"I mean, really over at Top Rank, they don't really have too many options," stated promoter and retired undefeated former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, who shared his thoughts on former long-time rival Manny Pacquiao facing one of his former fighters, WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas. According to Mayweather, Pacquiao's opponent options have run dry since their record-breaking mega-fight back in May 2015.
"You look at Pacquiao, they don't have that many options. Pacquiao fights these guys 3 and 4 times. I think he might have fought Marquez, what, 4 times. He fought Marquez 4 times. Fought Erik Morales 3 times. Timothy Bradley 3 times. And it's a few other fighters that he fought more than just once," Mayweather remarked during a recent conversation with FightHype.com. "So we talking about something like 5 guys, something like that, 20 times. 20 of his fights was just by 5 guys or 4 guys; I don't really know. Real crazy."
Although Mayweather stopped short of commenting on the actual outcome of the fight, he did share his thoughts on what the reaction might be should Vargas pull off the upset. "If Pacquiao happens to lose the fight, they're going to say age played a factor. If it was me and I lost at his age, they'd been like, 'Yo, I told you Mayweather wasn't what they said he was,'" Mayweather added.
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