Pacquiao vs Mayweather Videos: Remember when 'Money' was a Manny fan?

By Dennis "dSource" Guillermo - Believe it or not, once upon a time, Floyd Mayweather Jr. spoke highly of Manny Pacquiao. That time of course was when Pacquiao was destroying legends in the lower weight classes but wasn't really considered as a logical threat to Mayweather's throne.

In an interview with FightFan.com a couple of years ago, Floyd hardly flinched when saying Pacquiao was the best pound for pound fighter in the business next to him.

In a footage below of Pacquiao's second match with Erik Morales, Mayweather is seen on camera next to his adviser Leonard Ellerbe get up from his seat, pumping his fists and even acknowledging Pacquiao fans as the Pac Man finally slew the dragon that was Erik Morales.

My, my how things can change. Of course nowadays, Mayweather is singing a different tune. A few years later and a couple of dominating performances against two of his former opponents, somehow Mayweather has turned from a Pacquiao fan to a critic. I wonder what made him switch. Before he fought Juan Manuel Marquez in September, Mayweather even hinted that Maquez was better than Pacquiao. Of course we all know that it's Floyd's ego talking, but it's just funny what insecurity does to some people.

On the other hand, Pacquiao never really dissed nor trash talked anybody on his way to the top. Even after several tirades against him by Mayweather and his father, Pacquaio kept silent and simply looked forward to their meeting in the ring. In his last statement against Mayweather however, Pacquiao finally took the gloves off and challenged Mayweather to stop yapping and do his talking in the boxing ring where Pacquiao can hit him back with his fists.

Will Mayweather give Pacquiao that opportunity? Or is this mega-fight truly going to go down the drain because of baseless steroids claims? If you have followed my column, you probably know what my take is on all this. I never was convinced Floyd truly intended to fight Pacquiao in March. I still believe though that this fight will happen later on this year.

Check out the video below showing better times between Pacquiao and Mayweather.