Floyd Mayweather Jr. ruled out a fight happening between him and Manny Pacquiao in the future due to Pacquiao's struggles in the ring against Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley in the past. Mayweather said that Pacquiao thought he was on his level, but that those fighters showed that he's not in the same class as him. Mayweather also said that he's with Mayweather Promotions. He didn't finish what he meant by pointing that out, but it's possible that he's dropping another hint that he won't be fighting Pacquiao while he's still with Top Rank."The opportunity presented itself [to fight] on more than one occasion, but this guy isn't in the same position he was before," Mayweather said to ESPN. "He's like 'I'll take the test and do whatever it takes to make the fight happen,' but at one particular time he thought he was on the same level as me. But once Marquez showed him that he wasn't on the same level as me, and Tim Bradley showed that he wasn't on the same level as me."... If you're a Pacquiao fan then you can at least be happy that he'll likely be fighting Marquez next in September if Marquez beats Mike Alvarado this month in their fight on May 17th. Pacquiao's fans will likely be excited at seeing him fight the soon to be 41-year-old Marquez for a 5th time. If Pacquiao avenges that defeat, Arum can match him back up with the likes of Bradley and Brandon Rios again, if Pacquiao re-signs with Arum.
Amir Khan thinks the move up in weight to 147 will help him for his fight this Saturday night against Luis Collazo. Khan has been struggling to make 140 for a while now, and now that he's moved up 7 pounds, he expects that to give him more power than before. "Weve been in the gym for the last eight months. I've not ate my way up to this weight, I trained my way up to this weight...you'll definitely see a different Amir Khan come into this fight," Khan said today. What exactly Khan means by saying he will be a different fighter remains to be seen... He has never been short of speed or power... so does he mean his chin will be better at taking shots or will his defence have improved? He was put down in his last fight by Julio Diaz a year ago, and hurt several times in that fight. Khan was on the run in his loss to Lamont Peterson, and knocked out by Danny Garcia. Khan was also knocked out by Breidis Prescott. So when Khan says he'll be different for the Collazo fight If it's just his offense that is a shade better, then it might not really make much difference because his offense was already good enough.
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