Manny Pacquiao may have a fight coming up vs. Chris Algieri in November, but he continues to discuss Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The two icons have never fought, despite being considered pound-for-pound equals at their peak in the same weight class. There is still support for them to fight in 2015, but after Mayweather's testimony about staging footage for Showtime's All Access show Pacquiao took the opportunity to swipe at him.
".@FloydMayweather's testimony to the commission on All Access' authenticity tells me everything I need to know about his desire to fight me," Pacquiao tweeted.
.@FloydMayweather's testimony to the commission on All Access' authenticity tells me everything I need to know about his desire to fight me.
— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) September 24, 2014
Mayweather's stated various reasons throughout his career for not facing Pacquiao, but most recently Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said that "Money" is avoiding Pacquiao because he doesn't like facing southpaws.
"I promoted the guy for ten years and I know how difficult it was to get him in the ring with any southpaw. When you talk about a southpaw who can move like Manny, that's not the kind of opponent that Mayweather feels he would do well against," Arum said to The Telegraph.
After defeating Marcos Maidana on September 13, Mayweather appeared to leave the door ajar when asked about facing Pacquiao.
"I got to go back and talk to my team, I'm not ducking or dodging no opponent," Mayweather said. "If a Pacquiao fight presents itself, let's make it happen."
Options aside from Pacquiao for Mayweather's next fight are slim. Amir Khan has risen to the forefront, but his resume is questionable. As Mayweather recently said, Khan has "Danny Garcia problems." Garcia, who knocked Khan out in 2012, could be a possible opponent but he's never fought above 140 lbs., and has lost momentum with two lackluster fights after a 2013 upset of Lucas Matthysse.
Other welterweights like Kell Brook and Keith "One Time" Thurman could be dark horses, but they are relative unknowns to most people outside of boxing's hardcore fan base.
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