SOURCE: JOSEF T. RAMOS THE MANILA TIMES
WITH five months left before the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley begins, the Filipino world’s pound-for-pound king, as expected, is favored to win against the future hall of famer.
Pacquiao (52-3-2 win-loss-draw with 38 knockouts), according to www.fightype.com, is a 9-1 favorite to win the bout against the American Mosley that will be held in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 7.
The 39-year-old Mosley (46-6-1 with 39 knockouts), for his part, is confident to halt Pacquiao’s winning run since 2005.
Pacquiao’s latest citation—the 2010 Fighter of the Year by the Ring magazine for his impressive victory against Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito last year—is another big reason.
Sergio Martinez’s decision against Kelly Pavlik for the middleweight championship and his one-punch knockout win against Paul Williams were definitely impressive than any fights that happened in 2010.
But Pacquiao’s last year’s achievements remain on top after receiving 71-percent votes from the boxing fans. Martinez got only 24-percent votes, followed by the 2-percent votes each on Fernando Montiel and Juan Manuel Lopez.
“We’re in the era of Manny Pacquiao, though,” said Ring magazine’s Michael Rosenthal.
“The world’s greatest fighter is so popular—particularly among his passionate countrymen—that we knew with certainty that he would be the runaway winner of the award. Facts be damned.”
Rosenthal also claimed that Pacquiao overcame the odds when he fought and beat larger and heavier opponents.
“This isn’t to say that Pacquiao’s one-sided points victories over Joshua Clottey on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium and Antonio Margarito on November 13 in the same venue during the past year were insignificant,” he said.
“We don’t think much of the alphabet titles but to be a dominating fighter in eight of the 17 weight classes is remarkable,” said Rosenthal, referring to Pacquiao’s titles from flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, welterweight, lightweight up to the middleweight classes.
The 39-year-old Mosley (46-6-1 with 39 knockouts), for his part, is confident to halt Pacquiao’s winning run since 2005.
Pacquiao’s latest citation—the 2010 Fighter of the Year by the Ring magazine for his impressive victory against Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito last year—is another big reason.
Sergio Martinez’s decision against Kelly Pavlik for the middleweight championship and his one-punch knockout win against Paul Williams were definitely impressive than any fights that happened in 2010.
But Pacquiao’s last year’s achievements remain on top after receiving 71-percent votes from the boxing fans. Martinez got only 24-percent votes, followed by the 2-percent votes each on Fernando Montiel and Juan Manuel Lopez.
“We’re in the era of Manny Pacquiao, though,” said Ring magazine’s Michael Rosenthal.
“The world’s greatest fighter is so popular—particularly among his passionate countrymen—that we knew with certainty that he would be the runaway winner of the award. Facts be damned.”
Rosenthal also claimed that Pacquiao overcame the odds when he fought and beat larger and heavier opponents.
“This isn’t to say that Pacquiao’s one-sided points victories over Joshua Clottey on March 13 at Cowboys Stadium and Antonio Margarito on November 13 in the same venue during the past year were insignificant,” he said.
“We don’t think much of the alphabet titles but to be a dominating fighter in eight of the 17 weight classes is remarkable,” said Rosenthal, referring to Pacquiao’s titles from flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, welterweight, lightweight up to the middleweight classes.
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