
Originally Posted by
El Gamo
Check out these exercpts from an interview with El Inca:
BC: Let's talk about the super featherweight division and one of the biggest stars in boxing right now, Manny Pacquiao. There have been mentions about a fight between you and the Filipino star. With 20 fights as a professional, are you ready for someone as explosive as Manny Pacquiao?
EV: I will be very honest with you, I still need some experience. I have courage, youth, and hunger to spare. I can go into the ring with Manny Pacquiao and anything can happen. But, I do think I need two or three more fights and I will be ready for him. I do need to fight him, before he retires, but I do not want to fight him just for money. I want to win. I have my pride and I want to win that fight. I want to give it everything I have and I want to win.
He is human, he can lose, and he has lost fights. I have never lost a fight.
BC: When Pacquiao was asked about you, as a fighter, he was quoted as saying, "All Valero's opponents were tricycle drivers." How does that comment make you feel?
EV: Maybe he did not think about what he was saying. Maybe when they asked him that question he was full of emotion. He must think, "I have beaten the best in Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales." Maybe he got caught up in the moment and does not realize the sort of danger I can bring to him.
I have had other fighters say worse things to me to my face, like the Panamanian Vicente Mosquera. He called me a little woman and told me he was going to kick my [explicit] to my face at the press conference. I did not give him the pleasure of a response. He thought I did not talk because I was afraid. I am not going to argue with him and make a spectacle of myself like [Ricardo] Mayorga. I just want to fight. I go to the press conference because it is my duty as a boxer. I just want to train well, make my money and fight.
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