Pacquiao shrugs off Mayweather rant

Manny Pacquiao shrugged off Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s online video rant against him as an “uneducated message” as the Filipino fighter continued to tout his November bout with Antonio Margarito.

“I just heard about that, but I didn’t see the video,” Pacquiao said of the short clip posted on the internet, in which Mayweather unleashes a sometimes racist and expletive-filled tirade slamming Pacquiao.

In the video, Mayweather renews his accusation that Pacquiao used performance-enhancing drugs – a charge that prompted Pacquiao to sue him.

“It’s a really cheap low blow, but again, consider where it came from,” said Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach.

Pundits have predicted a fight between unbeaten Mayweather and pound-for-pound king Pacquaio could be the richest in boxing history.

When negotiations broke down again in recent months, Pacquiao turned his attention to Margarito.

The two will fight for a vacant junior middleweight title on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium, Dallas.