Floyd Mayweather has ‘zero interest’ in £240m Manny Pacquiao rematch and coming out of retirement
FLOYD MAYWEATHER has “zero interest” in coming out of retirement to rematch Manny Pacquiao – instead preferring to spend time with his children.
The American beat the Filipino icon in 2015 in a fight generating an estimated £500million selling a record 4.6m pay-per-views.
Mayweather retired two-years later after making another £300m defeating UFC star Conor McGregor.
While PacMan remains competing at the top challenging WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman this Saturday.
Despite Pacquiao, 40, issuing a rematch challenge, Mayweather’s right hand man and business partner Leonard Ellerbe told BoxingScene the former pound-for-pound star is “burned out” from boxing.
Ellerbe said: “Floyd has no interest, he has zero interest. He’s been doing this all his life.
“And after a while, you get burned out. He’s given the sport everything. I can relate to everything [Pacquiao is] saying about being an older fighter, where you have to switch it up.
“Instead of running 10 miles, you might only have to run five because the wear and tear on your body, with all the rounds of sparring, it takes a lot out of you.
“Because guys like him and Floyd, they separate themselves from everyone else. That’s why we always say it’s levels to this.
“And Floyd’s always been more prepared than his opponents. He’s always been in the best shape ever, because he has given boxing everything. There was no stones unturned.
“So when you’re an older fighter, you have to make that adjustment. You have to train smarter and not harder.”
He’s doing all the things that he never got a chance to do because boxing has consumed his life ever since he was five years old.
Leonard Ellerbe on Floyd Mayweather
Mayweather, 42, returned to the ring in December to compete in a boxing exhibition against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa.
The former welterweight king took out the featherweight boxing novice in a round as he took home £7m for the Tokyo farce.
Despite teasing more mega-money exhibitions in Japan, Ellerbe insists Mayweather is enjoying time spent with his four kids and doing the things he couldn’t during his boxing career.
Ellerbe said: “He’s very content, he’s living his best life. I just talked to him earlier today. We went over some business stuff.
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“He’s traveling, spending time with his kids, spending time with his family.
“He’s doing all the things that he never got a chance to do because boxing has consumed his life ever since he was five years old.
“So truly, he’s getting to do stuff for really kind of the first time in his life. And he’s really enjoying it.”