Pacquiao ignores Floyd Jr, focuses on Margarito

Manny Pacquiao might be the only person who hasn't seen the close to 10-minute video clip of Floyd Mayweather Jr's latest outburst against him. "I just heard about that, but I didn't see the video," said the Filipino fighting congressman from Sarangani province when asked during the third and final stop of his promotional tour for his November 13 showdown against Antonio Margarito. Rather than be bothered by a fighter who comes up with many excuses just to avoid facing him, Pacquiao said he's more focused now on his 12-round meeting with the 5-foot-11 Margarito. And at the moment, a fight with Mayweather is definitely not foremost in him. "I'm not looking for that fight," said Pacquiao, owner a 51-3-2 record with 38 knockouts. "I'm satisfied with what I’ve done in boxing already." But if Pacquiao chose to ignore Mayweather Jr's latest tirades against him, Freddie Roach, his father-figure trainer, took up the cudgels to defend the Filipino boxing superstar. And the word war is on. "It's a really cheap low blow, but again, consider where it came from," said Roach of Mayweather's short internet clip the other day, where he referred to Pacquiao as 'Poochiao', 'midget', and 'chump' while again suggesting the idea that he may be taking performance enhancing drugs. "We tried to fight him (Mayweather). He said no. He doesn't want to fight." The controversial video came out just as Pacquiao is in the second day of his promo tour for his title bout against Margarito, where the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) light-middleweight crown will be at stake. In the broadcast, Mayweather claims he's in a vacation from boxing right now, but vows that once he makes a comeback, he's going to beat the hell out of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter today. "When we do comeback, we will kick Poochiao’s a**," he said in the UStream broadcast. "I'm letting the fans know, don’t worry, we will kick Poochia’s a**." "Once I beat him, it's going to be a cakewalk," added Floyd Jr. "And then it's on to the next, and on to the next." Mayweather's rant came a day after Pacquiao said, "I don't need him (Mayweather), he needs me," when asked if he’s still interested in facing inside the ring the brash native of Grand Rapids, Michigan following two failed negotiations in the past. Pacquiao was forced to look for other options after the second attempt to put up the fight, many labeled as perhaps the biggest and richest in boxing history, broke down again. He finally settled with Margarito, the controversial Mexican who was suspended for a year owing to the plaster-like substance found in his hand wraps before fighting Sugar Shane Mosley. – JVP, GMANews.TV