Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao has been a fight boxing fans have longed for and never gotten. Two straight losses dulled the demand for the fight, but a lack of real alternatives kept excitement on life support. After rebounding with two wins, Pacquiao would seem to be re-generating that Mayweather interest, however "Money" insists on bashing him.
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That may be alright, however, as Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum is reportedly trying to break bread with Golden Boy founder Oscar De La Hoya, and work out a potential battle with Canelo Alvarez.
For Pacquiao's sake this needs to happen, because even after two wins it doesn't sound like Floyd's eager to set anything up. "I think both fighters fought like amateurs," Mayweather said.
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"I thought Pacquiao fought like an amateur also, and I wasn't pleased with his performance. He got the victory the best way he knew how but I wasn't pleased with his performance at all."
He also brought up his beef with Arum once again, the largest bone of contention between the two living legends. "I'm seeing something totally different in Pacquiao," Mayweather said. "But still, that don't make me say, 'Oh, I'm going to go out there and fight him,' because he's still with Bob Arum and I'm with Mayweather Promotions."
Mayweather criticized the lack of power Pacquiao showed vs. Timothy Bradley on April 12; while Mayweather's clearly a biased source Manny hasn't won via knockout since a 2009 KO vs. Miguel Cotto.
Still, if Pacquiao's camp can organize a bout with Alvarez, he'll have little need for Mayweather. Floyd is still the top earner in the sport, but Canelo is among the upper echelon in that category as well, and might even be on the verge of surpassing Pacman as the A-side.
Boxing observers know better than to hold their breath waiting for boxing's "Cold War" to end, but each side made assurances they are interested in working together.
"Anything's possible," De La Hoya said of Pacquiao-Alvarez. "That's one of the reasons I was extending the olive branch. The fans want to see these kinds of fights."
Arum even denied a Cold War existed. "All this baloney about a cold war has never really applied to Oscar and myself. We can talk bout any subject in boxing rationally. ... We might disagree on a particular point, but we can talk. I hope we'll get together and have some significant meetings in the near future," Arum said.
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