According to Pacquiao, Mayweather asked during negotiations for the majority of money based on the question "what if he loses?""
Even if Mayweather is the favorite, Pacquiao was the one with the best chance to give him that loss. Mayweather is the best, it's hard to contend that but he ducked Pacquiao.
Now that other people have done it for him, Mayweather is going a full gloating rant.
I still think Pacquiao would win. Some people have said that Mayweather waits for boxers to decline before fighting them but it really looks like he's just ducking Pacquiao entirely. It's like he already knows he's gonna lose if he fought Pacquiao. After looking at Mayweather's fights, I'm convinced of that myself.
I also still think this would be a huge event. Some people have said it should have happened years ago when people were more hyped about it but if both still got it, then you can bet it will draw huge attention it. Heck, look at the Tyson vs. Lewis fight. People have been talking about those two fighting for a long time and even though they were past their primes by that point, it still drew a lot of attention.
Originally posted by Allankles
He's right, Mayweather has more than proved himself and would have had the right to retire long before this day.
He can retire undefeated, like Marciano only having faced better comp
overall.
How did he prove himself when he's already got a reputation of ducking opponents or fighting them when they're past their prime? None of these recent fights really mean anything (not even is fight with Canelo). He needs to take fights that squashes talk like that and the one fight he needs the most his with Pacquiao (if Pac still has enough fight left in him, that is).
Pac had the chance to make the fight but didn't take it. Never agreed to random testing, never wanted to make any type of compromise. Plus he's now punch drunk, so punch drunk he fights an easy to hit brawler like Rios. He's done and Mayweather has moved on.
As I said he can retire undefeated, it's not the end of the world.
I heard Pac actually did agree to random testing. Don't know why it didn't take place, though. And I don't believe this mess about Pacquiao being done until I see it myself. We'll see when he fight Rios.
Still, Mayweather calling him out and denied ever doing it later on is nothing less than ducking. Nobody is ever gonna forget that.
The Rios fight won't prove anything, it was carefully selected to
make him look good. Pac's post 130 jr lightweight career has been all
smoke and mirrors. Even out of favor guys like Ortiz and Berto are better comp than anything he was willing to face after 130. He payed
the price for picking and choosing opposition, not enough speedy,
young, tough guys in Pac's resume.
Pac is the one whose career is a little suspect between 135-147 i.e. since moving to lightweight his comp has been lacking.
Even the version of Cotto that he fought was weak and dehydrated.