J. Mayweather: Pacquiao Has No Shot To Beat Floyd

By Edward Chaykovsky

Trainer Jeff Mayweather, uncle to WBC/WBA welterweight and junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., says WBO 147-pound champion Manny Pacquiao has no shot to beat his nephew if the two fighters step in the ring on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Talks are ongoing for the two champions to mix it up.

Jeff says his nephew is a better fighter now than he was in 2009, when a Pacquiao fight was first being discussed between the two teams.

"I think that Floyd is just a better fighter now, at the end of the day. The one thing that people always fail to realize is that the one thing that you can’t use as an excuse is the fact that Manny’s old, because Manny will never be older than Floyd, no matter what. It’s one of those situations in which you have Manny’s fans and even some of them really truly don’t believe that he has a chance but because they’re his fans and they hate Floyd, they just gotta ride with that," Jeff told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.

"It’s not Pacquiao [who can beat Floyd]. Pacquiao is just a place that he hasn’t visited yet. I think that Floyd already beat the best 154-pounder, which is Canelo, and I think that he’s already beat the best 147-pounders. I don’t think there’s anyone out there that really has a real chance of beating Floyd. Manny is the only one that hasn’t had a chance that’s on that level."