause of death. In a statement, the five-weight world title-holder paid tribute to Roger, who himself was a three-weight ruler during a stellar career in the ring. The sad loss came just days after the mother of three of Floyd’s children, Josie Harris was found dead. Other nations affected by the sinking included Britain, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Sweden and the United States, it said.Former Pound for Pound king and all-round legend of the sport, Floyd Mayweather, is in mourning tonight for his uncle Roger. Those who perished aboard the Montevideo Maru included 33 crew from the Norwegian freighter the Herstein and about 20 Japanese guards and crew, the Silentworld Foundation said.
Australia's military had assisted in the search. "A loss like this reaches down through the decades and reminds us all of the human cost of conflict," he said. Locating the vessel was "hugely comforting" to the perished prisoners' relatives, many of whom had contacted her after the news broke, she said.Īustralia's Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stuart said finding the wreck had ended 81 years of uncertainty for the loved ones of those lost. "The relatives have often said: 'Will the Montevideo Maru ever be found?'," Williams said. "It was very emotional but it is also a very proud moment to have been able to find the wreck," she told AFP. "It is being treated with appropriate respect."Īndrea Williams, an Australian whose grandfather and great-uncle were civilian internees who perished on the ship, was also with the team that found it. "We're very conscious that it is a grave, it is a war grave for some 1,100 people - both our Allied military and civilians but also the Japanese crew and guards," Turner said. No artefacts or human remains are to be removed. The wreckage will remain undisturbed on the sea floor, where it lies at a greater depth than the Titanic, out of respect for the families of those who perished, the foundation said. The first one was what caused her to sink, the second one actually blew off a part of the accommodation." "We think that she was struck by two torpedoes. The ship had split into two sections, with the bow and stern lying about 500 metres apart on the seabed, he said. "When we saw those images it was the moment of a lifetime, very exciting," Captain Roger Turner, technical director of the expedition, told AFP by phone from aboard the Fugro Equator survey vessel. They made a positive sighting just 12 days later using high-tech equipment, including an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with sonar. "We hope today's news brings a measure of comfort to loved ones who have kept a long vigil."Īfter five years of planning, explorers began searching for the wreck on April 6 in the South China Sea, northwest of the Philippines' main island of Luzon. "Among the 1,060 prisoners on board were 850 Australian service members –- their lives cut short," he said on social media. "At long last, the resting place of the lost souls of the Montevideo Maru has been found," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. They had been captured a few months earlier by Japanese forces in the fall of the coastal township of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Civilians from 13 other countries were also aboard, the foundation said, bringing the total number of prisoners killed to about 1,060.
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