Floyd Mayweather Jr. Says he was not impressed by Manny Pacquiao’s dominant win over Joshua Clottey on Saturday.
Mayweather, who fight fans had hoped to see fight Pacquiao in the early months of the year only for that plan to fall by the wayside as the two camps fell out, watched on as the Filipino ace eased to a 12-round success over the Ghanaian. And despite the domineering efforts of Pacquiao, Mayweather says he will give viewers a much better show when he takes on Shane Mosley on May 1.
“I think Pacquiao gave the fans a boring fight,” Mayweather was quoted as saying by boxingscene.com.
“He was punching his arms for all 12 rounds. At least when you watch Floyd Mayweather you know you’ll be seeing non-stop action for 30 minutes straight and that’s what you’ll see on May 1.
"Personally, I think Pacquiao got exposed in that fight for being one-dimensional. You can have all (the) offense ability in the world but with no defence you’re not going to last long against a good counter puncher such as myself. Look at the way Clottey was getting through, each time he threw something it landed. Then at the end Pacquiao’s was all busted up, when’s the last time you’ve seen my face all messed up like that? That’s the difference between an amateur and a true pound for pound boxer.”
Mayweather also made kittle of the fact that the 51,000 crowd at the fight - the largest attendance figure for a boxing event in the United States in 17 years. He added that he would easily have matched it had he been in the ring.
He went on: “The attendance numbers ain’t nothing compared to what I have drawn in the past or what I would have drawn if that was me in the ring that night, everybody knows that. Half those seats were empty in the back and people say Pacquiao is a draw?
“Let’s not forget who generated a revenue of 2.5 million dollars in one fight alone. The only reason why he's popular is because he's an ethnic minority and from the Philippines so it's something special. If he was from Africa he would be just another boxer.”