It's doubtful that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has ever, or will ever, seek the advice of Freddie Roach when it comes to who ought to handle specific fight-night roles in the "Money" corner.

But that's not stopping Manny Pacquiao's veteran trainer from giving his two cents.

In fact, Roach suggested to Yahoo Sports that Mayweather would have a better chance at defeating the Filipino superstar on May 2 if he went back to his uncle and former lead trainer, Roger Mayweather, rather than sticking with his father, Floyd Sr.

"Floyd's not going to have his best cornerman in his corner because there's no question in my mind that Roger is the better trainer," Roach said. "Floyd got 90 percent of his wins with Roger working with him. Roger is way better. I think Floyd Sr. is a terrible cornerman. I really do.

"[Floyd Sr.'s presence is] going to work to our advantage on fight night, because in the corner I'm not going to be nervous and I'll be able to calmly talk to Manny and make whatever adjustments we have to make," Roach said. "But Floyd Sr. can't get his message out in that minute period. He gets so excited and worked up and he starts to stutter so he can't give his fighter any useful information."

He went one better with the Associated Press, labeling Floyd Jr. as "disrespectful" and asserting that Pacquiao needs to win the super fight for the good of society.

"Manny is the perfect role model for this fight and Mayweather is not," he said. "I told Manny we've got to beat him for the whole world. There's no way we can't win this fight."

Not everyone, though, is in lockstep with Roach's prevailing wisdom.

Randy Gordon, former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission and now a boxing host on SiriusXM radio, told CBSSports.com that Roach's comments were "just part of the hype."

And John Scully, who trained former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson -- also an ex-client of Floyd Sr. -- suggested the father may have more value than meets the typical viewing eye, or ear.

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Freddie Roach had some strong comments about fellow trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. (Getty Images)

"You can't always watch a fighter on TV in the corner and listen in and hear what they are saying and make proof positive deductions off it," Scully told CBSSports.com. "A trainer may say something that sounds off base or even flat-out wrong to the listener, but the fact is that sometimes a trainer and a fighter have a special way of communicating with each other that works for them. Sometimes the trainer may find an unusual way of reaching his boxer that doesn't really sound that good to the uninformed ear.

"In regards to Floyd Sr. in his son's corner, I know Floyd Jr. realizes this is the event of a lifetime and if he felt there was any problem or potential glitch with his having his father there, then he would rule it out."

Regardless of where you stand on his opinion, it's at least clear that Roach's math needs work.

Floyd Sr. was in his still-unbeaten son's corner for the first 23 fights of his career before a public falling out in 2000. Roger Mayweather took over at that point and guided Floyd Jr. for the next 20 fights, before Floyd Sr. returned to the lead position in 2013. The father-son team has since worked four fights together, defeating Robert Guerrero and Canelo Alvarez and winning twice over Marcos Maidana.

So, for the record, he's 27-0 with his father across close to 60 percent of his 47 career fights, and 20-0 with his uncle in the corner.

"I know that when Floyd was a kid at the national amateur tournaments," Scully said, "his father was there with him, guiding him. Now, granted, training a professional and an amateur are two very different things and I think Roger deserves a lot of credit for the work he has done with Floyd Jr. in the pro ranks at the highest level. But it also is a definite that Floyd Sr. was a big part of laying the groundwork when his son was a kid, and he deserves the credit for that."

Lest anyone forget, Roach replaced Floyd Sr. as the lead in Oscar De La Hoya's corner prior to the "Golden Boy's" loss to Floyd Jr. in 2007. The two trainers then memorably faced off at Pacquiao's 2009 fight against a Mayweather-guided Ricky Hatton, which Pacquiao won via second-round knockout.

Floyd Sr., by the way, has also made past waves by suggesting Pacquiao's climb was unfairly aided.

So, the idea, too, that Roach's comments have some baggage attached is hardly preposterous.

"Both Roger and Floyd Sr. have intangibles that they bring to the game," Scully said. "Floyd Jr. is certainly well past the learning stage. He needs someone who knows him well to keep an eye on his style and his moves, someone who knows his rhythm and is able to read him at any given moment. I assume Roger is probably more in tune with Floyd Jr. at this point, but it's not as though Floyd Sr. is a stranger to his son and his boxing game."

Gordon agreed.

"Think about it," he said. "Why would Freddie say something to try to help Mayweather? If those words were really true, and Mayweather would listen to them, it would help him. Why would Freddie do that?"