Manny Pacquiao is ready when you are Floyd Mayweather, says Filipino’s camp
- MP Promotions president says ‘Money’ is a ‘tremendous poker player’ and is probably waiting for the most opportune moment to agree to a rematch
- The retired American fighter laughed when he was told that ‘Pacman’ wanted 12 rounds in 2020 instead of a ‘meaningless exhibition’
Floyd Mayweather Jnr is waiting for the most opportune moment to agree to a rematch with Manny Pacquiao hoping “Pacman” will slow down after impressively gobbling up his last opponent in July.
That’s according to Sean Gibbons, president of MP Promotions, who thinks the retired American great (50-0-0, 27 KOs) is eyeing a return to the ring against his Filipino rival but is biding his time as he leaves the Pacquiao camp waiting for a definite answer on whether Pacquiao-Mayweather 2 will finally go ahead.
“Floyd is a tremendous poker player,” Gibbons told Philboxing. “He laughed when I told him 12 rounds in 2020.”
Gibbons thinks the 42-year-old Mayweather, who hasn’t fought since his farcical exhibition against Japanese kick-boxer Tenshin Nasukawa on New Year Eve, is hoping the 40-year-old Philippines icon slows down after turning back the clock with his surprising split decision victory over Keith “One Time” Thurman on July 20. Gibbons said “no way Money will un-retire and risk blemishing his 50-0 record” seeing the way Pacquiao performed against Thurman.
Mayweather attended the Pacquiao-Thurman fight in Las Vegas but left his seat at MGM Grand Garden Arena before the decision was announced at ringside so that he could avoid reporters asking him on a possible rematch.
Mayweather last month announced on social media that he was working on an exhibition against Pacquiao in Tokyo, which Pacquiao blasted as “meaningless” and that the Filipino wanted a “real fight”.
The Pacquiao camp confirmed last week that talks for a possible rematch with Mayweather had began but the eight-division world champion (67-7-2, 39 KOs) complained the American was making “too many demands” and was giving promoters and governments “a hard time”.