Mayweather: I don’t enjoy boxing now, Pacman bout is business, says Pretty Boy

Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquaio: I dont enjoy boxing now - Pacman bout is business, says Pretty Boy By Gareth A Davies and Ben Rumsby Floyd Mayweather admitted on Wednesday that the thrill of boxing had left him, and that at this point in his career, it was strictly business. No. I don;t enjoy it like I once did,; said Mayweather, boxings No1 pound-for-pound fighter, a champion in five weight divisions who is preparing for his greatest bout against Manny Pacquiao in 18 days in a contest expected to gross £273;million. It is at a point where it is business. It is my job. I go to the gym. I train. I know what I have to do, he added, speaking from a tent outside his Las Vegas gym located in the middle of the desert citys Chinatown district. There was a time when it was fun but I am to a point now where I am really over all of that stuff. But there is still legacy work to be done on his unbeaten 47-0 career when he collides with his greatest rival Pacquiao in the richest fight in boxing history on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Hes a future hall-of-famer. I am a future hall-of-famer and we are meeting at the pinnacle of our careers, Mayweather said. From the matchup, it is going to be a very exciting fight. Our styles are totally different. I fight with smarts. Every move is calculated. Every move is thought about. The welterweight unification fight, which has been the subject of on-off negotiations for six years, will not only be the richest fight but it will go a long way towards determining who was the greatest fighter of the era. The fight is expected to shatter records for total revenue with Mayweather expected to earn £82;million and Pacquiao £54.5;million. Mayweather admitted, however, that he has been attempting to rekindle his passion for the sport by using cross-training methods, such as chopping wood and swimming laps. But then that is what really matters.I can have a good day in the gym and the sparring partners can have a good day on me. That don count. It counts under the lights when it is for all the marbles, he said. Mayweather knows this only too well, having fought 20 current or former world title holders in a glittering 19-year career of 24 world title fights. Thirteen of them have been at the MGM Grand. Mayweather also described his 36-year-old foe Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) as a reckless fighter; who takes too many chances, referring to Juan Manuel Márquezs knockout of Pacman in December 2012. He fought very, very recklessly in the Márquez fight, Mayweather said. I could have had the same type of career but my career wouldnhave lasted this long. Mayweather is in the fifth fight of a six-fight contract with Showtime, and he says this year will be his last on the job. ;My last fight is in September, he said. That said, if he moves to 49-0 with two more victories, he could make an assault on the 49-0 record of the late, great Rocky Marciano. Marvelous Marvin Hagler hit out on Wednesday at Mayweather;s obsession with flaunting his money, claiming it was no way for a champion to act on the 30th anniversary of what many regard as one of boxings greatest fights, Haglers three-round war when he beat Tommy Hearns on April 15, 1985. Hagler also accused Mayweather of running scared of his own career-defining showdown with Pacquiao, until now. Speaking ahead of Wednesday night Laureus World Sports Awards in Shanghai, the 60-year-old drew parallels between next month Las Vegas grudge match and his controversial 1987 defeat by Sugar Ray Leonard. He was just waiting for me to get old, and when I got on and soft then he says: OK, I want to fight said Hagler, accusing 38-year-old Mayweather of playing a similar game with 36-year-old Pacquiao over a welterweight unification bout that has been years in the making. In the beginning, he was setting his own type of rules of saying, weve got to take a blood test before you fight me. Floyd was thinking Manny was on steroids because he was knocking everybody out. So he was a little afraid. Finally, now, both of them have to prove themselves. Mayweather, who has netted more than $400million (£256million) in career earnings, has been pictured posing with wads of cash on his bed and with his fleet of supercars and private jet. It not class and really no way for a champion to act,Hagler said of Mayweather, who is consistently ranked as the world highest-grossing athlete. If you have the skills, you dont need to impress everybody by being a show-off.Also claiming Nobody has really put Floyd to the testduring his career, Hagler added: Let me tell you, once youre in that ring, you don think about money. This game is called survival. It nice that he can flash the dollars around like that but money is not going to help you with the fight. Meanwhile, Amir Khan (30-3, 19 KOs) confirmed on Wednesday that he would meet former world champion Chris Algieri (20-1, 8 KOs) on Friday, May 29, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as the main event on a Premier Boxing Champions card on Spike TV in the United States. telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/mayweather-vs-pacquiao/11540628/Floyd-Mayweather-v-Manny-Pacquaio-I-dont-enjoy-boxing-now-Pacman-bout-is-business-says-Pretty-Boy.html Comments : Pac have to KO him or throw 1000 punches and hope he land at least 250 punches to score on judges card, because as much as i want an asian man to be in the top 5 boxers of all time after 2nd may, there is no way a pinoy guy beat the best american boxer in 2000's and the most popular american boxer in 2000's on american soil land by decision