Now that the stage has set for the fight of the century, people are gauging the certainty of Manny Pacquiao victory at the expense of undefeated Floyd Mayweather.
After the two prizefighters agreed to finally make it happen on May 2, opinions were thrown from several former world champion and boxing experts, assessing the chance of Pinoy ring icon against the outspoken American slugger.
Some of them are putting their money’s worth on the Filipino boxing sensation simply because of his dedication to his craft. The likes of Mike Tyson, Oscar dela Hoya, Miguel Cotto and even the trainer of Manuel Marquez, firmly believe that Pacquiao is capable of handing Mayweather his first- ever defeat.
Five years ago, Pacquiao firepower inside the ring is no doubt the most dominating among his contemporaries. The congressman from Sarangani possessed all the qualities of being in the rank of some of the world’s greatest boxers after snatching successive world titles in eight different divisions. But after joining Christian group a few years ago, boxing fans around the globe were put into belief that Pacquiao punches that come in bunches had long gone, not to mention his killer instinct is also unnoticeable.
According to his first trainer-coach Jackie Mondejar, who briefly stays for couple of years in Canada, but now back for good in Philippines, the possibility of a monumental win for his former ward means taking all the precautionary measures is every aspect of the fight.
“Manny should not be aggressive and too confident in every round and I hope he won’t fall in a situation when he lost to Marquez,” he says.
Mondejar added the over-confident attitude costs Pacman to relinquish his title at the hands of Marquez in 2012, succumbing to a surprise knockout from the Mexican fighter in the 5th round.
The former coach of Pacquiao stressed that if his former protégée can survive the first few rounds of the bout, there’s a bigger chance to pull off a huge upset win over the American fighter.
“If the fight will go beyond six rounds, Manny will have a big advantage because Floyd tends to make horrible moves and fighting strategy,” Mondejar reiterates.
Before Pacquiao left Philippines to go back to Wild Card gym in L.A. weeks ago, his former trainer had a chance to strengthen his tactics by engaging to throw between 40 to 45 jabs.
This way it will add power to his punches that would be fatal to finish off Mayweather.
Despite many Filipinos claiming that Pacman’s killer instinct has somewhat vanished in the air, Mondejar has different point of view. “I don’t think it changed at all, his power punches wasn’t there the last time around simply because of over training and the tiring three rounds of punching bag plus the heavyweights he put on his arm,” he responds.
Lastly, Mondejar has a bold message to millions of people that they’re going to see the real Manny Pacquiao come May 2 at MGM Grand.
