Floyd Mayweather uses Pacquiao to sell fight against Cotto – Boxing News
Floyd Mayweather, WBC welterweight champion, is continuously attacking Filipino WBO Welterweight Champion Manny Pacquiao in order to create his hype for his bout against Miguel Cotto. In the recent past, it has become clear to Mayweather that his decision of fighting Cotto instead of Pacquiao has not settled well with his fans, which is why he is trying his level best to persuade his fans now.
Probably everyone in the boxing world is aware of how much the fans want a bout between Pacquiao and Mayweather. We were close to having that fight done just when things got a little out of order. Now, Mayweather is going to fight Cotto whereas Pacquiao will move forward to fight Bradley. Fans of both the camps waited for more than a year for the fight to happen, but they got nothing out of it.
Nevertheless, Mayweather, who always capitalizes on opportunities, is using the differences between him and Pacquiao to create hype for his fight against Cotto. He recently called Pacquiao ‘a cheater’. Pacquiao recently revealed that Mayweather was not offering him enough to get him excited for the match. On this, Mayweather, in a press conference yesterday called Pacquiao “not one of the sharpest knives in the drawer”. The remark for Pacquiao came out when Floyd was addressing the media. He iterated, “Just by speaking to Pacquiao on the phone, I mean, he’s not one of the sharpest knives in the drawer. He faces Floyd Mayweather, he’s not getting 50-50. Not at all. No one is getting 50-50.”
Not only Pacquiao, Mayweather even lashed out on Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum saying that Pacquiao should part his ways with Arum if he wants the fight to happen. In retaliation, Bob Arum commented on Floyd Mayweather’s ways saying, “You saw how we handled Manny and Bradley, it was all about the fight. The Mayweather-Cotto tour “is a joke” noting that he (Mayweather) is supposed to be promoting his fight with Cotto” not talking about Pacquiao.”
It is obvious that Mayweather is doing all this to get attention for his bout against Cotto, which is currently not getting enough response.
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