after the fight, mayweather remarked "[pacquiao] definitely had his moments in the fight. as long as i moved on the outside, i was able to stay away from those. he’s a really smart fighter ... my dad wanted me to do more, but i had to take my time. because manny pacquiao is a competitor, and he’s extremely dangerous." mayweather said he would retire after his next fight, the opponent of which is not yet decided. pacquiao said "i thought i won the fight. he’s moving around. it’s not easy to throw punches when he’s moving around so much ... i thought i caught him many more times than he caught me." citing the stats that showed he possibly should have won the fight, pacquiao has continued to maintain he should have been awarded the decision. on the possibility of a rematch, mayweather stated on may 9, 2015, that he had no plans to fight pacquiao again "at this particular time", referring to him as being a "sore loser" and a "coward".