Manny Pacquiao says he’s nonetheless open to combating Floyd Mayweather Jr. subsequent regardless of being held to a 12-round attract his title problem towards WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios final Saturday night time. Mayweather turns 49 in February.
Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) did not seize the bargaining chip that he wanted to carry Mayweather out of his eight-year retirement. If Manny had received that struggle, there’s a great opportunity that Mayweather would have returned to the game for the chance to choose up the WBC 147-lb belt.
Fan Response: Rematch Backlash
Followers on social media are towards the thought of Pacquiao and Mayweather combating a rematch. The time for them to have fought a second time would have been between 2015 and 2017. Now, it could be a pathetic cash seize between two previous guys coming again to reap the benefits of the large purses that the favored, youthful fighters routinely obtain. It’s not as if Floyd and Pacquiao are in want of cash. Each have enormous fortunes. They don’t want a second struggle.
“If he comes out, then go signal the contract and we’ll struggle. Let’s struggle once more, if he needs. I’ve no downside with that,” mentioned Manny Pacquiao on the post-fight press convention final Saturday, sending a message to Floyd Mayweather Jr. that if he comes out of retirement, he’s able to struggle him.”
It might be a joke if Mayweather got here out of retirement to struggle Pacquiao. What is probably going holding Floyd again is his not eager to threat his unbeaten file. He retired at 50-0, and he received’t wish to mire his file.
In the direction of the tip of Mayweather’s profession, he was cherry-picking opponents to keep away from shedding. He might have fought guys like a younger Errol Spence and Keith Thurman. As a substitute of doing that, Floyd padded his file sufficient for him to interrupt Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 file.
Pacquiao goes to maintain combating for a short while longer. It’s possible he’ll proceed combating for less than so long as he can keep away from losses.
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