Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., admitted it won’t be a walkover but his nephew, being the more skilled fighter, will emerge victorious in his proposed March 13 showdown with Manny Pacquiao.
“No fight is a walkover…but my nephew will win," Roger said in an interview with Fightfan.com.
The trainer predicted the highly-anticipated duel to be a boxing match, not a slugfest, with Floyd Jr. enjoying the considerable edge.
“Pacquiao’s been boxing..he’s not a wild man, he’s boxing. If that’s the case, he’s got to out-think my nephew. He’d have to be really sharp. In talking about the fight itself…that’s a boxing match," Mayweather said.
He expressed belief Pacquiao’s vaunted speed won’t be a factor against the equally fast Floyd Jr.
“Speed ain’t got nothing to do with it. It’s skills. And who’s got more skill? You already know who that is. It’s my nephew," he said.
To prove his point, he cited the case of former world junior welterweight champ Meldrick Taylor, one of the fastest guys in the world, who lost to Julio Cesar Chavez, a fighter not known to have great speed, in their unification fight in the early 1990s.
“Fighting a southpaw (like Pacquiao) won’t pose a problem to my nephew (as well)…and Floyd don’t have no problem making 147 (lbs). He ain’t going in sucking weight like De La Hoya did" he said, referring to the Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya who struggled to go down in weight before losing to Pacquiao via TKO in 2008.
Roger, though, acknowledged that Pacquiao’s volume of punches will be something they have to contend with.
“Pacquiao is one of those guys who gets in and gets out…he throws a lot of punches…but as far as speed goes, he’s not any faster than my nephew. He’s a smaller guy but he’s not faster," he said. “Not only is Floyd the bigger and stronger guy, he’s the more skilled guy!"
Breaking down Floyd
Pacquaio’s trainer Freddie Roach, though, said the Pacman will be able to break down Mayweather’s defenses.
“I have the keys to break down Mayweather even in the earlier rounds. Mayweather will have no more excuses; We'll catch him early; if not, it's going to be Pacquiao by unanimous decision," Roach said in a separate interview with PhilBoxing.Com.
"Pacquiao will strike on at unexpected angles that Mayweather will become frozen from taking too many shots," Roach added.
In preparing Pacquiao, Roach said he’s eyeing unbeaten light-welterweight champion Timothy Bradley as one of the sparmates for the Filipino pride, aside from British 140-lb champ Amir Khan.
Pacquiao, the reigning pound-for-pound king, and Mayweather Jr., the former P4P supremo, have agreed in principle to fight on March 13 while their respective promoters flesh out the details of the proposed contract.
The item on the venue is reportedly settled already with internet reports showing the MGM Grand in Las Vegas getting the hosting rights for the big-moneyed card. - GMANews.TV
Source: gmanews.tv
Monday, December 21, 2009
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Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao
All analisys have been made about this Mega fight. Both party are in no way will let this pass, this will the biggest pay day they willever see in their life and each member of the team will push a sugnificant influence to make this happen. On Floyd side - win or lose he can buy more mansions, fancy cars, pay his unpaid tax, and show the world, YES, he is the money men, that no one can surpass. Of course that's all because to Manny Pacquiao great existence in the boxing world. On the Manny side, win or lose, he can use more money in running for congressman, support his poor Filipino people, buy more mansions like Floyd, get more arm bodyguard 24/7 because of his safety and ensure none of his kids will be kidnaped for ramsom, will expand his music band he like to sing, will have is own movie production, Floyd if I were you, I'll refrain from destructing Manny's morale, those Filipinos are something, if you hurt them they can be sneaky and hurt you even more. I know you are a lot smarter in many aspects, but not the way you upper cut Manny without a way from him to counter punch. So get in the ring Manny without too much demand. I am afraid you two ends up in the ring, you made have just made Manny do more harder training than already has, will show no mercy on you, he will train how to break human skull with his fist, then you may not enjoy your big piece of the pie even if you win.
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