Floyd's rapper friend is Pacquiao's new critic

Now it's rapper 50 Cent's turn to verbally attack boxing superstar and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. 50 Cent, or Curtis James Jackson III, is a friend and business partner of undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr., who previously criticized Pacquiao and practically accused the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight champion of using performance enhancing drugs. The Grammy Award-winning rapper/hip hop artist, who has had no previous run-ins with Pacquiao, attacked the Filipino ring icon on the popular social networking site Twitter, firing scathing remarks against The Ring magazine’s reigning pound-for-pound king. "There is [sic] 3 ways to beat Steroid Pacquiao he has been knocked out twice and lost a decision I stand behind my country USA all day," said one of 50 Cent’s tweets to his more than four million Twitter followers. "If Charlie Scheen [sic] can take a test I know Manny Pacquiao punk ass could take a blood test," said another message. "If anybody that's following me think that Steroid Pacquiao with 3 losses can beat are [sic] 41-0 American champ @FloydMayweather stop following me." 50 Cent made the remarks while hanging out with Mayweather (41-0, 25 knockouts) in a Florida night club last Saturday (Sunday in Manila). His tweets were picked up by millions of boxing fans on Twitter and rapidly spread to other social networking sites in less than 24 hours. GMA News tried to get in touch with Team Pacquiao members to get their side but calls were not answered as of posting time. The five-time American Music Awards winner even said that Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) is just fighting boxers whom Mayweather had already beaten. "Floyd Mayweather beat fighters 1st then Pacquiao gets his leftovers Delahoya Hatton now he's fighting Shane," said one more message on Twitter. "Pacquiao makes money in the US an [sic] take it to his country and feed his people. Floyd Mayweather makes money in the US and feed [sic] the homeless," said another. Mayweather's uncles, Roger and Jeff Mayweather, have been issuing contradictory statements about Pacquiao. While Roger talks about Pacquiao's alleged steroids use, Jeff has discussed a possible fight between his nephew and the Sarangani representative. Jeff said that he is trying to convince his nephew to agree to fight Pacquiao later this year. Some reports said Mayweather's next bout, possibly against Pacquiao later this year, will be held in South Africa, with Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela and one of his daughters trying to get the fight in Johannesburg. Twice in the past, the projected bout between Pacquiao and Mayweather, the second-ranked fighter in The Ring's pound-for-pound list, failed after both parties couldn't agree on the drug testing protocol and purse split. Ring might drop Mayweather, who is currently facing legal problems, in the pound-for-pound rankings if the brash American boxer does not fight on or before May this year. – Jon Perez, KY, GMA News