Undisputed boxing heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine admitted that he’s not a fan of Floyd Mayweather and his fight style but he sees a close fight in May when he faces Manny Pacquiao in their scheduled bout in May in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Ukrainian heavyweight boxer who is among the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world along with Mayweather and Pacquiao said in an interview that he sees the undefeated American as having the slight advantage over the Filipino in their fight.

"I've met Floyd Mayweather at the Olympics 1996 and never again. I'm not a big fan of him but you have to give him a credit for what he has done in professional boxing," Klitschko said to Mark Malinowski of ringobserver.com . "I also think that Pac Man has 49% of chances to win that fight and Floyd is just bigger and having good sense for technique to dominate that fight with 51% of chances to win."

"I'm looking at it as a boxing match. I like Pac Man as a person better then Floyd but in the ring aside from personal qualities, boxing skills make the difference of losing or winning,” Klitschko said. The 38 year old Klitschko is the current champion in the heavyweight division holding titles in boxing federation World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organisation and International Boxing Organization.

Klitschko will defend those titles against American Bryant Jennings on April 25, 2015 at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Klitschko has a record of 63 wins, 53 by knockouts against 3 losses in 66 pro career bouts while Jennings is undefeated in 19 fights with 10 knockouts. The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will be held on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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