Archive for August, 2009

Pacquiao asked for a sparring mate from UK to prepare for his fight on Nov. 14 in answer with his opponent’s preparation. Previously Cotto’s camp announced that they are looking for a lefty sparring mate to condition’s Miguel Cotto to be adapted with kind of opponents which they believe the key to the latter’s success.
Pacquiao will be sparring Gary McMillan of Edinburgh. Cotto is known to be a southpaw fighter that is known for having a skill of shifting from southpaw to orthodox, vis versa.

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Source: mb.com.ph
Oscar De La Hoya lists Manny Pacquiao not only as one of the greatest fighters he has fought but the guy with the fastest hands.
The Golden Boy, in his weekly blog in on-line edition of The Ring magazine, rattled off the names of Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico, Pernell Whitaker of the US, Arturo Gatti of the US, Ike Quartey of Ghana, Fernando Vargas of the US, Bernard Hopkins of the US, and Pacquiao as “the best he faced in ten important categories.”
Said De La Hoya on Pacquiao: “His punches don’t come from your basic boxing style; they come from all sorts of weird angles. That’s what makes him difficult.”
Pacquiao was the underdog going into the fancied fight held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya, who did not answer the bell for the ninth round against Pacquiao last year, hailed Chavez as being the best fighter [...]

Original post by Brad Miller