Floyd Mayweather Jr. admits he thinks Pacquiao is great

Actually, he said Manny Pacquiao is "extraordinary". Don't believe me? Well as unbelievable as that reads, 'Money' actually said it on national cable TV while guesting at ESPN's "Jim Rome is Burning" sports talk show.

But before you jump out the window in disbelief and wonder how the world turned upside-down while you were not looking, here's exactly what 'Money' said as quoted by A. Shakoor of 411mania.com,
"Manny wouldn't take a $25 million drug test. I'm trying to clean up sports, make a change... You don't start off your career as average, and then after your turn 25, become extraordinary... All we want is for Pacman to take a $25 million dollar drug test, and we got a fight,"

Leave it to Floyd though to ensure his acknowledgment of Pacquiao's skill and improvement is but another slant in his Pacquiao diss crusade. It also further emphasized that the risk of contradicting himself will not get in the way of an opportunity to blast Pacquiao anew. It's not too long ago that Mayweather was saying Pacquiao was simply a one-dimensional and and ordinary fighter, but for an opportunity to further bring down the man who took his crown as boxing's best, Mayweather is willing to make concessions.

Money further stated,
"To put my stamp on being the greatest fighter of all-time, I have to beat two fighters, Mosley and Pacquiao."

That last line might have been the most clairvoyant I have heard Mayweather in a while though. And by taking on Mosley on May 1st, he definitely is on the right path to try and reclaim his place as the sport's best.

Does this mean a showdown with Pacquiao is next should both he and the Pac Man get past their formidable opponents? Not if Mayweather insists on these strenuous steroids tests.

Pacquiao firmly rejects the need for blood testing outside the 24 days he agreed to. He insists the tests weakens him and makes him feel light-headed and disrupts his training. He has pointed out his loss to Erik Morales as one of his main reasons.

In return, Pacquiao simply thinks Mayweather is scared to admit that he isn't ready to fight him and came out with the steroids stories instead.

One thing's for sure though, we know now for certain that Mayweather is wary of Pacquiao and got it straight from his mouth. Despite the many times he and his father repeated how much they think little of the Filipino slugger, it just makes sense that they are awed by the trail of devastation he has left behind for them to think there is something extraordinary behind Pacquiao's greatness. Well not all that much sense... they did say that the drugs Pacquiao uses makes people bulletproof.


Source: examiner.com