Adam Smith: How impressed were you with Manny Pacquiao?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I don't see any versatility as a fighter with Manny Pacquiao. I see a good puncher but just one-dimensional.
Adam Smith: Do you want to fight Pacquiao?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: If Pacquiao is the man next, he step up to the plate, that's another ass I got to tap. I'm not ducking and dodging. If Pacquiao want it, he can get it. Come on man I don't have to say, 'Oh I want to fight Pacquiao.' Floyd Mayweather is the face of boxing. All roads lead to Floyd Mayweather.
Adam Smith: Who do you want fight now?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I don't have to say 'Oh, yeah, I want to fight this guy, I wanna fight that guy.' I'm the king.
I've done millions of homes by myself. Now, we got Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, two guys who has a pretty cool fan base. Now if they done more home that Mayweather, then more power to them, but they're supposed to. I don't have no dance partner.
Floyd Mayweather is an entertainer. This guys are just fighters. Pacquiao he's just a fighter.
Adam Smith: What's more important to you, money or boxing legacy?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I'm already a legend in the sport. I'm already an icon in the sport. I fight for me first. What's most important now is the cheques, 'cause I'm in the cheque cashing business.
Adam Smith: You don't make enough money?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I have to do it for me first. Me. I come first, self-preservation. I come first. I gotta take care of me.
Adam Smith: Would you retire undefeated?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Can Manny Pacquiao beat me? Absolutely not. Easy work. Easy fight. Probably, easier than the Marquez fight.
Adam Smith: Get it on then. That's what the world wants.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: It's easy for you. 'Cause you work for Sky TV. You know you gonna pick-up the fight, and you're gonna make a ton of money. So, guess what? So, of course, you're gonna say "get it on."
LAST WORDS
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: If he want to fight for legacy and not worried about the money, then let Leonard Ellerbe and Al Haymon make the deal, and Manny Pacquiao let's fight.
Adam Smith: Do you think he will?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I don't know. Do I want it? Absolutely. But do we wanna fight, we don't know. I already know what I bring to the table.
There's only one fighter who is great in my era, that's myself.
SOURCE: Complete Mayweather Interview Transcript
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I don't see any versatility as a fighter with Manny Pacquiao. I see a good puncher but just one-dimensional.
Adam Smith: Do you want to fight Pacquiao?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: If Pacquiao is the man next, he step up to the plate, that's another ass I got to tap. I'm not ducking and dodging. If Pacquiao want it, he can get it. Come on man I don't have to say, 'Oh I want to fight Pacquiao.' Floyd Mayweather is the face of boxing. All roads lead to Floyd Mayweather.
Adam Smith: Who do you want fight now?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I don't have to say 'Oh, yeah, I want to fight this guy, I wanna fight that guy.' I'm the king.
I've done millions of homes by myself. Now, we got Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, two guys who has a pretty cool fan base. Now if they done more home that Mayweather, then more power to them, but they're supposed to. I don't have no dance partner.
Floyd Mayweather is an entertainer. This guys are just fighters. Pacquiao he's just a fighter.
Adam Smith: What's more important to you, money or boxing legacy?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I'm already a legend in the sport. I'm already an icon in the sport. I fight for me first. What's most important now is the cheques, 'cause I'm in the cheque cashing business.
Adam Smith: You don't make enough money?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I have to do it for me first. Me. I come first, self-preservation. I come first. I gotta take care of me.
Adam Smith: Would you retire undefeated?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Can Manny Pacquiao beat me? Absolutely not. Easy work. Easy fight. Probably, easier than the Marquez fight.
Adam Smith: Get it on then. That's what the world wants.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: It's easy for you. 'Cause you work for Sky TV. You know you gonna pick-up the fight, and you're gonna make a ton of money. So, guess what? So, of course, you're gonna say "get it on."
LAST WORDS
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: If he want to fight for legacy and not worried about the money, then let Leonard Ellerbe and Al Haymon make the deal, and Manny Pacquiao let's fight.
Adam Smith: Do you think he will?
Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I don't know. Do I want it? Absolutely. But do we wanna fight, we don't know. I already know what I bring to the table.
There's only one fighter who is great in my era, that's myself.
SOURCE: Complete Mayweather Interview Transcript
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