Floyd Mayweather is willing to meet Manny Pacquiao.
Not in the ring though, but over lunch or dinner. Even in a basketball court.
Claiming that youth no longer is on his side, Mayweather, who retired last year after racing to a 50-0 record, told a group of reporters early Tuesday morning that he?s done fighting.
?I?m an old man now. There?s no more fight in Floyd Mayweather,? said the man who loves referring to himself in the third person in an interview with reporters who covered his arrival at dusk.
Mayweather?s only passion for boxing right now is recruiting talent who can join his growing stable of promising punchers and he is upbeat that lots of aspiring Filipinos will eventually join his group in the pursuit of their world title dreams.
Mayweather turned 41 last February and even gifted himself with a brand new private jet, his third, that he can use in his travels all over the world.
How about another mouth-watering matchup with the eight-division Filipino champion?
?Probably we can sit down together, perhaps have lunch or dinner and see what?s happening with his team,? he said.
Apart from that cordial setting, Mayweather maintains that the only way he can engage Manny in a contest would be in basketball as the two are hoop junkies.
One of the richest athletes ever, Mayweather earned a staggering $250 million when he beat Manny Pacquiao in their super fight in May 2015 in Las Vegas. When he overwhelmed MMA icon Conor McGregor in August last year, Mayweather got another massive payday.
Insisting that he?s done, Mayweather said his focus is ?travelling around the world? and ?meet the people and fans.?
Asked about facing the 39-year-old Pacquiao in a rematch, Mayweather shrugged it off, saying he?s ?not thinking about boxing?not at all.?
But he admits that ?we don?t know what the future holds (but) right now I?m retired.?
Whether the two will have a face-off before Mayweather leaves tomorrow remains uncertain.
A source said Mayweather?s team is not keen on going to Gen. Santos City, where Pacquiao is training, so ?it?s up to Manny to make the effort, if ever.?
