'You have nowhere to run': Manny Pacquiao taunts Floyd Mayweather

Philippine legend Manny Pacquiao vowed to chase Floyd Mayweather into ring submission after his US rival offered to fight him next year in a blockbuster world title face-off.

“He has reached a dead end. He has nowhere to run but to fight me,” Pacquiao said, hours after the undefeated Mayweather issued the May 2 challenge on US television.

The two were long-time rivals as the “best pound-for-pound” boxers of their generation, but the dream fight has never materialised to the disappointment of the boxing world.

“I will try my best to (make) this a thrilling and entertaining fight. But I doubt if he’s gonna engage me in a slugfest,” said the Filipino, winner of an unprecedented eight world titles in different weight classes.

“You all know his fighting style. Most of his previous fights, if not all, induced us to sleep,” said Pacquiao from his southern Philippines home city of General Santos.

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Should the fight happen, Pacquiao, who turns 36 on Wednesday, said he would do to Mayweather what he did to another previously undefeated American, Chris Algieri, who lost to the World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion in Macau last month.

“I know what I have to do. I will chase him wherever he goes just in case he decides to run around the ring. We will devise a good fight plan against him,” Pacquiao said.

Speaking to Showtime Sports in the US on Friday night, Mayweather, 37, said he wanted his next fight to be against the Filipino star.

However, the American nicknamed “Money” said – without giving details – that the expected richest fight in boxing history would only happen if he received a much bigger share of the purse than his opponent.