MANNY PACQUIAO was unimpressed with Floyd Mayweatherโs recent appearance in Japan. Mayweather was booked for a three round exhibition against Tenshin Nasukawa. He destroyed the young Japanese fighter inside the first round.
โAnd about the exhibition of Floyd Mayweather in Japan, itโs my first time to see an exhibition that you knock your opponent out. Supposedly an exhibition is just to entertain people and nothing serious for three rounds. Thatโs what I understand about exhibitions,โ Pacquiao said.
โPacmanโ has a long standing rivalry with Mayweather, losing to the American in a high profile bout in 2015. He does want a rematch with Mayweather but insists meeting him at a basketball game recently was coincidental.
โSurprisingly, I didnโt know that he was there at the game.ย I was invited on that Filipino Heritage Night at the Clippersโ game.ย I didnโt know that he was there and then when they were throwing t-shirts to the crowds I saw him.ย And then I just say, โHello.โ Thatโs it,โ Pacquiao said. โYou cannot avoid the people that will ask if thereโs a rematch with Floyd Mayweather because I think they have a big question mark in their mind and also in their heart about that what happened in that fight.
โIโm just answering them that I donโt have a plan yet.ย Iโm very focused on this fight January 19 against Adrien Broner because Broner is a former champion and heโs the kind of fighter that you cannot underestimate or take him lightly.โ