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By Nick Giongco
May 10, 2009
Manny Pacquiao will love a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. “Maganda ‘yan,” Pacquiao told the Bulletin when told about the odds for such a matchup as he was having a sumptuous seafood lunch at Harbour View restaurant near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
Still, Pacquiao is not too inclined on discussing about who, where and when to fight next.
“I just want to enjoy my free time,” said Pacquiao.
This early, oddsmakers have pegged the mouth-watering Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight as a pick 'em or even-steven.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Nevada’s leading newspaper, a betting line has been entered for such a bout although the date and venue have yet to be decided.
Officially, the fight remains a figment of every boxing fans’ imagination since Mayweather has Juan Manuel Marquez to take care of on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, while Pacquiao keenly awaits the result of Miguel Cotto’s June 13 fight in New York.
“Lucky’s sports books posted a potential Mayweather-Pacquiao fight as a pick (minus 110 on both sides). The line has not moved since it was put up Sunday (the day after Pacquiao flattened Ricky Hatton in two rounds),” the LVRJ said.
“I think if Floyd looks OK against Marquez, Floyd will be the favorite (against Pacquiao),” said professional handicapper Dave Cokin, also a local ESPN radio talk show host. Cokin added: “It’s a phenomenal betting fight.”
In an on-going poll being done by ESPN, 65 percent of voters believe Pacquiao will best Mayweather, who received 35 percent in his favor from among 15,700 polled.
May 10, 2009
Manny Pacquiao will love a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. “Maganda ‘yan,” Pacquiao told the Bulletin when told about the odds for such a matchup as he was having a sumptuous seafood lunch at Harbour View restaurant near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila.
Still, Pacquiao is not too inclined on discussing about who, where and when to fight next.
“I just want to enjoy my free time,” said Pacquiao.
This early, oddsmakers have pegged the mouth-watering Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight as a pick 'em or even-steven.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Nevada’s leading newspaper, a betting line has been entered for such a bout although the date and venue have yet to be decided.
Officially, the fight remains a figment of every boxing fans’ imagination since Mayweather has Juan Manuel Marquez to take care of on July 18 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, while Pacquiao keenly awaits the result of Miguel Cotto’s June 13 fight in New York.
“Lucky’s sports books posted a potential Mayweather-Pacquiao fight as a pick (minus 110 on both sides). The line has not moved since it was put up Sunday (the day after Pacquiao flattened Ricky Hatton in two rounds),” the LVRJ said.
“I think if Floyd looks OK against Marquez, Floyd will be the favorite (against Pacquiao),” said professional handicapper Dave Cokin, also a local ESPN radio talk show host. Cokin added: “It’s a phenomenal betting fight.”
In an on-going poll being done by ESPN, 65 percent of voters believe Pacquiao will best Mayweather, who received 35 percent in his favor from among 15,700 polled.
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