Mayweather Backs Pacquiao To Succeed Him...

The undefeated pound-for-pound king is hanging up his gloves after he faces Andre Berto this weekend in Las Vegas. Mayweather, 38, is insisting he is quitting the sport even though he will equal Rocky Marciano�s undefeated 49-fight record. And he had a shock candidate for who will be regarded as boxing�s best active fighter once he is gone. He said: �We cannot say, we will just have to see. It is difficult to think about who the fans out there will nominate as the best in the world.�But for me it is probably Manny Pacquiao.� Mayweather beat fierce rival Pacquiao in May and pocketed a whopping �200m in the process.The American won clearly on the scorecards, but feels that should not diminish the Filipino�s status in the sport. �Just because he lost to me doesn�t mean he is a bad fighter. �We can�t just take that away from him. We can�t just take that away from him because he lost to me. �And of course fans know exactly who he is just like they know who I am.�