Pacquiao vs Mayweather Fight News 2015: Floyd Slams Manny as a 'Reckless' Fighter, Pacquiao's Trainer Responds
As this fight is deemed to be the biggest ever in boxing history, it isn't a surprise that the Pacquiao-Mayweather megabout erupts in some pre-fight controversies.
Floyd Mayweather confessed earlier this week that he sees the upcoming fight with Manny Pacquiao as "business," since the thrill of the sport has already departed from him.
"It is at a point where it is business. It is my job," he told The Telegraph U.K. "There was a time when it was fun but I am to a point now where I am really over all of that stuff."
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He did, however, consider the matchup a "very exciting" one.
"[Pacquiao's] a future hall-of-famer. I am a future hall-of-famer and we are meeting at the pinnacle of our careers," he said. "It is going to be a very exciting fight. Our styles are totally different. I fight with smarts. Every move is calculated. Every move is thought about."
Mayweather charactarized Pacquiao as a "reckless" fighter.
"He fought very, very recklessly in the Márquez fight," the 38-year-old athlete said. "I could have had the same type of career but my career wouldn't have lasted this long."
It didn't take long for Filipino fighter's camp to respond. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's long-time trainer, said that the American opponent was cornered and forced to take up the challenge.
"He didn't want this fight," the celebrated trainer said. "He can pretend it was a strategy to build up the fight's value but that's not true. For once Mayweather wasn't able to handpick his opponent. He was forced to take this fight by Manny, the media and the fans."
"Mayweather is a different 'A side' now, and you can guess what the 'A' stands for," Roach added. "He was late for his media workout, leaving major media outlets scheduled to go live with dead air. How selfish is that? It doesn't take a lot to figure out why everyone is rooting for Manny."
The Floyd Mayweather Jr. versus Manny Pacquiao fight is scheduled to happen this Saturday, May 2, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
