Freitas wants Pacman?!?!?
Freitas targets Pac-Man punchfest
When Acelino Freitas knocks out Zahir Raheem this Saturday he is right back at the top and the first fight I'll wanna make is with Manny Pacquiao," - so says Freitas's promoter Art Pelullo.
Cutting an animated figure, Pelullo admits he is particularly fond of Freitas, the Brazilian power-puncher he discovered on his 1997 "Boxcino" Latin television series. "I'm very close with Acelino," he said. "I've been with him nine years, I've stayed at his house, we're business partners in Brazil together - you're not supposed to fall in love with fighters but, hey..."
Banner Promotions boss Pelullo is excited because this Saturday at the Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, Freitas has a chance to redeem himself following his August 2004 defeat to Deigo Corrales. In that fight, Freitas elected to box and move rather than use the power which he traded on for much of his double world title winning career and, almost inevitably, was cornered and stopped by 'Chico' when he ran out of gas.
It was the lone defeat of an otherwise impressive career but ridiculous assertions that 'Popo' - dropped in the eighth, ninth and finally tenth rounds - somehow "quit" continue to dog him to this day.
"This fight with Raheem means redemption for Acelino Freitas," his promoter said. "If he'd stayed down when Corrales dropped him in round eight no one would have said anything (derogatory) but he got up and fought and fought until he had nothing left and so instead he gets criticized.
"But a win over Raheem changes everything again. He'll be right back at the top, and from there we can make fights with Pacquiao, Morales, Barrera - even Corrales again. HBO knows Popo is a huge star and this one win will take him back to the top again."
But Reheem is the chronic underachiever from the 1996 US Olympic team who finally got everything so right when he humbled Erik Morales last September. He is a slick box-mover whose lone defeat in a slow burning career was a controversial points decision v Rocky Juarez.
The American is a formidable assignment for anyone - especially for a fighter who could well be 'between styles' as many have suggested slugger turned awkward stylist Fretias has become.
'Popo' went 29 fights with 29 knockouts but since then five men have gone the distance with the man who at one time was the purest power-puncher in the game.
Pelullo agrees that his fighter has to unleash the beast once more to give himself his best chance of victory this weekend.
"This is a hard fight for Popo," Pelullo admitted. "This guy could box all the way to a decision, sure, but that's the only way he can win. He's doesn't have the power to hurt Acelino.
"But Freitas could really take him apart if he goes back to the days where he was knocking everyone out. If he goes back to that, I think he can take out anyone."
We will have to wait and see whether or not that includes the Pac-Man.
Fretias v Raheem will be televised on HBO's Boxing After Dark series and will be for the vacant WBO belt.
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Re: Freitas wants Pacman?!?!?
first he has to get past raheem, then he has to wait in line cos there's still morales and barrera, not to mention marquez aiming to get back at the pacman. if it does happen, should be a cracker of a fight.
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You're right bro,there is a queue forming to fight Pacman!!! Freitas I think could possibly be the most dangerous one,due to his size advantage and that power is bone crunching!!!
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Freitas must want another loss
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You're right bro,there is a queue forming to fight Pacman!!! Freitas I think could possibly be the most dangerous one,due to his size advantage and that power is bone crunching!!!
you also have to consider if he's willing to fight pacquiao at 130 lbs. maybe they could agree on a catchweight. maybe this fight could happen somewhere down the line but in the meantime i want to see how popo does against raheem.
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KK,you think Raheem could beat Pacquiao??
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Awesome, I wanna watch this dog fight! 8)
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Too many people underestimate Raheem
Let Barrera fight Paquioa next, then there will be no point everyone fighting Pacman cuz everyone will want Barrera ;)
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Total stupidity on Po-po's behalf.
Look past Raheem to Pacquiao just like Morales did...see what happens...you get your ass embarrassed.
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KK,you think Raheem could beat Pacquiao??
Since Kkisser has bolted for the moment...I'd like to answer that...
No.
...then again...I never thought that he'd beat Morales.
Raheem is mega skilled & with a Mayweather in his corner the kid's going to be hell.
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Total stupidity on Po-po's behalf.
Look past Raheem to Pacquiao just like Morales did...see what happens...you get your a** embarrassed.
Agreed
I would cool click you but I still dont know how, do I need 100 posts
Raheem doesnt get the credit he deserves
Very Underated!
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KK,you think Raheem could beat Pacquiao??
Since Kkisser has bolted for the moment...I'd like to answer that...
No.
...then again...I never thought that he'd beat Morales.
Raheem is mega skilled & with a Mayweather in his corner the kid's going to be hell.
Interesting points but 1 thing about Manny is that he is learning and getting better and better and he would have seen EM's mistakes and picked up on them just as he picked up on his mistakes from the first EM fight. I think,judging by hearing from wise members on this board,that Raheem is very good but I still belive Pac would be too much for him. How about htis fight Mr. Wacko:Juraez-MAB? Can nyou fill me in on Juarez,is he a boxer puncher and I know hw lost to Soto,what happened there?
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first he has to get past raheem, then he has to wait in line cos there's still morales and barrera, not to mention marquez aiming to get back at the pacman. if it does happen, should be a cracker of a fight.
Marquez, Man they should revoke that queers license and stick a red hot poker in his ass. LOl but I would like Pac to knock the cock out of his mouth.
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Originally Posted by The Game
KK,you think Raheem could beat Pacquiao??
Since Kkisser has bolted for the moment...I'd like to answer that...
No.
...then again...I never thought that he'd beat Morales.
Raheem is mega skilled & with a Mayweather in his corner the kid's going to be hell.
Interesting points but 1 thing about Manny is that he is learning and getting better and better and he would have seen EM's mistakes and picked up on them just as he picked up on his mistakes from the first EM fight. I think,judging by hearing from wise members on this board,that Raheem is very good but I still belive Pac would be too much for him. How about htis fight Mr. Wacko:Juraez-MAB? Can nyou fill me in on Juarez,is he a boxer puncher and I know hw lost to Soto,what happened there?
Yea Juarez is a boxer puncher, I don't think he is going to be able to hang with Barerra when they fight but I could be wrong.. I saw his loss to Soto on ESPN but don't remember it too well, really he was just countered and I guess got tired later, I seem to remember he had built up an early lead, but Soto really was convincingly outboxing him at the end and he was certainly unknown to me at the time. The fight really isn't in my memory, it wasn't anything special but pretty much Juarez became reduced to just a puncher look for a big shot once Soto got into rythym in the later rounds.. you could tell the same thing when he fought Raheem, although Zahir had a bad night, he was outboxing Juarez most of the time imo. I would be shocked if this guy even gives Barerra trouble, but you never know. As for Raheem I think he is obviously better as a lightweight so his size would give problems to Pac or Barerra, and he would definetly beat Juarez if they fought again, he just can't make feather. Pac vs Raheem would be a great fight, after Freitas get's outboxed. ^-^
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Thanks for filling me in P4P,hmm,Juarez sounds interesting but do you think he has the power to hurt MAB?? I am STILL unsure about the Rahee, Freitas fight,should be a good one and I predict TKO 10 for Freitas OR UD for Zahir.
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Originally Posted by The Game
KK,you think Raheem could beat Pacquiao??
Since Kkisser has bolted for the moment...I'd like to answer that...
No.
...then again...I never thought that he'd beat Morales.
Raheem is mega skilled & with a Mayweather in his corner the kid's going to be hell.
raheem is a slick boxer and if he can frustrate the pac throughout the fight he could win in a decision. manny has been with slick boxers before earlier in his career and he always managed to catch up with them to put them on their stools. raheem is never been known for having a solid chin so i feel manny can take him out of his game and get him in the middle or late rounds.
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Wake up, Freitas!! You won't even get past Raheem.
