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Although Floyd Mayweather Jr. still isn’t saying exactly how he injured his ribs training for his comeback fight, he has plenty to say about nearly everything else.
Mayweather kicked off the publicity campaign for his Sept. 19 fight against Juan Manuel Marquez on Tuesday by dismissing those who believe Manny Pacquiao is boxing’s best overall fighter, ripping Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum, and confirming an improved relationship with his father.
Yet the undefeated former pound-for-pound king still won’t give specifics about his abrupt injury last month, which forced the fight’s postponement from July 18 and immediately led to suspicions of skullduggery.
Many boxing observers speculated Mayweather wanted time to line up a big-money bout with Pacquiao for his first fight since December 2007. Mayweather (39-0, 25 KOs) insists he was injured in a “freak accident” in training, but won’t say much else.
“Believe me, it wasn’t a small guy that done it, but it didn’t even come from sparring,” Mayweather said. “When it happened, I tried to work through it. I was sparring for a while, but then it happened again. I said, ‘You know what, I can’t try to be a superhero. I’ve got to take time off and let it heal.’ I’d never tell exactly what happened. I just had a rib injury.”
