Was it a subtle jab by the eight-division world champion?
Manny Pacquiao is usually included in almost everyone’s list of favorite boxers of all time.
But have you ever thought about who’s included in Pacquiao’s list?
Well, say no more, because the legendary pugilist just dropped his. In a TikTok video uploaded on Thursday, the 44-year-old Pacquiao was asked who his favorite boxer in history was. While he admitted that it’s difficult for him to make a singular pick, he acknowledged that there are “a lot of good boxers in terms of skills.”
He named Oscar Dela Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Lennox Lewis.
Curiously, he didn’t mention Floyd Mayweather Jr., who retired with an immaculate 50-0 record. One of those wins, of course, came at the expense of Pacquiao during their so-called Fight of the Century in 2015.
Did Pacquiao, the wide-smiling, “Sometimes When We Touch”-belting, politics-dabbing eight-division world champion, just throw a subtle shade at Mayweather? Or was it just an innocent case of memory gap? After all, he also forgot to mention that Muhammad Ali guy. Or even Juan Manuel Marquez.
It’s hard to know. You know?