Floyd Mayweather is a smart boxer and he can see what he?d be in for if Manny Pacquiao?s blazing fists were ever on target for his head ? the American fears he will be brutally knocked out.
Mayweather emerged out of hiding recently and gave an interview to his new pals over at Fighthype.com. Again, Mayweather squelched the idea of him fighting Pacquiao in 2011. ?If it happens, it happens. If it don?t then it don?t, you know? Life goes on,? he told interviewer Ben Thompson.
Those words are a far cry from what Floyd would say if he really felt in his heart of hearts that he could beat Pacquiao. If he really believed he could handle Pacquiao with ease, Floyd would be telling Ellerbe, ?Make the f***** fight?, as he did after Ricky Hatton challenged him.
Floyd has not given any indication that he wants to fight Pacquiao for by far the biggest payday of his career. Floyd even admitted to Fighthype that he has concerns about how Pacquiao could do permanent bodily harm to his being. ?It?s not about the money,? claims the man now, who once even changed his damned name to ?Money.? ?If your health is not right, if your body?s not right, mentally or physically, you?ll never be able to spend that money. That?s why we want everybody in the sport of boxing to be fair. We want the fighters to be fair and I want all fighters to take the test, just to show the world that we have a clean sport.?
The man who said he?s the greatest fighter of all time, superior to Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Ray Leonard, claims he is different from all other fighters because he ?can adapt and adjust to any style. I can make adjustments and adapt within minutes, within seconds in that squared circle.?
But Floyd apparently doesn?t believe in himself that he can find the formula to make the adjustments to deal with the relentless speed, fury, power and burning ambition that Manny Pacquiao presents.
?If it happens, then it happens. If it don?t, it don?t,? he re-stated to Th
