By NICK GIONGCO, Manila Bulletin
Manny Pacquiao is going to go home empty-handed – just like Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Juan Manuel Marquez – and the 37 others who all succumbed to the dazzling skills of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
This was Mayweather’s own conclusion during a talk with fight scribe George Willis of the New York Post over the weekend when asked about the impending March 13, 2010 showdown with Pacquiao.
“I just know nobody [can] beat me,” Mayweather said. “It is what it is. For 14 years they’ve been trying to find a fighter that can beat me and they’ve come up short every time.”
The five-division champion Mayweather remains unbeaten in 40 fights, his victims made up of the very best from super-featherweight (130 lbs) up to super-welterweight (154 lbs).
Pacquiao and Mayweather have three common opponents: Marquez, Hatton, and De La Hoya.
Mayweather beat Marquez on a lopsided unanimous decision win, stopped Hatton in 10 rounds and fashioned out a split verdict over De La Hoya.
Pacquiao, meanwhile, struggled both times with Marquez – drawing the first fight and barely getting past the Mexican in the rematch – flattened Hatton in less than two rounds and made De La Hoya quit after eight rounds.
It has been reported by US media outlets that the scheduled 12-round clash for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterweight crown will be staged at the 16,200-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Source: mb.com.ph
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