Floyd Mayweather Admits He Fought an Older Version of Manny Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather had words of praise for his former foe. ‘Money’ Mayweather reacted to Manny Pacquiao retiring from boxing. The Philippine put an end to his boxing career as he plans to run for the presidency in the Philippines. Floyd himself retired from the sport, other than a couple of exhibition matches here and there.

Michael Benson reports Mayweathers’ reply to Pacquiao retiring, “Manny Pacquiao – I think that he’s one of the best. We didn’t come together when we wanted to, but we were able to come together and give the fans a helluva fight.” ‘Money’ Mayweather and ‘The Pacman’ fought back in 2015. The fight saw the five-division world champion take on the eight-division world champ.

Floyd Mayweather on Manny Pacquiao retiring from boxing: “Manny Pacquiao – I think that he’s one of the best. We didn’t come together when we wanted to, but we were able to come together and give the fans a helluva fight.”

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) November 18, 2021

Promoters billed the fight as ‘the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness’. Boxing fans waited five years for this fight to take place. Several complications delayed the fight for five years until finally in 2015, both sides reached an agreement and the fight took place. Till today, many boxing fans are still not happy with the fight.

The Legends @FloydMayweather and @SugarRayLeonard pic.twitter.com/x1WF1SBB1O

— Łukasz Różański (@RozanskiBoxi) November 18, 2021

Pacquiao went into the fight with a shoulder injury, leaving many fans and analysts to believe Floyd did not face the best version of Pacquiao. Although Floyd won the fight clearly, Pacquiao showed some sparks of his insane speed and movement during the fight. The fight also holds the record for the highest PPVs ever sold.

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Floyd Mayweather does not accept Canelo as the best pound-for-pound boxer today

Floyd Mayweather spoke about who he thinks should be the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Canelo is currently ranked the number one pound-for-pound fighter. Mayweather disagrees with the rankings. “We can’t talk about the best pound-for-pound when there are many fighters out there,” Mayweather said for Boxing Bob.

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— Salvador Rodriguez (@ChavaESPN) November 18, 2021

“I don’t want to be disrespectful to Canelo, but there are many champions like Gervonta Davis, who has proven to be one of the best there is now and is one of the best pound for pound, as well as Terence Crawford, David Benavidez or Errol Spence. That’s a lot of champions who aren’t getting the credit,” Mayweather said.

Do you agree with Mayweather? Who do you think is the pound-for-pound best?

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