Former two-time light-welterweight world champion Khan beat Chris Algieri in their bout in June and felt he was close to facing Floyd Mayweather – but the multiple world champion opted to fight Andre Berto.
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“I’m really disappointed in Manny and his team”. “They aren’t playing ball”. “At this moment in time I think it can happen, it’s all about just doing the little things, contracts and stuff”. But they are stalling. “We can do the rematch whenever he [Khan] wants but it’s always going to be in the back of his head though, when he left these badboys”, the 27-year-old boxer told Daily Mail while showing his fists.
Once Pacquiao fulfills his last fight this 2016, he is expected to retire and shift his attention on Philippine politics.
Pacquiao has made no secret of his desire to avenge his unanimous points defeat to Mayweather in May, even though the American has announced his retirement from boxing. “I’m in a strong position where I can pick a few big names but a lot of them don’t want to fight me”, he shared.
Amir Khan looks set to miss out on yet another dream fight, as he has confirmed today that negotiations with the team of Manny Pacquiao have collapsed.
But is Pacquiao gearing up to fight Mayweather one more time? Mayweather is retired and I take him at his word. Floyd in a way he chickened out, he didn’t give me the fight.
“He kept moving around and didn’t want to fight toe to toe with me, exchanging punches”, Pacquiao said Monday.
The STAR asked Pacquiao what’s more important to him now – his boxing career and making his fans happy or his political career and serving the Filipino people.
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The Ring reported Pacquiao’s denial of the story, but in that piece Manny did suggest he was interested in the rematch. “No, I didn’t talk to him[Mayweather]. It is a possible reason for him to stall on signing the contract, but I don’t really know”, he said. It honors not only what I have done in the sport of boxing but also who I am as a person. “We are looking at a Danny Garcia rematch”.
