WBA/WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr waited two days before he unloaded on WBO Manny Pacquiao with both barrels on twitter this morning in calling him broke and desperate and in need of a payday fight against him. Mayweather also took a shot at Pacquiao’s sagging PPV numbers, which haven’t hit 1 million buys since his 6th round knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012.
“Miss Pac Man is broke and desperate for a pay day. Your Pay-Per-View numbers are a joke,” Mayweather said.
Ouch, that hurt. Mayweather hitting Pacquiao where it hurts in taking a shot at his financial situation and his high interest in a fight against him. Mayweather sees Pacquiao’s sudden interest in fighting him as a sign that he’s in need of money to help his finances.
Perhaps the reason why Mayweather feels this way is because Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum have both suddenly started mentioning Mayweather’s name quite a lot even though Pacquiao has a fight coming up against Chris Algieri on November 22nd.
Instead of keeping the media’s focus entirely on Algieri, Pacquiao and Arum have brought up Mayweather’s name over and over. Some boxing fans feel that this is a strategy to get fans thinking about a hypothetical fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao in 2015. The more boxing fans feel that there will soon be a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather the more fans will want to purchase the Pacquiao vs. Algieri fight, which appears to be a terrible mismatch on paper.
Two days ago, Pacquiao said this on his twitter about Mayweather: “Floyd Mayweather’s testimony to the commission on All Access’ authenticity tells me everything I need to know about his desire to fight me.”
The testimony that Pacquiao is talking about is the one that Mayweather made to the Nevada State Athletic Commission this week when he told them that parts of his Showtime All Access: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao 2 episodes were contrived.
