Thread: I can beat Pacquiao:Larios

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can beat Pacquiao — Larios


By nick giongco

AS OSCAR Larios was scanning the view from the 42nd floor of the Discovery Suites in Pasig yesterday afternoon, he could have realized the similarities between the place where he is at and his lofty goals.

"I did not come here to lose," said Larios in Spanish. "I accepted this fight because I am confident of winning. It was a long way from (my hometown of) Guadalajara but I believe I have what it takes to win."

Most ringsiders believe Larios’ mission on July 2 is impossible, but the Mexican and his agent, Rafael Mendoza, said Larios is not the type of fighter who fits the mold for a tuneup fight.

Larios will be up against Manny Pacquiao, the seemingly-invincible Filipino lefty who has recently left a trail of broken bones and busted nostrils behind. They square it off before an expected overflow crowd at the Araneta Coliseum.

"Larios throws a lot of punches," noted Mendoza, who flew in at 5 a.m. on board a Philippine Airlines jet from Los Angeles. He was met at the airport by ABS-CBN’s Dyan Castillejo.

Told about Pacquiao’s reputation as being the executioner of Mexicans, Mendoza brushed it off and said only Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, were the only Mexican fighters of note while the rest did not belong in the same class with the two.

Larios, waxing historical, offered a different view and likened himself to Salvador Sanchez, the late world featherweight king who became the first Mexican to beat the legendary Puerto Rican Wilfredo Gomez.

Mendoza noted that before Gomez met Sanchez, he (Gomez) had destroyed every Mexican thrown at him "and Sanchez knocked him out" and implied that there’s a a first time for everything.

Larios actually arrived at 11:30 on board a different aircraft after he decided to bring along his trainer, Edison Reynoso via Eva Air. Larios, Mendoza and Reynoso will be billeted at the Discovery Suites until Saturday, according to the super-luxurious hotel’s assistant sales manager Kristine Plofino.

His first time in the Philippines, Larios’ schedule for the next three days is going to be hectic. He plans to train in Guadalajara for a month and proceed to Tokyo for the final phase of his preparation.

They were scheduled to meet with officials of the Mexican Embassy last night and Larios and company are going to do TV guestings for ABS-CBN, which is putting up the event in partnership with Pacquiao’s MP Promotions.

Pacquiao and Larios are going to meet for the first time tomorrow when ABS-CBN holds a press conference.

Meanwhile, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach and lawyer Nicholas Khan are arriving this morning via PAL to join the press conference and to convince Pacquiao to change his decision on staying in the Philippines.

Pacquiao said that he would ask Roach to allow him to just stay behind and train in Baguio instead of the WildCard Boxing Club in Hollywood.

Roach wants Pacquiao to spend at least two weeks in the US before they transfer training camp in June.


I think this fights is going to be awesome....for however long it lasts! Pacman TKO5,7 at the latest,Larios cuts too easily nowadays!

This will be a B-E-A-Utiful fight...Pac by 6th round TKO.

I really like oscar larios, he'll certainly be game. This is a fight of the candidate already and they haven't even touched gloves. Pac is gonna have to try and break a man who believes he is unbreakable! (Other than damn cuts) This idea of this fight in my mind gives me goosebumps.

Larios is good buts hes getting knocked out. If nedal hussein wasnt so bad mentally(he freezes, he chokes...what ever you wanna call it) he could of knocked out Larios with his body shots but IF is a wonderful thing. Pacman however....he aint weak mentally and he will try and knock you out and Larios wont be able to stay with him for 12 rounds.

Larios is very much a live dog. His chances are very good in this fight. He's always been to big for his weight. So he's usually the stronger man when he fights. If Pac thinks he just going to walk through him, than come July 3 we'll be reading Pac get's KO'ed.

Pac winning by TKO rd 3

I see Pac having to work to make weight to be in difficulty and potentially lose a close decision.

Could this be another upset in the making?

I doubt it, but anything is possible!!

Larios has his handsfull in this unfamiliar ground....


Will this be telivised live in the U.S.??

Should be a fun one to watch!!

I definitely don't think this will go points,if anything,even a late stoppage for Pacman and look at Manny,I may not be his biggest fan but I respect the guy,look at his resume since he was given his big shot against MAB!!! Look at his record and look at what he calls a tune up IE Larios!!! I just hope LARIOS does not cut so the fight can go on for longer!!!!

This will be an upset IMO. The Pac has too many distractions in PI. Larios soul mission is to beat Pac and has nothing to lose exept an L. Pac also knows that his fight with EM is a done deal so hes not too serious.

Originally Posted by bond007

This will be an upset IMO. The Pac has too many distractions in PI. Larios soul mission is to beat Pac and has nothing to lose exept an L. Pac also knows that his fight with EM is a done deal so hes not too serious.

the distractions could be a factor but we ALL know that the media likes to over exaggerate things,I expect Pac to come in fuly prepared and remember what he did to his last tune up:Velazquez??!

Pacquiao has trouble with taller fighters. If Larios uses his natural height then Pacman can be in difficult waters. And can beat Pacquiao and will is different.

Taller fighters? Like whom? EM was tall and look what happened (unfortunately ) to him.