
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao is still waiting on a second fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. to try and avenge his loss from a year ago in 2015. The soon to be 38-year-old Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 KOs) recently emerged from a seven-month retirement to defeat WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas by a 12 round unanimous decision in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mayweather hasn’t given any indication whether he’ll be coming out of his now one-year retirement to resume his boxing career, even though he could make a bundle fighting Pacquiao a second time. Mayweather has made a fortune during his career, and he’s also made wise investments. He doesn’t need to fight anymore with the kind of money he’s made.
By Paddy Dwyer: In the aftermath of the richest fight in history there have been a number of observers who have sought to find a way to score the bout to Manny Pacquiao. For transparency, this writer scored the fight 117-111 in favor of Mayweather giving Pacquiao the fourth, sixth and twelfth rounds. There is an argument to give Floyd round twelve and an argument to give Manny round seven (or of course share these respective rounds). However, as a longtime observer of the sport, there was little on display to make a case for giving any more than four rounds to the man from the Philippines.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao says he’s still got a deadline until the end of January for Floyd Mayweather Jr to agree to his side of the contract and sign off on it otherwise Pacquiao will be moving on.
By Brickshot: Manny Pacquiao has made many appearances on mainstream media lately with his potential up and coming bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr to the announcement of his appearance as judge of the Miss Universe pageant, but what really draws many to him that makes people want to see him in the ring with Floyd Mayweather?
By Raj Parmar: Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao seems to be growing increasingly frustrated with pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather. Talks of a super-fight between these two dominant powers in boxing have been ongoing for a few years now with the fight never coming to fruition.
By Thomas Cowan: If you are one of many boxing fans in USA who have paid to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao’s fights for the best part of a decade, you will have parted with about $1000 of your hard-earned money and helped to make these two men very rich. For 5 years the boxing world has been desperate to see them fight each other and it hasn’t happened. It has to happen if either of the two greatest fighters of this era want to be seriously considered among the true boxing greats like Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong and Muhammad Ali.
By Chris Williams: The well respected trainer Robert Garcia of Oxnard Gym doesn’t think Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) should ever bother giving Filipino star Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) a fight. Garcia thinks the fight should have happened years ago, and there’s no point in them fighting now. He sees Mayweather in a comfortable situation where he’s making $50 million or more per fight, and he doesn’t need to fight Pacquiao in order to make big money. It’s Pacquiao who badly needs him in order to get a huge payday.
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KO’s) says he’s not chasing after Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) to try and get a big money fight. However, Mayweather feels that he is, describing him as a “Begging for the fight,” in an interview with Fighthype. Whatever the reality, a Mayweather fight would surely help Pacquiao’s financial situation right now and I doubt he would turn it down if Mayweather opened his mouth to offer him the fight.