IMO it's more to sell the fight. People don't realize that Floyd is very calculating with his manipulation of the public through media. This fight is being sold on the hope that Pac can be the guy to finally give Mayweather the beating that people want to see him take, and Floyd has been playing that up in his interviews IMO.

That being said, Floyd Sr is 100% right, Floyd is not nearly the fighter he was a few years back. He's 38, he's at the end of his rope, his best performances are behind him.