IS Floyd Mayweather Jr., at age 34, a fading ring veteran?
We will know after his Sept. 17 title fight with Victor Ortiz.
Is Manny Pacquiao, who’s turning 33 on Dec. 17 about to fade as pound-for-pound champ?
We’ll know after his crown defense against 38-year-old veteran Juan Manuel Marquez.
For now, Manny is assuring JuanMa of a speedy resolution to his quibbles of blown calls when they tangle anew Nov. 17 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Two months is all I need to get in shape and I’ll be ready for Marquez despite the long interval in our fights,” a fussy Manny tells this corner, adding that his intention this time is to “beat Marquez clearly to erase all doubts.”
“I want a knockout win to do away with questioned decisions as what occurred in my failed bids against Pacquiao,” Marquez punched back.
Call it any other way, but I smell a knockout any which way this rubber bout goes.
So brace up for an action-filled gig, courtesy of boxing’s tested aces out to conclude matters within the 12-round order of business.
Three weeks in Baguio City, the Philippines’ summer capital, is where Manny starts re-sharpening his hooks, straights and uppercuts dulled somewhat by inactivity after his disposal of Shane Mosley.
The Pinoy idol is into light drills now, but goes full bore in his preparations as soon as the press tour, which starts Sept. 3 in Manila concludes, following stops in Mexico City, New York and Los Angeles, where he takes a Philippine Airlines flight back to Manila.
Topping Pacman’s agenda is a treat from the protagonists, who have been wanting to put in order the final stanza of their fistic telenovela.
“It’ll be a great, if not the greatest performance of Marquez, but that won’t be enough to stop Pacquiao,” crowed Top Rank’s Bob Arum as he puts the final touches on his chart-topper that’s likely to bring in huge pay-per-view revenues and a packed gate attendance.
There has never been a dull fight where the boxing congressman figured in. Same goes for the game Marquez. And with Pacquiao eyeing next year a bigger if not the biggest prize--Floyd Mayweather Jr.--expect an engaging finale of the Manny-JuanMa curtain call.
Source: manilastandardtoday.com
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