So while Floyd Mayweather was showing off his lifestyle of the rich and famous again, Manny Pacquiao went traditional in a response as the pointless banter continues.
Manny Pacquiao really wants to fight Floyd Mayweather.
Floyd Mayweather, meanwhile, really seems to enjoy being Floyd Mayweather, as evidenced by a tweet from Monday.
Welcome to my world pic.twitter.com/GwSJ4OC4Yj
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) January 5, 2015
While some may have been wowed by Mayweather’s $7 million collection of automobiles, Pacquiao just wants to fight, as he set up a scene from a bad Norman Rockwell photo in response to Mayweather’s boast.
We’re going on six years since these two have talked about stepping into the ring. They were close in 2010, until negotiations broke down over drug testing.
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Last month, Mayweather said he wants to fight Pacquiao.
“I would love to fight Manny Pacquiao,” Mayweather told ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael. “We tried to make the fight happen years ago; we had problems with random blood and urine testing.
“I just want to be on an even playing field.”
Mayweather went on in the December interview to talk about Pacquiao being “desperate” after losses to Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley.
Of course, he didn’t bother to mention that Pacquiao agreed long ago to be tested.
These two have been bickering for so long, they really ought to just get married and be done with it because they’ve carried on like an old married couple for more than half a decade now.
Mayweather even invoked his best WWE promotional work last month.
“We want to fight,” Mayweather said. “I know that he’s not on my level. The fans would love to see the fight. And, of course, I want to go out with a bang.
“So let’s make this fight happen. Manny Pacquiao, Bob Arum, you guys have been ducking us for years. We’re tired of you guys fooling the public, fooling the critics. You guys didn’t want to take random blood and urine testing, so that’s why it didn’t happen. Then I offered you $40 million, then you didn’t want to make the fight happen.
“You lost twice, now you coming back begging for the same money. That’s not gonna happen. Let’s make the fight happen for the people and the fans. Mayweather versus Pacquiao, May 2nd, Cinco de Mayweather.”
Someone might have wanted to tell Floyd that “cinco” does not mean ”two,” but, hey, whatever.
It’s reaching the point that if these two do ever fight, it will look like Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone in Grudge Match.
That’s not a pretty sight, people.
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