Manny Pacquiao hits back at Floyd Mayweather as old rivals’ feud escalates

Manny Pacquiao has hit back at Floyd Mayweather after he mocked his rival for not being financially set.

The Philippines star has been a leading light in his division for well over a decade.

He and Mayweather squared off in Las Vegas back in 2015, a fight that had been years in the making, with the American winning on points.

Mayweather has long been the financial king of the sport, often pocketing the largest purse from any fight he's involved in.

Pacquiao will enter the ring for the first time in two years when he takes on Errol Spence Jr this summer.

Mayweather insists those days are behind him and he never needs to fight again due to his savvy investments.

He said: "Pacquiao at his age [42], which is sad, has to fight. I'm financially set, and I want to make everybody hear this.

"You're going to hear a lot of people say 'Floyd needed to do this', no, I'm well off.

"Every property that I have is paid for, my jet is paid for, all my cars are paid for, I own billion-dollar buildings, I own so much property, I've steadily invested in many different things.

"I'm invested in the tech world, I've made a lot of smart investments."

His rival took issue with his comments though insisting he is in the business for the right reasons.

Mayweather fought Conor McGregor back in 2017, a man who had never boxed professionally, and then recently took on Logan Paul in an exhibition bout.

Pacquiao took aim at the 42-year-old's money motivation and claims he only enters the ring to face a genuine competitor.

He said: "I'm not like some who are in it just for money. Some challenge non-boxers to get paid. I want the best. If I'm fighting for money, I'd have picked some scrub. This is a real fight."

Conor McGregor's manager Audie Attar has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Manny Pacquiao ahead of his scheduled welterweight title fight against Spence Jr.

Attar, who runs Paradigm Sports, is seeking to recoup a $3.3 million advance whilst also looking to stop Pacquiao's bout with Spence Jr this summer, which is set to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

In the lawsuit filed in Orange County, California Attar claims he was negotiating for Pacquiao to meet four-division champion Mikey Garcia, according to the Athletic.

Attar also suggests that competing Pacquiao associates directed him back to boxing manager Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions and he signed to fight unbeaten WBC/IBF champion Spence.

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