Manny Pacquiao rips Floyd Mayweather’s win over Tenshin Nasukawa
- Filipino takes a jab at his great American rival after Money’s two-minute demolition job in Japan
- Some Twitter users suggest the fight should not have taken place at all
Floyd Mayweather Jnr earned millions for his two-minute demolition job on Japanese kick-boxer Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year’s Eve but the US boxing superstar didn’t earn plaudits from his great rival Manny Pacquiao nor many who watched the farce unfold in Japan.
While the undefeated 41-year-old treated the main event of Rizin 14 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan like a sparring session, knocking down his 20-year-old opponent three times on his way to a brutal first-round TKO, the Filipino icon wasn’t impressed.
Pacquiao, who will fight American Adrien Broner on January 19 in Las Vegas for the WBA welterweight title, put Mayweather in the shade with a snarky Tweet, suggesting the fight wasn’t fair from the start.
“Here is an early New Year’s resolution. To continue to only fight experienced opponents who are my size or bigger,” said recently turned 40-year-old Pacquiao in his Tweet.
Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) was probably suggesting that Mayweather fought a much smaller man in the ring with the American outweighing his opponent – known as a kick-boxer and not a boxer – by at least 20 pounds. Pacquiao was beaten by the former five-weight champion and now “retired” Mayweather in their mega fight in 2015.
