By Edward Chaykovsky
In what has become a regular occurance, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has resurfaced only a few days before Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to fight. Floyd's routine is well rehearsed; as usual he claims that he won't be watching Pacquiao's fight and he takes a few shots at Pacquiao's upcoming opponent, Shane Mosley. The fight happens on Saturday at the MGM Grand.
Mayweather denied the recent rumors of a summer comeback. The rumors were started last week by Floyd's uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather, who claims that he speaks with his nephew on a regular basis - but Floyd claims they have only seen each other "three or four times" in a period of "one year." Mayweather said the only person he speaks to on a regular basis is his business adviser Al Haymon, which squashes rumors of their falling out.
During the interview with fighthype.com, Mayweather was asked about the upcoming fight between Pacquiao and Mosley - and he referred to Mosley as his "leftovers." Mayweather dominated Mosley over twelve rounds a year ago. In a puzzling statement, he claimed that he doesn't want Pacquiao to win the fight. If Pacquiao loses to Mosley, then Mayweather would lose the opportunity to take part in the most financially rewarding fight in boxing history.
Mayweather doesn't sound like a boxer who's in a hurry to fight again. It's already been a year since his last ring appearance.
Once again he dared Pacquiao to take a drug test, but his statement contradicts some of his early statements which were given during a radio and a video interview, where Mayweather stated that drug testing was no longer an issue in making the fight because both sides came to an understanding on the subject.
"Shane was already a beaten fighter. Not saying that I wish nothing bad on Shane because I want Shane to win. Everybody says 'well, if Shane wins, what about your money?' I don't worry about that. I got things outside the ring that I'm generating major income from. You just hear different stories, different stories, different stories. Whenever Floyd Mayweather wants to get back into the ring, he's going to get back in the ring," Mayweather told fighthype.com.
"The thing is this, Floyd Mayweather has never been scared of Manny Pacquiao at all. Never! At all! All he's doing is fighting my leftovers and he just keeps on saying that I'm scared. All I say every day is this, just take the test!"