Floyd Mayweather News: 'Money May' Says Manny Pacquiao 'Very Good', Lambasts Oscar De La Hoya For History of Drug Use
Retired undefeated welterweight great Floyd Mayweather Jr. lauded long-time rival Manny Pacquiao, while further lambasted another former opponent in Oscar De La Hoya.
Mayweather and Pacquiao have gone on a back-and-forth trade of verbal tirades and accusations that led to lawsuits since 2009, when both their names began floating around alongside each other. The two men finally faced each other after five years last May, with Mayweather, winning by a wide unanimous decision margin.
On Pacquiao's part, the Filipino boxing icon supposedly sustained a rotator cuff injury on his right shoulder during the fight. "Money May" announced his retirement from boxing in September, after decisively beating former world champion Andre Berto, again via a wide unanimous decision margin.
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Now on the sidelines concentrating on being a full-time family man and business mogul through Mayweather Promotions, Floyd Jr. was recently asked who his toughest opponents so far were. Mayweather narrowed it down to three names.
"I can say that none of them were easy," Mayweather said in a report by Boxingscene. "Although I must say that Canelo was tough, Miguel Cotto [was tough]. Manny Pacquiao was very tough. Pacquiao is very good. He was better than I thought."
Meanwhile, Mayweather did not have very nice things to say about another former rival, Oscar De La Hoya. Mayweather fought "The Golden Boy" in May 2007, which was at the time, was the most lucrative boxing matches in history. The said event raked in over $130 million in revenue.
The two men have not been in good terms as of late. De La Hoya wrote a spiteful "open letter" to Mayweather, which was written for the December 2015 issue of Playboy Magazine.
In another report by Boxingscene, Mayweather attributed De La Hoya's recent antics to "drugs and jealousy".
"I'm just saying the reason he could be going after me, could be because of the drugs, because of the jealousy," Mayweather said. "That comes with the territory."
