MANILA, Philippines -- While boxer Juan Manuel Marquez will be getting the biggest purse of his fighting career, Filipino boxing icon Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao said he will force his opponent “to bleed for every cent” of the guaranteed $5-million prize the Mexican fighter is receiving on their scheduled bout in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, on November 12, 2011.
“Marquez is getting the biggest purse ever by fighting me,” Pacquiao told a few friends late Saturday night at a restaurant near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila where moments earlier, he entertained some 100,000 of his fans.
Marquez’s biggest purse so far came against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last September 2009, and Pacquiao said Marquez only got $3.2 million, while Mayweather took the lion’s share of the $10 million.
With matching facial expression and hand gestures, Pacquiao, who will receive a guaranteed $20 million purse, drools over his third meeting with Marquez as though he is about to partake a plateful of Mexican culinary treats.
While Marquez continues to insist that he already knows everything about Pacquiao, the Filipino pound-for-pound king countered that he knows him better.
“Marquez only has one style and that is to counter-punch,” said the 32-year-old Pacquiao, who had drawn with Marquez the first time in 2004, and beat him via split decision four years later.
The Filipino boxing icon, who is the Representative of the Lone District of Sarangani Province, said Marquez is terribly mistaken if he thinks he will see the same Pacquiao in the rubber match.
“I have beaten fighters bigger and stronger than him,” said Pacquiao, as his listeners nodded in agreement.
“The last time we fought was at 130 pounds, and now we are fighting at welterweight,” he said.
Since their last encounter, Pacquiao has feasted on everyone who had thought would chew him alive.
But Pacquiao defied the odds, racking up wins over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito, and Shane Mosley – fighters that Marquez would not dare to face owing to the glaring size difference.
Aside from taking the best of these big men, Pacquiao said he has the knack to adapt to a foe’s style, unlike Marquez, who only thrives in counter-punching.
“I can adjust my style depending on the opponent,” said Pacquiao.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao-Marquez and the rest of the Top Rank crew headed by Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum will host another press conference in New York on September 6 (September 7 in Manila) apart from similar events slated in Los Angeles on September 7, and Mexico City on September 8.
The tour is expected to last less than seven days covering three countries and two continents, and by the time Pacquiao reports for the training camp, he would have logged some 25,000 flying miles.
In that short span, Pacquiao will be in flight for a total of 48 hours.
Source: mb.com.ph
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