Mayweather on duel with Pacquiao: Easy fight

Despite Manny Pacquiao’s masterful destruction of a supposedly stronger and bigger Miguel Cotto, comebacking Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is still unimpressed. In fact, Mayweather believes that if ever his megabuck battle for the mythical pound-for-pound throne with Pacquiao materializes, it will be an “easy fight" for him. "All I can say is he's a fighter like I'm a fighter. I don't see no versatility in Manny Pacquiao, I just see a good fighter, a good puncher, but one-dimensional," Mayweather said, as quoted by The Telegraph.

The 30-year-old Pacquiao has taken the mantle as the world’s top P4P fighter ever since Mayweather retired in 2008, validating his status with spectacular triumphs over A-listers like Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Cotto. With his 12th round TKO of Cotto, the Pacman has also earned the distinction of being the first fighter to win a world title in a seventh weight division. The unbeaten Mayweather has un-retired this year, thoroughly beating an undersized Juan Manuel Marquez in a welterweight clash last September. With the two superstars disposing of their respective rivals, the boxing world is all eager to see an ultimate showdown between the reigning P4P king, Pacquiao, and the current No. 2 in the Ring Magazine list, Mayweather.
This early, Golden Boy Promotions, which co-promoted the Mayweather-Marquez showdown, is reportedly ready to step in as middleman to negotiate with Pacquiao’s promoter Top Rank. However, the blockbuster card may encounter major stumbling blocks in terms of share of the purse and PPV (both fighters wanting the lion’s share) and weight (Pacquiao possibly wanting a catch weight of 145 lbs and Mayweather preferring the regular welterweight ceiling of 147 lbs.) If, in the end, the two camps come to terms, Mayweather boasted he would come out victorious like he did in all his previous fights. "Can Manny Pacquiao beat me? No, absolutely no. Easy win, easy fight," the 32-year-old fighter said. This fight, he added, won’t be as exciting, knowing the outcome from the onset. "If I beat Manny Pacquiao they'll say, 'You're supposed to beat him, you're the bigger man. You supposed to knock him out'. When I beat him, people won't be surprised because he's been beaten before. He's been knocked out twice before," Mayweather said. “The world will go wild if Floyd Mayweather gets beat, that's what the world is looking to see. They're trying to make a fighter to beat me. I'm a fighter that's never been beaten. I don't get any respect in the sport of boxing," he added. Pacquiao at this point, though, won’t commit on his next fight, preferring to leave it all up to his promoter, Bob Arum. - GMANews.TV