Mayweather impresses MP
Manny Pacquiao said Floyd Mayweather made quite an impact in dealing Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez a beatdown Sunday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as the pound-for-pound star branded the victory by his future foe as “impressive.”
Watching the action from the Cooyeesan Hotel in Baguio City, where he will train for the next four weeks for the Nov. 14 fight with Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao likewise described the fight as “a mismatch.”
Mayweather, former holder of the mythical title of pound-for-pound king, won by lopsided scores on all the three scorecards.
Pacquiao’s adviser, Mike Koncz, saw the fight from start to finish “although there were times when he was talking on his cellphone.”
Fighting for the first time in almost two years, Mayweather was awesome in mauling the crafty Marquez, who had given Pacquiao a taste of hell in their previous meetings.
While it looks like a clash with Pacquiao is next, another major player in the star-studded welterweight division, Shane Mosley, has entered the and made known his intentions of colliding with Mayweather.
Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum revealed last week in Los Angeles that Pacquiao is training his sights on fighting in mid-March 2010 assuming of course the Filipino gets past the dangerous Cotto.
Pacquiao arrived in the City of Pines at a little past 9 a.m. yesterday after leaving his Brentville home in Laguna at 4 a.m.
Koncz said Pacquiao will do his morning roadwork at 5 a.m. today and will train at the gym inside the Cooyeesan Hotel starting at 12 noon or 1 p.m. under the watchful eyes of training assistant Buboy Fernandez.
Fernandez will only be in charge for one day since top trainer Freddie Roach is arriving in Manila on Tuesday morning and will be immediately driven to Baguio in time for the afternoon workout.
Roach said from Los Angeles Sunday that he will not waste time and will suit up for the afternoon workout with Pacquiao. Roach will be joined in the Philippine Airlines flight by conditioning coach Alex Ariza.
Two sparring partners – Shawn Porter and Urbano Antillon – will follow later in the week.
Through his skills, experiences and observations, Manny Paquiao said the right thing that he was impressed but not threaten.He has the right to say that since he is branded as the pound-for-pound king as he starts to train hard again to sustain and maintain his title on the forthcoming bout.
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