Tweet
MANILA, Philippines – Their showdown has not yet been set but comebacking Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his outspoken father, Floyd Sr. are already at it thrashing Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao.
In an interview with Fight Hype, father and son dismissed Pacquiao as “too small" for Lil Floyd, who is set to make his return from retirement on July 18 against another “small man" in Juan Manuel Marquez.
“To be honest with you, man, I think Lil Floyd would toy with Pacquiao and Marquez," the elder Mayweather said.
To which Lil Floyd, who was with his old man when contacted by the Fight Hype’s Percy Crawford, readily agreed: “They are both too small for me, I’ll beat both of them."
The poem-waxing Mayweather Sr. insisted that Pacquiao is “far from unbeatable" despite cutting his ward Ricky Hatton to pieces last week in Las Vegas.
“I’m telling you, Lil Floyd would toy with him (Pacquiao). Hatton just wouldn’t take my instruction," he said.
The celebrated trainer argued that an “over-the-hill" Erik Morales outboxed Pacquiao during their first fight so there’s no doubt Floyd Jr. would easily outbox the fighter from Sarangani Province.
And Lil Floyd would be all to willing to prove Pacquiao fanatics, who go gaga over the Pacman’s supposed power and superiority over him, wrong.
“It’s like when everybody was saying Diego Corrales was going to do this and do that to me and looked what happened," he said, referring to their 2001 fight for the WBC super-featherweight title which ended in his 10th round TKO win. “I’m tired of having to prove myself."
Mayweather Jr., who retired after knocking out Hatton in 2007, is climbing back to the ring against Marquez in a card dubbed Number One/ Numero Uno, claiming he still is the world’s pound-for-pound king.
Fight fans are waiting with anticipation for a possible P4P face off between Pacquiao, the reigning holder of the mythical throne and Mayweather, Jr, his predecessor. –GMANews.TV
In an interview with Fight Hype, father and son dismissed Pacquiao as “too small" for Lil Floyd, who is set to make his return from retirement on July 18 against another “small man" in Juan Manuel Marquez.
“To be honest with you, man, I think Lil Floyd would toy with Pacquiao and Marquez," the elder Mayweather said.
To which Lil Floyd, who was with his old man when contacted by the Fight Hype’s Percy Crawford, readily agreed: “They are both too small for me, I’ll beat both of them."
The poem-waxing Mayweather Sr. insisted that Pacquiao is “far from unbeatable" despite cutting his ward Ricky Hatton to pieces last week in Las Vegas.
“I’m telling you, Lil Floyd would toy with him (Pacquiao). Hatton just wouldn’t take my instruction," he said.
The celebrated trainer argued that an “over-the-hill" Erik Morales outboxed Pacquiao during their first fight so there’s no doubt Floyd Jr. would easily outbox the fighter from Sarangani Province.
And Lil Floyd would be all to willing to prove Pacquiao fanatics, who go gaga over the Pacman’s supposed power and superiority over him, wrong.
“It’s like when everybody was saying Diego Corrales was going to do this and do that to me and looked what happened," he said, referring to their 2001 fight for the WBC super-featherweight title which ended in his 10th round TKO win. “I’m tired of having to prove myself."
Mayweather Jr., who retired after knocking out Hatton in 2007, is climbing back to the ring against Marquez in a card dubbed Number One/ Numero Uno, claiming he still is the world’s pound-for-pound king.
Fight fans are waiting with anticipation for a possible P4P face off between Pacquiao, the reigning holder of the mythical throne and Mayweather, Jr, his predecessor. –GMANews.TV
Comment