Tweet
Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao said he is not afraid of facing anyone inside the ring and is willing to battle any fighter his promoter will ask him to fight.
Pacquiao gave a lengthy interview thru the daily morning Philippine radio program “Sports Chat” hosted by ********* feature writer Dennis Principe.
Pacquiao gave his reaction to few insinuations that he now fears facing Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time.
“I’m afraid of no one except God. I’m just a boxer who prepares hard in training. I have my promoter whose job is to get me the proper fights,” said Pacquiao. (Filipino fans can watch the interview thru this link)
Pacquiao admitted that it is now a struggle for him to make the 130-lbs but quickly added he can still make the weight if his promoter Bob Arum will sign up another marquee fight for the Filipino fighter in this division.
“It’s a struggle to move down to 130 but my aim is to get that 135 belt. I want to give more honor for my country by winning the lightweight championship of the world,” said Pacquiao.
In the same interview Pacquiao said he has a copy of the official scorecards and is willing to show it to anyone who continues to question his victory against Marquez. “That knockdown clearly gave me the win. I know it was a close fight but I know I did everything I needed to do to win that fight,” added Pacquiao.
Arum, who had a lengthy telephone interview Tuesday with the daily morning show “Sports Chat” over DZSR Sports Radio, however said the it will not be a good idea to pair the two ring warriors immediately.
“All of the great trilogies in boxing there was a period of time in each fight. First of all as far as Marquez is concerned his cut is so bad and is much worse than Manny’s that he won’t be able to fight before November or December the earliest. There is no reason to do an immediate rematch because physically it can’t be done anyway,” said Arum.
“But that’s not to say that sometime next year when the people are really reliving this fight and talking about it then maybe we will revisit a Marquez fight if that is the most attractive fight at that time,” added Arum.
Pacquiao gave a lengthy interview thru the daily morning Philippine radio program “Sports Chat” hosted by ********* feature writer Dennis Principe.
Pacquiao gave his reaction to few insinuations that he now fears facing Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time.
“I’m afraid of no one except God. I’m just a boxer who prepares hard in training. I have my promoter whose job is to get me the proper fights,” said Pacquiao. (Filipino fans can watch the interview thru this link)
Pacquiao admitted that it is now a struggle for him to make the 130-lbs but quickly added he can still make the weight if his promoter Bob Arum will sign up another marquee fight for the Filipino fighter in this division.
“It’s a struggle to move down to 130 but my aim is to get that 135 belt. I want to give more honor for my country by winning the lightweight championship of the world,” said Pacquiao.
In the same interview Pacquiao said he has a copy of the official scorecards and is willing to show it to anyone who continues to question his victory against Marquez. “That knockdown clearly gave me the win. I know it was a close fight but I know I did everything I needed to do to win that fight,” added Pacquiao.
Arum, who had a lengthy telephone interview Tuesday with the daily morning show “Sports Chat” over DZSR Sports Radio, however said the it will not be a good idea to pair the two ring warriors immediately.
“All of the great trilogies in boxing there was a period of time in each fight. First of all as far as Marquez is concerned his cut is so bad and is much worse than Manny’s that he won’t be able to fight before November or December the earliest. There is no reason to do an immediate rematch because physically it can’t be done anyway,” said Arum.
“But that’s not to say that sometime next year when the people are really reliving this fight and talking about it then maybe we will revisit a Marquez fight if that is the most attractive fight at that time,” added Arum.