{"id":542573,"date":"2026-04-21T09:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542573\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:27:08","slug":"robert-garcia-delivers-honest-verdict-on-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-2-hell-be-the-fresher-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/542573\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Garcia delivers honest verdict on Mayweather vs Pacquiao 2: “He’ll be the fresher man”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esteemed trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has revealed who he believes is the \u201cfresher man\u201d between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two pound-for-pound icons are set to enter a professional rematch on September 19, headlining a Netflix event at The Sphere, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Their first encounter, which took place over a decade ago, saw Mayweather claim a comprehensive points victory, before taking his record to 50-0 with a 10th-round finish over Conor McGregor in 2017.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao, however, has fought as recently as July 2025, boxing to a contentious draw against then-WBC world welterweight champion Mario Barrios.<\/p>\n

This saw him end a near four-year layoff, which followed his points defeat to Yordenis Ugas<\/a>, while Mayweather has not fought professionally since defeating McGregor.<\/p>\n

Instead, the 49-year-old has been involved in several exhibition matches, a trend he is expected to resume with Mike Tyson and Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis.<\/p>\n

Whether these two non-competitive affairs actually materialise, it remains to be seen, but Mayweather has nonetheless agreed to face Pacquiao in September.<\/p>\n

Speaking with BoxingScene<\/a>, top coach Garcia has opined that, while being the marginally younger man, Pacquiao is perhaps approaching their rematch with more miles on the clock.<\/p>\n

\u201cManny takes training camps very [seriously]. We see him running in the mountains, and running around so many fans and boxers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to be the last one [to finish], so he\u2019s running hard. At 47 [years old], that\u2019s not easy. But he wants to prove to everybody that he\u2019s still a great athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it comes to sparring, I guarantee you he\u2019s sparring hard. Whoever they bring in for sparring wants to look good against Manny.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the other side, Mayweather is doing this without even showing it to the world. I guarantee you he\u2019s staying in shape\u2026 and I think he\u2019ll be the fresher man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Initially, it was reported that Mayweather-Pacquiao 2 would be a professional bout, only for Mayweather to later claim that it would instead be an exhibition.<\/p>\n

Since then, though, Pacquiao has insisted it will be a fully-sanctioned contest<\/a>, presenting him with the opportunity to exact his revenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Esteemed trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has revealed who he believes is the \u201cfresher man\u201d between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-542573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}