It looks like the Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather, Jr rematch may not happen at all if recent reports and statements are to be believed.
Pacquiao won't get a chance at redemption as Floyd's uncle, Jeff Mayweather, believes that the Filipino boxer shouldn't be given a rematch.
According to ABS-CBN News, Jeff said that Pacquiao had been lying about his shoulder injury. In addition, Floyd wouldn't give the Filipino champ a rematch because the latter tried to blame his loss on his shoulder injury and not by admitting that the former beat him fair and square.
As was stated by Jeff , he doesn't believe that Pacquiao had a shoulder injury before the fight as he asked why didn't the Filipino boxer did not complain about the said illness during the fight. He further notes that a torn rotator cuff will not let you move your shoulder at all.
''You got a torn rotator cuff and you're not gonna complain once in the entire fight? When you have a torn rotator cuff, you can't even rotate your shoulder, you can't do nothing,'' said Jeff.
Jeff also stated that Floyd will not give Pacquiao a rematch because the Filipino boxer is not humble enough to admit defeat at the hands of the "Pretty Boy."
''It backfired on him because of the fact that he didn't man up and say that Floyd was the better man, and now Floyd doesn't want to give him a rematch just based on that. He wasn't man enough to say that he lost the fight,'' Jeff added.
Meanwhile, the Filipino boxer has angered his promoter Bob Arum as the Top Rank CEO remarks that Pacquiao is being unprofessional. According to Rappler, Arum said that Pacquiao missed his scheduled rehab for his torn rotator cuff. Arum noted that Pacquiao is not an active fighter at the moment and he is very unprofessional when dealing with his injury.
"As far as I'm concerned he's not an active fighter," said Arum, adding that Pacquiao had "not been acting very professionally." He added, "Pacquiao was supposed to come over to see the doctor and for some reason he decided to cancel it."
Arum then added that Pacquiao should know better when it comes to these things.
"When you have an operation like that you've got to get into rehab. You've got to get the doctor to look at it and to guide you as to the kind of rehab that you've got to do. He's a grown man and he makes his own decisions but as far as I'm concerned he's not an active fighter," said Arum.
Rappler notes that the reason Pacquiao missed his scheduled meeting his doctor is that he decided to visit Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino who is facing death sentence in Indonesia.
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