Straight from the mouth of the Golden Boy himself, Oscar Dela Hoya made this remark in response to a question thrown at him by Michael Marley of Examiner.com.
"Absolutely, it is a mismatch," Oscar said. "It's nothing personal between me and Margarito. We all know how that fight will go, we all know Manny's hands and feet are way too fast for Margarito."
Not that Dela Hoya belittles the capability of Antonio Margarito, but he believes his ward, Shane Mosley is more than capable to give Manny Pacquiao a lot of troubles than Margarito would.
Bob Arum had earlier mentioned he's lining up two fights for Pacquiao next year, and one of them will be either Floyd Mayweather or Shane Mosley.
As Pacquiao gears up his training for the remaining weeks before fight night, verbal tussles between Pacman's and Margarito's camps have been thrown.
Margarito's trainer Robert Garcia said,
"If the typhoon didn't get Manny, the 'Tornado' will."
In response, Roach shot back saying,
"Manny is going to send the 'Tornado' into a tropical depression."
It can be recalled that Juan, a tropical depression that stomed the Philippines a week ago nearly stranded Pacman’s team in Baguio City. Now that Team Pacman has left Juan behind them and are back to the US preparing toward the fight of the year, the air of anticipations and excitements are fast building up.
And Oscar Dela Hoya, come fight time, will be watching from the side.
source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/299336#ixzz13QYWFi3p
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Pacman set to earn $25M in battle against Margarito
CALIFORNIA, United States—World pound-for-pound champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao stands to earn as much as $25 million from his Nov. 13 fight against Mexican American Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito, according to his promoter Bob Arum.
“Manny is guaranteed $15 million for the fight, and including his share from the pay-per-view upside, he could make as much as $22 million to $25 million,” Arum said.
Arum, chief executive of Top Rank Promotions, predicts that Pacquiao vs Margarito will exceed the almost 1.2 million PPV sales generated by Pacquiao's fight with Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto last Nov. 14.
The top boxing impresario also said Margarito, who is guaranteed $3 million for his biggest pay check, could earn as much as $7 million to $8 million if the PPV sales hit 1.3 million or more, as expected.
PACQUIAO’S DISTRACTIONS
Arum said he was glad that Pacquiao, who has had a hard time keeping his training schedule, is finally focusing on his preparations for his stab at a record-extending eighth world title in as many weight classes.
He stressed that Pacquiao has to be at his best to beat the bigger and stronger Margarito.
“I know that Margarito is training extra hard for this fight. I know that for a fact because I get updates from my fighters' camps,” Arum said. “Manny is everyone's favorite, but if he comes less that 100 percent for the fight he could lose.”
The Hall of Fame promoter branded as “crazy” the widening odds which showed Pacquiao now a 6-1 favorite in some online betting outlets to steamroll Margarito.
Arum said tickets sales for the fight at the state-of-the-art Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas are selling briskly, adding that he expects the live gate to hit 60,000 to 70,000.
Pacquiao meantime, arrived in Los Angeles yesterday to resume his training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood owned by his trainer Freddie Roach.
MARGARITO VERY SHARP
“Tony (Margarito's nickname) is very sharp. You should see for yourself,” Robert Garcia, Margaraito’s trainer said. “We're having an excellent training camp, and we're right at the stage [of preparations] that we want to be.”
He said his prized Mexican-American fighter will spar 12 rounds for the last time on Monday and then gradually taper down.
Meanwhile, Roach said that they have two more weeks of rigorous training, even as he assured that Pacquiao would be in tip-top shape on the night of the fight.
The heavy training, Roach added, would include more sparring with tougher spar mates, including undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Matirosyan (28-0, 17 by knockouts) of Glendale, California.
The six-foot Matirosyan, who fights with the ferocity of Margarito, is expected to give Pacquiao the kind of workout that would prime the Filipino icon for his tough battle with the hard-punching Tijuana Tornado. /inquirer.net
PS dont forget to Watch Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito on Nov 13, 2010 ;)
“Manny is guaranteed $15 million for the fight, and including his share from the pay-per-view upside, he could make as much as $22 million to $25 million,” Arum said.
Arum, chief executive of Top Rank Promotions, predicts that Pacquiao vs Margarito will exceed the almost 1.2 million PPV sales generated by Pacquiao's fight with Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto last Nov. 14.
The top boxing impresario also said Margarito, who is guaranteed $3 million for his biggest pay check, could earn as much as $7 million to $8 million if the PPV sales hit 1.3 million or more, as expected.
PACQUIAO’S DISTRACTIONS
Arum said he was glad that Pacquiao, who has had a hard time keeping his training schedule, is finally focusing on his preparations for his stab at a record-extending eighth world title in as many weight classes.
He stressed that Pacquiao has to be at his best to beat the bigger and stronger Margarito.
“I know that Margarito is training extra hard for this fight. I know that for a fact because I get updates from my fighters' camps,” Arum said. “Manny is everyone's favorite, but if he comes less that 100 percent for the fight he could lose.”
The Hall of Fame promoter branded as “crazy” the widening odds which showed Pacquiao now a 6-1 favorite in some online betting outlets to steamroll Margarito.
Arum said tickets sales for the fight at the state-of-the-art Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas are selling briskly, adding that he expects the live gate to hit 60,000 to 70,000.
Pacquiao meantime, arrived in Los Angeles yesterday to resume his training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood owned by his trainer Freddie Roach.
MARGARITO VERY SHARP
“Tony (Margarito's nickname) is very sharp. You should see for yourself,” Robert Garcia, Margaraito’s trainer said. “We're having an excellent training camp, and we're right at the stage [of preparations] that we want to be.”
He said his prized Mexican-American fighter will spar 12 rounds for the last time on Monday and then gradually taper down.
Meanwhile, Roach said that they have two more weeks of rigorous training, even as he assured that Pacquiao would be in tip-top shape on the night of the fight.
The heavy training, Roach added, would include more sparring with tougher spar mates, including undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Matirosyan (28-0, 17 by knockouts) of Glendale, California.
The six-foot Matirosyan, who fights with the ferocity of Margarito, is expected to give Pacquiao the kind of workout that would prime the Filipino icon for his tough battle with the hard-punching Tijuana Tornado. /inquirer.net
PS dont forget to Watch Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito on Nov 13, 2010 ;)
Pacquiao goes to basketball game on 1st day in US
MANILA, Philippines -- Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao gave his training mentors the slip Sunday, spending his first day in the United States on a trip from Los Angeles to San Diego to coach his basketball team in an exhibition game.
source:http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20101025-299713/Pacquiao-goes-to-basketball-game-on-1st-day-in-US
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source:http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20101025-299713/Pacquiao-goes-to-basketball-game-on-1st-day-in-US
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