By Edward Chaykovsky

WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao rejects the claims of Floyd Mayweather Jr., who says the Filipino boxer is using his name to bring more attention to his November 22nd HBO Pay-Per-View title defense against Chris Algieri in Macau, China. It's being said by Pacquiao, and his management, that he wants to fight Mayweather next.

Because of Mayweather's verbal attacks, Pacquiao is now refusing to discuss their highly demanded mega-fight until after the Algieri pay-per-view has concluded.

“I don’t want to bring up Floyd’s name because he might think I’m using him to market my fight against Algieri,” said Pacquiao to the Philippine Star. “After the Algieri fight, then we can talk about Floyd or any other fighter. At the moment, my main and only focus is Algieri.”

Algieri is being marketed as a very smart boxer, both inside and outside of the ring. While Algieri has the edge on an educational level, Pacquiao says he clearly has the edge on a boxing level.

“So what if Algieri has a Master’s degree?” Pacquiao said. “I have a Master’s degree in boxing. I’ve been fighting since 1995. I’ve done over 60 fights. My experience speaks for itself. I also have a doctorate, honoris causa, in human kinetics from Southwestern University (Cebu).”