Mayweather says Pacquiao rematch talks ‘all bull’
Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand Arena on Friday, 1 May 2015 for the official weigh in for his fight with Manny Pacquiao. PHOTO BY REM ZAMORA
Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired from the sport of boxing in September. And he wants to keep it that way.
Any talks of a rematch against rival Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather said, is all trash.
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Mayweather told FightHype.com’s Ben Thompson that all the supposed talks for a rematch are just a way of “riding” his name to sell pay-per-view numbers.
“It’s all b*******. What they’re doing is this, once again, piggybacking off my name to sell pay-per-view numbers when he does go out there and fight again,” Mayweather said.
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Pacquiao and Mayweather fought on May 2 in boxing’s most lucrative fight where the American got his arm raised after a unanimous decision victory.
“Once again, I dissected this fighter, the so-called ‘best fighter of our generation.’ I dissected him; probably 10 to 2, really 11 to 1, but it’s safe to say 10 to 2,” Mayweather said.
