Pac willing to fight JMM:finds ODLH fight plan funny

http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20080915-160688/Pacquiao-laughs-off-De-La-Hoyas-fight-plan Pacquiao laughs off De La Hoya’s fight plan By Marc Anthony Reyes Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:05:00 09/15/2008 Most Read Other Most Read Stories x Sports o Pacquiao laughs off De La Hoya’s fight plan o Hoya favors Marquez style o Slingers sad, angry over Castro’s abrupt departure o Archers, Eagles seal dream clash o Ateneo, La Salle seal UAAP championship showdown o Guard-rich teams worry Kings coach o Archers, Eagles try to set showdown for UAAP title o Hoya fit & ready; Pacman heavy o Eaglets enter championship o Saldaña widow donates ’54 bronze, ball to PSC o What’s stopping Oscar from tapping this great Mexican? o Ex-handler tells Pacman: ‘Run around, hit around’ Sports Most Read RSS Close this MANILA, Philippines--Manny Pacquiao stopped and looked at the ceiling for a moment when asked to comment on Oscar De La Hoya’s plans to adopt Juan Manuel Marquez’s fighting style in their Dec. 6 megabuck fight. Then he said: “Bakit? Tinalo na ba ako ni Marquez? (Why, did Marquez beat me?) “He might just as well lose if he will take on Marquez’s style. As far as I can remember, Marquez has not won over me,” added Pacquiao in Filipino during a press conference held shortly before he left last night for Los Angeles. Marquez was in the news yesterday after he stopped Cuban Joel Casamayor in the 11th round of his first fight as a lightweight. In their first meeting in 2004, Marquez bucked three knockdowns in the first round to salvage a draw with the Filipino champion and keep his two world titles then. Pacquiao then decisioned the Mexican for the super featherweight crown early this year. With a host of politicians in tow, Pacquiao said he will start training at the Wild Card gym of trainer Freddie Roach on Monday, a day after his arrival in LA. He said his sparring with a pair of 5-foot-10 middleweights may begin Oct. 6. “I will be training very hard, use my skill but I will not enumerate my strategies because Oscar might prepare for it,” said Pacquiao during the hastily called press conference at the Rennaisance Hotel in Makati. His speed, he said, will be the “key” in the fight, but his team will come up with more strategies, “different styles” against De La Hoya, a 10-time world champion in six different weight divisions. “They study me, I will study them. I will do my best. I’m not the kind of boxer who brags before the fight,” added Pacquiao. After beating Casamayor yesterday, the Marquez camp again called out to Pacquiao, saying that two closely fought bouts deserve a third installment. “No problem,” Pacquiao countered. “I can fight with anybody. But he (Marquez) must agree to my offer because I will be the promoter of that fight,” added Pacquiao. “I won’t agree to it if I’m not (the promoter). If he agrees to my small offer, then he really wants to fight me, but if he won’t then it means he’s only after the money.” De La Hoya has said he would adopt the counter-punching style of Marquez and is even inclined to hire the Mexican’s famed coach Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain, Marquez’s trainer. De La Hoya said he has three choices for trainer should he fail to hook up with Floyd Mayweather Sr., who is busy prepping Ricky Hatton for a late November bout. Topping the short list is Beristain. The two other candidates are Jesus “The Professor” Rivero who trained him for his 1996 junior welterweight fight against Julio Cesar Chavez, and Marco Antonio Barrera’s coach Rafael Perez.