on may 2, 2009, the day of pacquiao's fight against ricky hatton, mayweather announced that he was coming out of retirement and would fight juan manuel márquez, "the ring" lightweight champion and no. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, on july 18, 2009, in a welterweight non-title fight. márquez had previously fought pacquiao in two controversial outings: they fought to a 12-round draw on may 8, 2004, and pacquiao was awarded a 12-round split decision win on march 15, 2008. mayweather played down pacquiao's newfound stardom at his press conference, stating: "if he wins tonight, don't be all shocked ... cause guess what? i beat (hatton) when he was undefeated. pacquiao beat oscar, it don't matter. going down to 147 pounds was too much for (de la hoya), he was dead after the first round. ... when you talk boxing, you talk floyd mayweather."