Floyd Mayweather predicts Manny Pacquiao will break one of his records

Floyd Mayweather had predicted that Manny Pacquiao will overtake his record of beating the most world champions.

Mayweather beat 23 world champions during his professional career, which currently stands at 50-0.

The 43-year-old also holds the record for beating 16 champions consecutively.

But Pacquiao is on course to break Mayweather’s record after his win over Keith Thurman last July meant he had beaten 22 world title-holders in his career.

And Mayweather believes Pacquiao, who he beat in 2015, will surpass that mark.

‘See they say, ‘the great must fight the greats.’ Well, just look in the history books. You’ll see nobody beat more world champs than Floyd Mayweather,’ Mayweather told Fighthype.

‘Even with that being said, Pacquiao eventually probably would [beat the record]. But guess what, Pacquiao was a professional before me.

‘With everything he has accomplished. Hopefully, he’s made some smart investments.

‘If I’m not mistaken, I don’t know and you guys let me know. But I think I beat more world champions than any other fighter at 22. This going to be 23.

‘Guys like Chavez, it took guys like him 100 fights where it took me less than half of his fights. And that was one of the guys I looked up to.

‘I loved to see him fight. He was a remarkable fighter. He’s a guy who paved the way for me in boxing.

‘When I retire, I think they are going to appreciate me more. When I got into the sport, it was all about heavyweights. I brought in all the big money to the smaller weight classes.

‘Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Canelo. You can go down the list. All of them got their biggest payday with Floyd Mayweather.’

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