Floyd Mayweather Next Fight: Manny Pacquiao Will Be An Easy Opponent, Says Floyd Sr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is not yet thinking about his next fight, but his trainer and father, Floyd Sr., revealed that they are willing to face Manny Pacquiao, knowing that it will be an easy fight for the unbeaten champion.
In an interview with FightHype on Monday, Mayweather Sr. admitted that if he will have it his way, he wants his son to avoid facing big and tough fighters in his final two fights next year.
"I would like to see Floyd have a couple fights where he ain't fighting all these big, tough fighters," Mayweather Sr. said. "I'm not saying that Floyd's not going to fight the best, because that's all Floyd has fought is the best, but I'm saying right now, since he ain't, but a couple fights before he ends his career, I'm just saying that maybe those couple of fights could be easy."
Mayweather Sr. quickly added, though, that they are willing to face Pacquiao in a super fight next year, expressing confidence that Mayweather Jr. will easily win against the Filipino boxing icon. The elder Mayweather said that Pacquiao might not even defeat his son's previous opponents, like Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
"Whether he knows it or not, if he takes Pacquiao, that'll be an easy fight for him," Mayweather Sr. said. "Pacquiao can't whoop no damn Alvarez. Pacquiao can't whoop them big fighters Floyd's fighting; he can't whoop them guys, man. Them guys would beat the shit out of Pacquiao."
Mayweather Jr. successfully protected his unblemished record last month when he scored a convincing unanimous decision win against Marcos Maidana.
Mayweather Jr., who holds the World Boxing Association welterweight and World Boxing Council welterweight and light middleweight titles, recently said that he is planning to fight twice next year before calling it quits.
Aside from Pacquiao, Mayweather Sr. also confirmed that they will consider facing Amir Khan in one of Floyd Jr.'s final two fights in 2015. Khan almost got a shot at Mayweather Jr. earlier this year before the reigning pound-for-pound king opted to face Maidana.
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