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[Glax0r]

Mayweather talks up Pacquiao fight
November 16, 2009 -- Updated 1332 GMT (2132 HKT)

(CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen.

After victory in Las Vegas over Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto on Saturday, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said the "whole world" now wanted to see a fight with Mayweather.

Reacting to the proposition the undefeated 32-year-old, who formerly held the WBC title at welterweight, told British broadcaster Sky Sports: "If he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather all he has to do is step up to the plate."

The twice-voted Ring magazine fighter of the year added that he felt Pacquiao's approach was one-dimensional but the Filipino would be a favorite with the crowd.

"The thing is with Pacquaio I don't see any versatility as a fighter; he's a good puncher but just one-dimensional. Is Pacquiao the greatest?
If he wants to fight ... all he has to do is step up to the plate
--Floyd Mayweather Jr.

"The world's going to go 'wow' if Floyd Mayweather gets beaten. That's what everyone is looking to see.

"If I beat Manny Pacquaio do you know what they are going to say? 'You are supposed to beat him, you are Floyd Mayweather, you are the bigger man'. If I knock him out they'll say 'you're supposed to knock him out he's been knocked out before'.

"I'm in a no-win situation and when I beat him no one is going to be surprised because he's been beaten before; whatever I do to Pacquaio has been done before - he's been beaten on three occasions. And if I knock him out I don't want the world shouting because he's been knocked out twice before."

If the fight goes ahead it is expected to challenge the mark set by Oscar De La Hoya's bout with Floyd Mayweather for the most profitable in history.

Money generated from pay-per-view subscriptions earned the two fighters an estimated combined total of $77 million in 2007.

Mayweather, whose nickname is "Money," said: "If I go out and make $60-75 million in one night; come on - I'm not losing."

[sapper]

He's not going to fight Pacman. If he didn't want to before, there's no way in hell he will now.

But, maybe we'll get Mayweather vs. Cotto finally. Ha!

[RingLeader]

He is definitely right about this being a "no win" situation for him. Pac has nothing to lose by losing to Floyd. Floyd will be humiliated. No one will care if Floyd beats Pac and I think that is unfortunate, because in my mind this is a good style match up. The risk-reward for Pacquiao is far greater than the risk reward for Floyd. What might help Floyd's case is he fights someone perceivably dangerous. Strategy wise, I would have had him fight Mosley in his comeback. Personally, I think he beats Shane easily, but, the very idea of it would have galvanized his critics.

[CHAVEZ4EVER]

THE GENERAL BOXING FANS DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE KO LOSSES BACK IN HIS TEENS. PAC HAS BEEN BEATING BIG NAME AFTER BIG NAME, AND THEY KNOW HE IS THE BEST IN THE SPORT RIGHT NOW. MAYWEATHER JUST NEEDS TO GRAB HIS BALLZ N GO.

[Chance]

THE GENERAL BOXING FANS DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE KO LOSSES BACK IN HIS TEENS. PAC HAS BEEN BEATING BIG NAME AFTER BIG NAME, AND THEY KNOW HE IS THE BEST IN THE SPORT RIGHT NOW. MAYWEATHER JUST NEEDS TO GRAB HIS BALLZ N GO.

that's what I'm saying. No more crying about how the public perceives you. Pick up your sac and make the fight.

[daprofessor]

Mayweather talks up Pacquiao fight
November 16, 2009 -- Updated 1332 GMT (2132 HKT)
Mayweather, whose nickname is "Money," said: "If I go out and make $60-75 million in one night; come on - I'm not losing."

he should just stfu. he constantly puts his foot in his mouth and discredits himself.