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Floyd attacks Manny online
Manny Pacquiao has dismissed a derogatory online video posted by Floyd Mayweather Jr as "an "uneducated message".
In the widely circulated video, Mayweather goes on an expletive-filled and sometimes racist rant against multiple world champion Pacquiao, a newly elected congressman from the Philippines.
Pacquiao faces Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium near Dallas on November 13.
Mayweather said during the video, which appeared this week, that he was on vacation "for about a year" and would easily defeat Pacquiao after that.
"I just heard about that, but I didn't see the video," Pacquiao said on Friday, at the final stop of a three-city tour to promote his fight. "But it's an uneducated message."
Mayweather, at times interacting with fans by phone on the video, claimed Pacquiao "can't speak no English" and had "never seen a contract he didn't like."
There are also suggestions that the Filipino sensation has used performance-enhancing drugs, assertions raised previously by the Mayweather camp that resulted in a defamation lawsuit that is still pending.
"It's a really cheap low blow, but again, consider where it came from," said Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer. "We tried to fight him. He said no. He doesn't want to fight."
Roach said he had not seen the Mayweather video.
Mayweather's chief adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, did not return messages. His publicist, Kelly Swanson, said in an e-mail she had seen the video but had not been in touch with Mayweather or Ellerbe and could not comment.
Fans have been calling for Mayweather to fight Pacquiao, but negotiations have repeatedly broken down for what could have been the richest fight in boxing history.
It is unclear when the Mayweather video was made, but it appeared online this week when Pacquiao and Margarito were in the midst of their promotional tour.
After stops in Beverly Hills and New York, the media tour wrapped up on Friday at Cowboys Stadium, in an end zone plaza instead of on the field, which was being prepared for a college football game.
When asked about the possibility of a fight against Mayweather, Pacquiao responded: "I'm not looking for that fight. I'm satisfied with what I've done in boxing."
Pacquiao said he was planning a couple of more fights before retiring, though he gave no indication of who the opponents might be.
The seven-division champion said earlier this week that he would still face Mayweather if the American accepted the fight.
Todd duBoef of promoter Top Rank said he had heard about the Mayweather video but "probably" didn't have any interest in seeing it. Mayweather used to be a Top Rank fighter.
DuBoef also said he did not want to hear Mayweather asking to fight Pacquiao, especially after his team had denied that the second round of negotiations even took place this summer.
DuBoef said that Pacquiao, whose record stands at 51-3-2, with 38 KOs, was ready to fight and not interested in waiting any longer for a bout with Mayweather, who is 41-0 after a unanimous decision in May over Shane Mosley.
