MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao thinks getting pointers from Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the last thing Errol Spence needs.
Pacquiao and Spence will meet in a welterweight title showdown on Aug. 21 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The two faced off for the first time in a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday.
“Errol doesn’t need advice from Mayweather,” Pacquiao said. “I believe Errol is better than Mayweather. He’s a [better] fighter than Mayweather.”
“He could teach Mayweather how to fight toe-to-toe.”
In a video by ES News last month, Mayweather said he will call Spence to “give him some pointers” on how to beat the Filipino boxing legend.
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