Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
‘Money’ comments on crushing defeat
Pound for pound king
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has insisted that he does ‘feel bad’ for now former nemesis Manny Pacquiao after the Filipino was knocked unconscious by Juan Manuel
Marquez at the weekend.
Mayweather, 35, has
been linked to a fight with Pacquiao for three years or more and could now ultimately
miss out of what would have certainly been the most lucrative clash in history
if the two could have agreed to terms.
In a recent
conversation with the only website that ‘Money’ gives interviews to -
Fighthype.com, the current two-weight world title holder was giving nothing
away after losing out on a reported $100million dollars.
"I feel bad for
him, honestly. I really feel bad for him," Mayweather told editor Ben Thompson.
"There's a
difference in the ways you can get knocked out. When you gotta wake a guy up
with smelling salt and he got a concussion and he gotta go to the hospital over
night, that's crucial. I mean, that's close to the death.”
The Las Vegas-based
champion believes that Pacquiao’s lifestyle mind-set could have something to do
with the manner of the loss to Marquez, but still found time to put the boot
into the ‘Pacman’ as he comes to terms with his worst defeat.
"I think he's got so many different things
on the outside that he worries about, you know," Mayweather said.
"But it was a good thing that he was able
to come into the sport, you know, piggyback off my name, and get a bunch of
endorsement deals and make a good living. That's a great thing," he added.