Manny vs Ugas

[SlimTrae]

Oh! & all these fighters stating Spence better take Pac serious, serious? Spence called Pac out! Called it a dream fight! He is bringing ass to the table, Pac better get some sparring to prepare him for a fighter who is powerful on the inside.


I saw a youtube video of Spence a few years ago throwing bodypunches with a dude in a backyard...he looked close to HW...playful but they were bare knuckle, that big dude caved in.

[Master]

'EITHER-OR' Manny Pacquiao vs Errol Spence Jr is ‘a 50-50 fight’ says Danny Garcia, who predicts ‘somebody is getting knocked out’

MANNY PACQUIAO's eagerly-anticipated showdown with Errol Spence Jr is a '50-50 fight', according to Danny Garcia.

Pacman, 42, will challenge the New Yorker for the WBC and IBF welterweight titles on August 21 in Las Vegas.

The future hall-of-famer's chances of upsetting The Truth have been written off by many, but Garcia is refusing to rule out a Pacman win.

The former WBC 147lb king told Fight Hype: “I think it’s a 50-50 fight, to be honest.

"I can see both of them knocking each other out.

"And I think this fight is not going to go the distance. I think somebody is getting knocked out. It could be either-or."


Fan favourite Pacquiao hasn't fought since his emphatic dethroning of former WBA welterweight champ Keith Thurman in July 2019.

And Garcia reckons the ex-eight-weight champ will spring a huge upset if he fights the same way he did in his last outing.

He added: "If Manny fights the way he fought [Keith] Thurman, I believe he can stop Spence.

"But if Spence comes with his A-game, I think Spence can stop him with a body shot."

Spence Jr put on a clinic in his decision victory over Garcia last December.

But the slick southpaw plans to send Pacquiao into retirement with a brutal knockout.

The 31-year-old told Barbershop Conversations: “I’m preparing my body to get into training camp mode and do the best that I can.

“I want to get into the best shape that I can.

“Try to be as strong as I can to knock out Manny Pacquiao and send him off into retirement.

"I think he’s then going off to become president of the Philippines or something like that.”

Spence Jr isn't expecting an easy night at the office, adding: “I expect the same Manny Pacquiao that we get every time.

“He’ll come to fight, and I’ll come to fight.

"I’ll be a lot stronger and physically better than my previous fight.

“If he’s looking at [that video], he should be looking at the Chris Algieri, Lamont Peterson and the Kell Brook fight.

“If he’s looking at the last fight looking for weakness, he’s going to be in trouble.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15344...t-predictions/

[Master]

Manny Pacquiao ‘out-boxed the s*** out of me’ in 2008 WBC lightweight title clash admits David Diaz

ONLY two boxers have fought both Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao - and David Diaz is one of them.

Diaz stunned many in the American boxing community when he upset the heavily favoured Zab Judah to take a spot at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

He turned pro shortly after the games and went on to have a stellar 15-year career - winning the WBC lightweight title along the way.

He joined Simon Maguire on the ‘Rocky Road: Rewind’ podcast recently to reflect on his fights with two legends of the sport in Morales and Pacquiao.

On August 4, 2007, Diaz came up against Morales - hoping a win over the Mexican icon would solidify his claim to the lightweight title.

“This is a guy who has been through many wars and has been champion three times.

“That’s what I thought it should have done - validate me as a world champion.”

The fight kicked-off at a frenetic pace but as Diaz charged in late in round one - Morales struck back and knocked him to the canvas.

“I was good - it was a flash knockdown,” he said, adding: “And with a knockdown I figured we were down by two rounds so we got to go back at it and go chase him and put everything I can on him.”

Morales in 2007 wasn’t the fighter he once was - but he still had plenty left in the tank and Diaz felt he had to force the issue to get the win.

The game-plan was fairly simple - “Just to keep the pressure on. I’ve always been a pressure fighter - that’s been my style...I was either going to make him quit or land a punch that was going to hurt him. That was my mentality going into the fight.”

And, it was a tactic that paid off with Diaz taking a unanimous decision on the scorecards after dominating down the stretch.

While Morales may have been on a downward trajectory - taking a title defence against Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao in 2008 wasn’t picking the easy option.

In his previous seven fights, ‘Pacman’ had stopped Erik Morales twice, beaten Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Jorge Solis, Oscar Larios and Hector Velasquez as he burst out of the boxing cult to become a global superstar.

However, Diaz was confident he could beat Pacquiao.

He said: “Like I tell everybody - if a fighter goes into a fight thinking he’s going to get out-classed or out-punched or just lose - then why is he even fighting?

“I honestly felt that I was going to beat Manny Pacquiao. I felt that I was going to be stronger and heavier than him, punch harder than him and I didn’t think his speed was going to be that much of a factor into the fight. That’s just how I felt - I felt that I could really beat him.

“But, obviously in the fight - it was totally different. The man’s speed was incredible...I couldn’t evade any punch or block or anything like that because if I was blocking one - it was because I already got hit there so I figured if he’s going to hit me again I can block that and he can hit me on the other side.

“It’s one of those things where afterwards I admit defeat obviously because he really beat me up and when he knocked me out - it was a punch that I didn’t see coming and those are the ones that get you and that one got me.”

At this stage in 2008, Pacquiao’s coach, Freddie Roach, was training his protege to be a more well-rounded fighter than just a left-handed KO artist.

The plan to smother the physically smaller Filipino back-fired - as Diaz admits now.

“We know he’s fast and he needs movement and separation in order to let his punches go so that for me was the way to do it.

“It’s just that he was a great boxer, a great fighter and speed is definitely what killed me. I mean - I can’t defend against it.

“He just out-boxed the s*** out of me with a bunch of punches and really did a number [on me].”

Diaz went out on his shield - losing by ninth round KO.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15370...le-david-diaz/

[TitoFan]

Love 'im or hate 'im... you gotta take your hat off to Manny.

Here he is... on the verge of facing Errol Spence, on the heels of having beaten Keith Thurman.

Here he is... a veritable old man at the age of 42... doing what Terrence "Bud" Crawford has yet to get off his ass to do. Taking on the elite at welterweight.

Forget all the promoter BS talk, and all the blah blah blah about who's ducking who.

Here is the old man of boxing, quietly preparing to face his second elite welterweight in a row... while everyone else is flapping their gums.



Guys like Manny Pacquiao and Naoya Inoue are what's right about boxing. No hype... no fuss... no drama. Just big fight after big fight (wink at @TIC) without the sickening shenanigans about prima donna bullshit.

Pac may very well lose this fight... but all respect to the old man.

He'll be missed when he's gone and all we're left with are the drama queens of boxing with their never-ending soap operas.

[TIC]

Love 'im or hate 'im... you gotta take your hat off to Manny.

Here he is... on the verge of facing Errol Spence, on the heels of having beaten Keith Thurman.

Here he is... a veritable old man at the age of 42... doing what Terrence "Bud" Crawford has yet to get off his ass to do. Taking on the elite at welterweight.

Forget all the promoter BS talk, and all the blah blah blah about who's ducking who.

Here is the old man of boxing, quietly preparing to face his second elite welterweight in a row... while everyone else is flapping their gums.



Guys like Manny Pacquiao and Naoya Inoue are what's right about boxing. No hype... no fuss... no drama. Just big fight after big fight (wink at @TIC) without the sickening shenanigans about prima donna bullshit.

Pac may very well lose this fight... but all respect to the old man.

He'll be missed when he's gone and all we're left with are the drama queens of boxing with their never-ending soap operas.

so you think michael d & jason m are big fight after big fight?

[Master]

STILL GOT IT Manny Pacquiao shows off lightning hand speed on the heavy bag at age 42 as he prepares for Errol Spence fight with date and venue now confirmed

Manny Pacquiao has put his famous hand speed on display in a training clip as he continues to prepare for his fight with Errol Spence

The 42-year-old boxing icon has signed to face the welterweight division’s prime, unified champion on August 21.

It has now been confirmed that the showdown will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

A full crowd of close to 20,000 can be expected as, at the start of June, Vegas opened back up to 100 per cent capacity.

Pacquiao last fought in July 2019 when, at age 40, he wrestled the WBA title away from another younger champion – Keith Thurman.

The Filipino started fast and scored a dramatic first-round knockdown before ultimately edging out Thurman by close split decision.

Due to his political commitments as a senator in the Philippines during the pandemic, he has not fought since.

Many expected him to retire from the sport and the WBA even made him ‘champion in recess’, upgrading Yordenis Ugas to become the legitimate belt-holder.

Now though, Pacquiao has shocked the boxing world once again and will face unified WBC and IBF king Spence on August 21 at the T-Mobile Arena.

Floyd Mayweather said of the fight: “I wish both of the guys nothing but the best.



“Of course, I’m behind Errol Spence 100%.

“I’m behind my people first, always, so of course I wanna see Errol Spence win.

“Actually, I’m gonna call him and give him some pointers…

“Manny Pacquiao, he has to fight, I don’t have to fight.

“I put myself in a position where I don’t have to fight anymore.”

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/9...-errol-spence/

[imp]

Manny got real tired in the Thurman fight.

Just imagine what body shots from Spence will do to him in the earlier rounds.

I want Spence to win so he can fight Crawford.

On the the other hand, I will be secretly cheering for Manny to achieve greatness.

Great match.