Pacquiao betting on the speed of lightness
Pacquiao weighs in at 144.6 pounds in advance of Saturday's fight against Antonio Margarito, who weighs 150. The Filipino champion says he sacrificed bulk to be 'as fast as I can be.'
Trainer not happy with Manny Pacquiao's work
November 12, 2010|7:10 p.m.
Reporting from Arlington, Texas ? Manny Pacquiao realized a few weeks ago his attempt to make the 150-pound catchweight limit for his Saturday night junior-middleweight title fight against Antonio Margarito would be detrimental to his brilliant speed.
On Friday, the champion boxer who enjoys gambling publicly revealed the boldness of his belief as if he was announcing, "All in!" at the poker table.
Pacquiao weighed in at a surprisingly low 144.6 pounds, and there's a good chance Magarito, who weighed in at 150 pounds, will step into the Cowboys Stadium ring at 160.
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"I'm not worried," Pacquiao said, walking off the stage at Cowboys Stadium. "That's what we did for training ? train hard. My weight came down from what it was to make me faster.
"For the last week and a half, [trainer] Freddie Roach let me do what I wanted to do, get to where I'm as fast as I can be."
Roach stood behind Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) and nodded as he heard the Filipino star's explanation, saying it was "100%" accurate.
Pacquiao's manager, Michael Koncz, said the fighter expected to weigh in the 147-148 range but got caught up Friday in "the excitement of the fight" and didn't stick to his routine of four or five meals a day.
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Alex Ariza, Pacquiao's conditioning coach, extended his hand in a nervous shaking motion when asked if he approved of the weigh-in number. :scared
"It's very good. I'm very strong," Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) said. "They can say what they want."
Margarito, a former world welterweight champion and a 5-to-1 underdog in Saturday's fight, expressed no surprise at Pacquiao's weight. "He's going to be no problem for me to push around. I push bigger guys than me around," Margarito said.
"It's a big advantage," Margarito's manager Sergio Diaz said of the weight disparity. "Advantages don't matter. We have to win the fight."
Pacquiao could give up as much as 15 pounds on fight...
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Box and run simple as that
Dance all night and Pacman gets the decision.
There is no reason to take chances with Margarito whose chin will keep him from getting KOd early.
Get the work in .
Sweat it out. Punch and hold .
I smell money and it smells green !
