“I wasn’t sure whether to take it as respect or disrespect, because he wanted me,” Barrios said recently at an open workout at the local Pound 4 Pound Gym.

One of the greatest fighters of the past 30 years is set to return to the ring on July 19 when Manny Pacquiao ends his retirement to face Mario Barrios.

“If the roles were reversed, Pacquiao wouldn’t try to take it easy on me,” Barrios told The Ring.