Jeff Mayweather tears into Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao announcement

Mayweather vs Pacquiao has its fair share of critics

Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50-0, 27 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs) are set to reignite their rivalry on September 19 in Las Vegas. 

The bout, scheduled to be streamed on Netflix, will see the pair run back their historic 2015 showdown.

Last time out, Mayweather was victorious, dismantling the Filipino legend across 12 rounds.

Nowadays, Pacquiao is the more battle hardened if the two, recently achieved a draw against the then world champion Mario Barrios.

A win would have seen Pacquiao break his own record, crowning himself the oldest champion at 147lbs.

The announcement comes as a shock to many, with the American's former trainer, Jeff Maywehear, revealing to FighHype that he disagrees with the bout, labelling it a ‘sad’ product of modern-day entertainment.

“It is kind of sad to me, that these two guys have to come back for it to be one of the biggest fights again. With all of these great new champion that are out here, there should be some big fights but Manny and Floyd are bigger than anybody else. That is why it is happening.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say that is the fighters’ fault, that is not the fighters’ job – that is the promoters’ job, that is what promotion is. So, if you don’t have a promoter that is promoting you in the right way to make you loved and accepted by your fans, then they are not doing the right thing by you.

“I think that the fight is probably going to be pretty much the same [as last time], but both of them are not the same fighters that they once was. The name are the same, but the fighters, they are not.

“They have both aged and, I’m going to be honest, the last fight with Pacquiao, when he fought Barrios, that fight looked like crap to me. He looked like crap. Even though the fight was close, and I understand that the fight was close, the greatness of Pacquiao was gone. I didn’t see it, I didn’t even see an inkling of it.”