Manny Pacquiao has laid the gauntlet down for Floyd Mayweather, claiming the American star is the one who ‘refuses’ to agree to a fight.
A bout between Mayweather and Pacquiao has already been billed as the Billion Dollar Fight, but the eight-time world champion claims he won’t be angry if it never happens.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Pacquiao said: ‘I’ll never be frustrated if the Floyd fight doesn?t happen.’ +7
Manny Pacquiao (left) claims Floyd Mayweather has been refusing to agree to a fight
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‘Though I’m ready to fight him anytime, anywhere – it’s him who refuses. I?ve made it clear that I want to fight him – it?s up to him now.
‘It’s obvious he is avoiding a fight with me. He always makes excuses. Just make the fight and stop talking.’
Pacquiao, who faces American Chris Algieri in Macau on Saturday, also hit out a Mayweather’s tendency to flash his cash on various social media sites.
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The 37-year-old’s most recent Instagram video showed Mayweather in a pair of boxer shorts, watching 10 scantily-clad women dance in front of him.
Alongside the video, Mayweather wrote: ‘If GOD made anything better than a woman, I don’t want it’ #mrmylifeisthes*** #tmt #tmg”.
Pacquiao added: ‘I pity him because all he thinks and does reflects the worldly aspects of life. He seems to have forgotten his spiritual nourishment.’