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Video: Mayweather predicted reaction to Pacquiao fight in 2009
Published 11:56 8 May 2015 BST
Updated 12:08 8 May 2015 BST
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Floyd Mayweather told us back in 2009 that the 'Fight of the Century' would be a dud.
Despite all the pre-fight hype, last Saturday's main event at the MGM Grand was regarded as a let-down following Mayweather's evasion tactics to defeat Pacquiao on points. But the champion had told everyone to prepare themselves for an anti-climax six years ago, and shared a snippet of that interview on his Instagram account on Thursday. "If I beat Manny Pacquiao, you know what they gonna say? 'You supposed to beat him, you Floyd Mayweather, you the bigger man'. Then if I outbox him they'll say it was a boring fight," said Mayweather. He was right about that...Explore more on these topics:
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