Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao insists that his May 7 WBO welterweight title defense against former champion Shane Mosley is a tough fight.
Pacquiao reacted to a recent front-page story in the Inquirer which reported that criticisms of the Filipino boxing king’s showdown with Mosley “are rising like a tsunami on the Internet, with ring experts and fans alike denouncing it as a slap on boxing.”
However, Pacquiao said that the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas is 95 to 98 percent certain to take place.
The eight-division world champ left Monday for Japan on a vacation with his family.
Prior to boarding his flight Pacquiao told ABS-CBN “my opponent (Mosley) is good. It will be difficult but I can handle him.”
Prominent among those who expressed disappointment over the choice of Mosley was WBC founding secretary general Rudy Salud.
The lawyer-sportsman believes that if Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t step up to face the challenge, then Pacquiao should retire.
Salud said Pacquiao should not claim he is fighting for his country if he fights Mosley which, Salud claimed, is only for the money.
This is the same position adopted by celebrated trainer Freddie Roach, who said that there was no need for Pacquiao to retire at the peak of his career.
Both Roach and Arum pointed to the fact that Mosley had beaten Oscar De La Hoya twice in “The Golden Boy’s” prime and scored a spectacular ninth-round TKO over Antonio Margarito last year.
Meanwhile, CNN has cited Pacquiao as one of the Top 20 stories in a category that “changed our world.”
Pacquiao’s congressional election victory against Roy Chiongbian, whom CNN described as a “heavily favored opponent from a powerful political family,” was listed at No. 19.
The Red Shirts protest in Bangkok was chosen No.1.
“The fighter of the last decade could be the politician of the next,” CNN said in its citation.
Pacquiao reacted to a recent front-page story in the Inquirer which reported that criticisms of the Filipino boxing king’s showdown with Mosley “are rising like a tsunami on the Internet, with ring experts and fans alike denouncing it as a slap on boxing.”
However, Pacquiao said that the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas is 95 to 98 percent certain to take place.
The eight-division world champ left Monday for Japan on a vacation with his family.
Prior to boarding his flight Pacquiao told ABS-CBN “my opponent (Mosley) is good. It will be difficult but I can handle him.”
Prominent among those who expressed disappointment over the choice of Mosley was WBC founding secretary general Rudy Salud.
The lawyer-sportsman believes that if Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t step up to face the challenge, then Pacquiao should retire.
Salud said Pacquiao should not claim he is fighting for his country if he fights Mosley which, Salud claimed, is only for the money.
This is the same position adopted by celebrated trainer Freddie Roach, who said that there was no need for Pacquiao to retire at the peak of his career.
Both Roach and Arum pointed to the fact that Mosley had beaten Oscar De La Hoya twice in “The Golden Boy’s” prime and scored a spectacular ninth-round TKO over Antonio Margarito last year.
Meanwhile, CNN has cited Pacquiao as one of the Top 20 stories in a category that “changed our world.”
Pacquiao’s congressional election victory against Roy Chiongbian, whom CNN described as a “heavily favored opponent from a powerful political family,” was listed at No. 19.
The Red Shirts protest in Bangkok was chosen No.1.
“The fighter of the last decade could be the politician of the next,” CNN said in its citation.
source:http://www.inquirer.net/sports/articles/sports_article/images/inquirersports-logo.png
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