J. Mayweather: Floyd Don't Need Pacquiao For Legacy

By Edward Chaykovsky

Trainer Jeff Mayweather, uncle of WBC/WBA welterweight and junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., says his nephew's legacy is secure with or without a fight with career rival Manny Pacquiao.

Jeff says plenty of the all-time greats had a career rival they never faced in the ring for one reason or another and his nephew, a five division world champion, is no different.

Talks continue to make a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight for May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

"When it comes to legacy, Floyd doesn’t need Manny Pacquiao for his legacy. That’s what everybody doesn’t understand, Floyd doesn’t need Manny, Manny needs Floyd. Floyd wouldn’t be the only fighter that didn’t fight a guy out there that everybody wanted them to fight. Ray Leonard never fought Aaron Pryor, Roy Jones never fought Dariusz Michalczewski, and the list goes on. Every great fighter is gonna have somebody that they didn’t fight for some reason," Jeff told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.