Chris Algieri (C) of the U.S. falls after taking a punch from Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines during their World Boxing Organisation (WBO) 12-round welterweight title fight at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 23, 2014.
Chris Algieri (C) of the U.S. falls after taking a punch from Manny Pacquiao (L) of the Philippines during their World Boxing Organisation (WBO) 12-round welterweight title fight at the Venetian Macao hotel in Macau November 23, 2014. Reuters/Tyrone Siu

There were at least two people who were unhappy with Manny Pacquiao's successful defense of his WBO welterweight title on Nov 22 in Macau. One was obviously his opponent, the loser Chris Algieri who could no longer claim the title unbeaten boxer and is now recovering from his bruises that he sustained during the lopsided fight.

The other one is Floyd Mayweather Jr, the trash-talking boxer from Nevada whom many boxing experts won't take Pacquiao's challenge for a fight because of fear he would end up like Algieri and lost his chance of retiring with no loss. Money May reacted to Pacquiao's ring victory by posting a video of Pacquiao's loss to Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez.

Unlike Mayweather who still believes he's the greatest boxer of all time, Algieri has gone down his throne and is not bitter at his loss. In fact, the New Yorker retweeted his post in his Tumblr blog which reads: "I took the risk to fight the best of an era. A lesson for the future and for me - the sky is the limit ... I am sorry for not coming home w/ the victory ... I am OK but disappointed. On to the next and forward is the only vision that I have."

Not unexpectedly, 100 million Filipinos are happy with Pacquiao's win on Sunday, while no one would be surprised that the boxer whom Algieri beat that made Pacquiao notice him, Ruslan Provodnikov, is happy with the New Yorker's defeat.

Besides feeling that Pacquiao avenged his defeat, Provodnikov also shares a trainer with the Filipino congressman, coach Freddie Roach. Provodnikov, also known as the Siberian Rocky, predicted before the Nov 22 bout that Pacquiao would teach Algieri a lesson not only in boxing but also in life.

"I'm very happy [that Algieri was taught a lesson.] I am in no way gloating, but I'm happy. And I have already said that in life I'm positive that everything will get put in its place. And so it happened ... Algieri thought he was on top of the world, and he suffered greatly. In the end, he lost the championship," Boxingscene quotes Provodnikov.

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Based on Mayweather's reaction, it's a lesson he'd rather avoid to learn. However, it appears his own dad and trainer has learned and is applying his lessons now because Floyd Mayweather Sr. has learned when to shut. Asked to comment or confirm the dream match, the boxer's father declined to give any statement since the last time he did and confirmed the fight with Pacquiao will surely push through, his own son threatened to remove him from the Money Team.

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