Binalaan ni dating undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson si WBC at WBA titlist Floyd Mayweather Jr. na dapat magbago ng estilo sa welterweight unification bout kay WBO titlist Manny Pacquiao dahil kung hindi ay magaan itong tatalunin ng Pinoy boxer.

Sa panayam ng Daily Mail sa New Zealand, malaki ang pananampalataya ni Tyson na palalasapin ng unang pagkatalo ni Pacquiao si Mayweather sa Mayo 2 sa Las Vegas, Nevada.

“I thought from the start that Paquiao is going to win. This guy is perpetual motion. He comes from every angle. He’s all energy. Always throwing punches. Never stops,” diin ni Tyson. “Floyd tucks in and picks his shots and he is more accurate. But he doesn’t throw anything like Manny’s hundred punches a round. It’s unlikely he can knock Manny out so if he wants to win he’s got to change. Unless he throws more punches he can’t win the rounds.”

Iginiit ni Mayweather sa press conference, kaugnay sa pinakamayamang sagupaan sa kasaysayan ng boksing, na nagsimula na ang kanyang pagsasanay na tulad ng ginawa niya sa nakaraang 47 laban.

“We’ve started training real well. Continuing to do what we always do. Doing what has won all our 47 fights,” pahayag ni Mayweather. “We will both be the best boxer we possibly can because we both want to this fight more than any other in our careers.”

Ngunit minaliit ni Tyson ang pahayag na ito ni Mayweather dahil nais niyang maging agresibo ang kababayan laban kay Pacquiao.

“Not enough. He’s gotta do something different. He needs to take a look at how the only opponents who have given Pacquiao trouble are Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez, who also throw a hundred a round,” ani Tyson.

Tinuligsa rin ni Tyson ang sobrang paggastos ni Mayweather na dapat ay natuto sa kanyang leksiyon bilang pinakabatang heavyweight champion sa buong mundo.

“Floyd’s getting $250 million for one night’s work. Ours is the only sport in which the participants are not protected by law,” paliwanag ni Tyson. “Boxers generally come from the poorest backgrounds. Many can’t read or write when they start out. People like me and Floyd earn hundreds of millions of dollars and sometimes don’t know what to do with it.”