mike tyson has warned floyd mayweather that he will have to reinvent himself as a boxer if he is to beat manny pacquiao in the richest fight of all time iron mike, as he celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first fight of his own phenomenal career, predicts that the money man will lose to the pacman unless he steps out from behind his masterly defence and comes to fight in las vegas on may 2 the casino odds makers have installed mayweather as favourite and opinion in boxing is divided approximately along the lines of the 60 40 purse split in favour of the money man mike tyson believes floyd mayweather's tactical style will work against him against manny pacquiao  mayweather (left) will fall to the pac man unless he steps out from behind his masterly defence on may 2  mayweather meets pacquiao in the richest fight of all time and the boxing community is split on who will win  but tyson says: ‘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 ‘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’ mayweather, at this wednesday’s official, show bizzy launch of the $350 million to half billion dollar promotion, made it clear that he regards this fight of the century as business usual, saying: ‘we’ve started training real well continuing to do what we always do doing what has won all our 47 fights’ mayweather has acknowledged that ‘we will both be the best boxer we possibly can because we both want to this fight more than any other in our careers’ to which tyson says: ‘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’ tyson says mayweather should be looking at the boxers who have troubled pac man, including juan manuel marquez who stopped the filipino in 2012 at the venue he will fight the american at on may 2  tim bradley was another busy fighter to get the better of pacquiao, although manny won last year's rematch  by his own formidable force of nature, tyson naturally inclines towards the aggression in the ring which first exploded upon a startled world 30 years ago last friday tyson is lifted by promoter don king after his 1986 win over trevor berbick, one of 44 knock outs early on in his formidable 50 win career  as he embarked on his journey towards becoming the youngest world champion in heavyweight history at 21, tyson entered the ring at the plaza convention center in albany, new york state as an 18 year old and blasted out one hector mercedes in the first round that was the first of his 44 knock outs in a 50 win career which also included two no decisions and subsided at the end into six defeats tyson, now 48 and successfully reinventing himself in movies, video games and one man shows, also blew the hundreds of millions of dollars which mayweather is now earning and did he have let slip a startling secret about the massive earning power of the money pacman collision? he said: ‘floyd’s getting $250 million for one night’s work’ he made that remark while promoting champs, a feature length documentary about the pitfalls as well as the thrills of the fight game in which he stars with arch rival evander holyfield and which opens in us cinemas this friday the film is the focal point of tyson’s campaign for federal regulation of boxing he says: ‘ours is the only sport in which the participants are not protected by law tyson spoke while promoting champs, a feature length documentary about the pitfalls and thrills of boxing in which he stars with arch rival evander holyfield   the film opens in us cinemas this friday  ‘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 ‘and what about those who still get no more than 20 grand a fight? they can still get exploited so much that when they need a brain scan they can’t afford it and by then there’s no one else to pay for it’ will those cautionary words – coupled with memory of how tyson battered his way from rags to riches to prison to bankruptcy and now to redemption – convince mayweather to stop gambling and buying the most expensive cars and planes or pacquiao to limit how much of his fortune he gives away to the poor in his native philippines? probably not
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floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao fight on may 2 at the mgm grand . former heavyweight champion mike tyson predicts a pacquiao victory . tyson said filipino's 'hundred punches a round' is too formidable . he tells mayweather to come out swinging if he is to be a chance 