By Lem Satterfield
Because of the recent comments that were made by Bernard Hopkins, regarding Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao, HBO's ringside score-keeper Harold Lederman has jumped on the wagon. During my recent interview with Hopkins, he raised the often discussed question as to when Pacquiao will finally face a top African American boxer with a slick fighting style.
Hopkins believes an African American boxer with a slick fighting style, like Floyd Mayweather, Zab Judah or Shane Mosley, would present a lot of problems for Pacquiao - and likely beat the Filipino icon. The comments created a firestorm around the internet.
Lederman doesn't want to hear about Pacquiao facing an African American boxer, he wants to know when Pacquiao will finally man up and face a top Jewish fighter.
"Manny Pacquiao's never faced a really tough Jewish fighter either. Manny had an opportunity to fight Yuri Foreman. Now, they're accusing Manny Pacquiao of not fighting a tough African American fighter? That's such nonsense," said Lederman, "because he never fought any great Jewish fighters either."
Lederman, who is Jewish, was joking.
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here .
