Mayweather says Pacquiao piggybacks off his name

Floyd Mayweather was recently interviewed by Ben Thompson for FightHype.com regarding the knock out loss of Manny Pacquiao to the Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez.

And while Mayweather wished that Pacquiao could bounce back and can recoup from the loss, the American boxer also took a shot at the Filipino boxer by saying Pacquiao piggybacks off his name.

"Marquez is a true champion, Manny Pacquiao is a true champion, both of them went out there and put on a good performance, and that's a good thing for the sport of boxing. I wish Pacquiao nothing but the best. I wish that he can bounce back and he can recoup from this. In the sport of boxing, you have to really dedicate yourself to your craft. You have to really, really dedicate yourself to your craft. I think he's got so many different things on the outside that he worries about, you know. But it was a good thing that he was able to come into the sport, you know, piggyback off my name, and get a bunch of endorsement deals and make a good living. That's a great thing."

He seemed sincere, though, in wishing Pacquiao well, but I guess sarcasm is really just in his nature.

He went on to say:

"Pacquiao's focus should be trying to take a vacation, get his mind right, and get a few tune-up fights so he can bounce back… I'm not here to talk bad about Pacquiao. I feel bad for him, honestly… There's a difference in the ways you can get knocked out. When you gotta wake a guy up with smelling salts and he got a concussion and he gotta go to the hospital over night, that's crucial. I mean, that's close to the death."

After Pacquiao’s recent loss, many consider a fight between him and Mayweather is already impossible to happen.

Even pop superstar Justin Bieber took time to post his thoughts to Instagram saying: “He has nothing to gain fighting pacqiao, Floyd has never in his professional career lost a fight and Pacqiao lost his last two fights. If Floyd wins its not that big of a deal Cuz it would be his third loss in a row, and lf he loses he's gonna ruin his legacy either way there's no big win for Mayweather.. Mayweather is boxing” (Read more about it here: http://theultimatefan.blogspot.com/2012/12/justin-bieber-makes-fun-of-pacquiao.html)

Do you think Pacquiao really has so many things going on around him that caused his boxing career to suffer? But more importantly, do you think Pacquiao has been riding Mayweather’s coattails?

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