Mayweather: Winners win, losers have excuses
Floyd Mayweather talks during the press conference after his fight with Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. PHOTO BY REM ZAMORA/INQUIRER/See more at FRAME
Three days after showing the world why he’s the best boxer of his generation by defeating Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. posted something cryptic on Facebook.
“19 years in the fight game and I’ve had one excuse: ‘Don’t have an excuse.’ Winners win and losers have excuses,” Mayweather’s Facebook post read.This could be interpreted as a dig at Pacquiao, who said that his shoulder injury affected his performance last Saturday against Mayweather.
Article continues after this advertisementPacquiao actually injured right shoulder a few weeks before the fight and wasn’t completely healed before he stepped into the ring at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Mayweather, for his part, said that he also had injured both of his arms and hands coming into their ballyhooed fight.
“And if he would have come out victorious, I would have said you know what I’ve got to show respect and say he was the better man,” said Mayweather in the post fight interview. “But I will always find a way to win,” Mayweather.
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