Cotto: Pacquiao one of the greatest
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is at it again.
The undefeated American fighter (39-0, 25 KOs) downplayed the greatness of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, saying that he also beat Oscar de la Hoya and Ricky Hatton before they were “over the hill.”
“They forget that when I fought de la Hoya, I was in my 30s and he was in his 30s, but when I beat him—they say he was over the hill,” Mayweather told Mark Vester of BoxingScene.com.
He continued, “But all of a sudden, when Pacquiao fights him, they say ‘Oh man, we can't believe what just happened.’ Ya'll just said he was over the hill, which one is it?”
“Pretty Boy Floyd” also talked about Ricky Hatton whom he defeated in 2007 by TKO in Round 10. “The Hitman” was beaten by Pacquiao recently via KO in the second round.
“I beat Ricky Hatton two years ago when he was an undefeated fighter and I dominated. He was finished after that. He was already finished before the fight with Manny Pacquiao,” said Floyd.
“But Pacquiao beats him and you say he's the best,” he complained.
“He didn't listen to my father in the corner. If he did, it would have been a different fight,” he noted. His father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., trained Hatton for the “Battle of East and West.”
The former No.1 pound-for-pound boxer even said that critics who praise Pacquiao should be more familiar with boxing.
“You have to learn about the sport of boxing. People forget that Erik Morales boxed the sh*t out of Manny Pacquiao,” he said.
Floyd, meantime, expounded on his victories over the Hitman and Golden Boy.
“The gloves that de la Hoya gave me were pillows. They had a chance to fight with 8-ounce gloves and they had a chance to fight at 147,” he said of the de la Hoya-Pacquiao “Dream Match.”
“For me, he said he was absolutely not coming down to 147 and he said that he didn’t want me to wear 8-ounce gloves,” he shared of what de la Hoya told him.
“And then on the other hand, I face Hatton and they say I'm too big for Hatton but then they say Hatton is too big for Pacquiao, but they want to see me and Pacquiao fight,” he added.
“Then Pacquiao and Marquez fight twice, but when I beat him [Marquez] they are going to say I'm too big for him.”
Mayweather is set to return to the ring on July 18 to fight Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“We can't overlook this guy, Marquez. He earned the right to fight Floyd Mayweather. They had him in the background for so many years, just like me. Somebody has to give him that chance,” he noted.
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The undefeated American fighter (39-0, 25 KOs) downplayed the greatness of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, saying that he also beat Oscar de la Hoya and Ricky Hatton before they were “over the hill.”
“They forget that when I fought de la Hoya, I was in my 30s and he was in his 30s, but when I beat him—they say he was over the hill,” Mayweather told Mark Vester of BoxingScene.com.
He continued, “But all of a sudden, when Pacquiao fights him, they say ‘Oh man, we can't believe what just happened.’ Ya'll just said he was over the hill, which one is it?”
“Pretty Boy Floyd” also talked about Ricky Hatton whom he defeated in 2007 by TKO in Round 10. “The Hitman” was beaten by Pacquiao recently via KO in the second round.
“I beat Ricky Hatton two years ago when he was an undefeated fighter and I dominated. He was finished after that. He was already finished before the fight with Manny Pacquiao,” said Floyd.
“But Pacquiao beats him and you say he's the best,” he complained.
“He didn't listen to my father in the corner. If he did, it would have been a different fight,” he noted. His father, Floyd Mayweather, Sr., trained Hatton for the “Battle of East and West.”
The former No.1 pound-for-pound boxer even said that critics who praise Pacquiao should be more familiar with boxing.
“You have to learn about the sport of boxing. People forget that Erik Morales boxed the sh*t out of Manny Pacquiao,” he said.
Floyd, meantime, expounded on his victories over the Hitman and Golden Boy.
“The gloves that de la Hoya gave me were pillows. They had a chance to fight with 8-ounce gloves and they had a chance to fight at 147,” he said of the de la Hoya-Pacquiao “Dream Match.”
“For me, he said he was absolutely not coming down to 147 and he said that he didn’t want me to wear 8-ounce gloves,” he shared of what de la Hoya told him.
“And then on the other hand, I face Hatton and they say I'm too big for Hatton but then they say Hatton is too big for Pacquiao, but they want to see me and Pacquiao fight,” he added.
“Then Pacquiao and Marquez fight twice, but when I beat him [Marquez] they are going to say I'm too big for him.”
Mayweather is set to return to the ring on July 18 to fight Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“We can't overlook this guy, Marquez. He earned the right to fight Floyd Mayweather. They had him in the background for so many years, just like me. Somebody has to give him that chance,” he noted.
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