Pacquiao still eyeing rematch vs Mayweather

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Manny Pacquiao still wants a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr., three months after the Filipino boxing superstar lost a unanimous decision in their fight last May in Las Vegas.

Pacquiao also believes he should’ve won being the aggressor and with Mayweather “running away all the time.”

“[I would] want to fight Mayweather in a rematch. I’ll be ready for that mentally and physically next year,” Pacquiao told fightnews.com in Tokyo where the Sarangani lawmaker was part of the Philippine delegation sent for the 2019 Fiba World Cup hosting bid. “He was running away all the time. I was making the fight by stalking him and believe that I deserved a victory,” said Pacquiao.

The eight-division champion vowed to show the undefeated Mayweather a “better performance” given a second fight. “I’ll show a better performance against him than in the first encounter.” During the post-fight press conference shortly after the record-breaking bout, Pacquiao revealed he was nursing a right shoulder injury that affected his performance… see more

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