Former UFC champion BJ Penn has upped his boxing game by enlisting legendary boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather, Sr to help him prepare for his next fight.
Penn is set to headline UFC 127 in Australia against Jon Fitch on Feb. 27 at the Acer Arena in Sydney.
Mayweather, Sr spoke to FightHype.com about working with Penn, who many already consider posses a strong stand-up game but Mayweather feels BJ has a long way to go before he’s that good.
“BJ Penn is a cool dude man. I’ll be honest, at first, it didn’t seem like he could fight that good. I mean, I don’t know about his ground game and all of that stuff, but he’s got some pop and in just the 3 days I’ve been working with him, he has improved man. In his words, man, he told me, ‘I ain’t never seen some of this stuff you’re showing me man.’ And that’s only after 3 days. BJ is learning fast man. He’s a good guy…If BJ throws his shots the way I got him throwing his shots, he will win. See, those guys throwing shots different than the way we do it, so I’m teaching BJ how to keep it standing and be effective. Let me tell you something man, if he uses it, then it will work.”