Pacquiao vs Mayweather Fight Latest News: Fighters Exchange Verbal Jabs
If only words had gloves and could pack some real, physical punches, both Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao would have been bloodied by now.
However, the entire planet knows that the eagerly awaited mega-fight between the two giants of the boxing world has been confined to a war of words, words, and more words.
In their latest verbal exchange, Pacquiao broke precedents by attacking first. In a tweet, Pac Man questioned the credibility of "Money" after the latter admitted before the Nevada State Athletic Commission that his "All Access" show was not for real and only staged to promote his fight with Marcos Maidana.
"@FloydMayweather's testimony to the commission on All Access' authenticity tells me everything I need to know about his desire to fight me," the Filipino boxing icon tweeted.
Stung by Pac Man's verbal jab, Mayweather struck back with a flurry of nasty verbal – and visual – punches.
Relaying his blows also through Twitter on Sept. 26, Mayweather posted images showing Pacquiao getting knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012. "Miss Pac Man is broke and desperate for a pay day. Your Pay-Per-View numbers are a joke," Mayweather tweeted.
Pacquiao, who is busy preparing for his scheduled fight in Macau against Chris Algieri this coming Nov. 22, still has to respond.
Earlier, Mayweather was summoned by Nevada State Athletic Commission Chairman Francisco Aguilar to explain scenes in his "All Access" show that ran a few days before his fight with Maidana. Mayweather is listed as the executive producer of the show, which billed itself as a reality series showing boxers before their actual bout.
It turned out it wasn't real at all, as admitted by Mayweather himself.
The show contained scenes of marijuana parties in Floyd's Las Vegas mansion where he was seen enjoying himself in the company of female friends.
The show featured at least two ring gladiators engaging in 31-minute fights without a break in the "Dog House" of his gym. It also showed Mayweather and his friends placing bets during staged boxing events.
None of those scenes was true, Mayweather admitted. "It wasn't real marijuana," he said. "It's all about entertainment."
"I don't want to just sell a fight," Mayweather told the Commission. "I want to sell a lifestyle."
"It's a new generation, a young generation," Mayweather explained further. "We believe in going outside boxing and doing something different. Because we did something different we got better pay-per-views this time around."
Because of that show, he said, he drew more pay-per-views than expected in his fight with Maidana, where he was guaranteed a $32 million purse money.
Aguilar and the other commissioners asked Mayweather about the two fights shown on the "All Access" show where the boxers were shown exchanging blows for more than half an hour without break, ending only when the beaten boxers quit.
"The dog house rules are, you fight till whoever quits," Mayweather replied.
However, he said the fighters got three to four long rest breaks during the sparring sessions.
"We do take breaks when we spar. I make sure," Mayweather said. "I'm not going to let anyone get hurt because safety is very important to boxing."
The commissioners said they were satisfied with Mayweather's explanations and glad that he appeared before them.