By Mark Vester
Floyd Mayweather Jr. during a recent interview with media outlet Bossip, said that he sets the fighters up and Manny Pacquiao knocks them down. Mayweather is trying to downplay two of Pacquiao's biggest wins, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya. He says the damage he caused to both, set them up for Pacquiao to put them down. Mayweather returns on September 19 against Juan Manuel Marquez.
"I set up the spares and Pacquiao just comes along and knocks in the last pins. Hatton was undefeated when I beat him, and if you know anything about boxing then you know that after you get your ass kicked like I beat Hatton’s, you are pretty much tainted meat. Then everybody talks about Oscar being over the hill. Hell, Bossip, I was in my 30’s when we fought, just like him," Mayweather said.
And during the interview, Mayweather tried to make a case on why he was a better fighter than ring legend Muhammad Ali.
"We are from different eras. Muhammad was the greatest of his time, but people forget he lost to Leon Spinks in Spinks’ 8th bout, or something like that. We are two different fighters in two different eras, but I have never lost a fight and have grossed the most ever as a boxer," Mayweather said.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. during a recent interview with media outlet Bossip, said that he sets the fighters up and Manny Pacquiao knocks them down. Mayweather is trying to downplay two of Pacquiao's biggest wins, Ricky Hatton and Oscar De La Hoya. He says the damage he caused to both, set them up for Pacquiao to put them down. Mayweather returns on September 19 against Juan Manuel Marquez.
"I set up the spares and Pacquiao just comes along and knocks in the last pins. Hatton was undefeated when I beat him, and if you know anything about boxing then you know that after you get your ass kicked like I beat Hatton’s, you are pretty much tainted meat. Then everybody talks about Oscar being over the hill. Hell, Bossip, I was in my 30’s when we fought, just like him," Mayweather said.
And during the interview, Mayweather tried to make a case on why he was a better fighter than ring legend Muhammad Ali.
"We are from different eras. Muhammad was the greatest of his time, but people forget he lost to Leon Spinks in Spinks’ 8th bout, or something like that. We are two different fighters in two different eras, but I have never lost a fight and have grossed the most ever as a boxer," Mayweather said.
