By Allan Fox: Manny Pacquiao remains to be pushing for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr seven years after dropping to him in 2015.
The issue is Mayweather has aged extra quickly than Pacquiao, and has misplaced the blinding hand velocity that he as soon as had. Floyd appears to be like aged each inside and outdoors the ring, and he’s not going to wish to get in with a a lot sooner, younger Pacquiao and get machine-gunned an early exit.
The years haven’t been type to Mayweather when it comes to bodily getting old, however he’s rich, and he’s acquired an excellent hustle going along with his exhibition matches towards social media influencers.
Manny, 43, needs to combat Mayweather in an actual combat, not an exhibition, as a result of he feels there are numerous unanswered questions after their conflict years in the past. That was a combat Pacquiao fought with an injured shoulder and wasn’t 100% wholesome to take care of Floyd’s boxing skill.
Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) nonetheless needs a rematch with Floyd regardless of his about to show 46 in February and having been retired for 5 years since 2017.
“I’m keen to have an actual combat with him, not an exhibition,” stated Manny Pacquiao to Fighthype about wanting a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. “We have to reply these questions within the minds of the followers.
“I used to be affected the primary yr as a result of folks have been asking me ‘when it the rematch?’” stated Pacquiao concerning the influence his 2015 loss to Mayweather had on him. “Up till now, they’re asking when is the rematch with Mayweather.”
Mayweather has no cause to present Pacquiao a rematch as a result of he’s making good cash combating exhibition matches towards among the hottest YouTubers, who reap the benefits of their thousands and thousands of followers to make huge cash combating boxing matches.
It doesn’t matter that many boxing followers don’t trouble buying Mayyweather’s exhibition matches. The YouTuber’s followers are ordering the PPV exhibition matches, so Mayweather doesn’t have to fret about maintaining his fan base by combating high quality opposition.
If Mayweather have been nonetheless boxing, he could be receiving diminishing returns if he fought low-level opposition that had no fan base. However by taking up YouTubers, Mayweather can reap the benefits of their followers and make simple cash combating low-level fighters with no expertise or aptitude for the game.
Pacquiao misplaced to Mayweather by the scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 118-110. Though Pacquiao tried to get a right away rematch, Mayweather wasn’t , and he continues to don’t have any need to combat him once more.
“I advised them, ‘I don’t suppose he’ll combat once more. He’s scared to loss of life to have a rematch with me.’ That’s my evaluation. He doesn’t wish to combat me once more,” stated Pacquiao.