As the so-called "biggest boxing fight " between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is nearing, there are reports that the two boxers have opposite routes with their trainings. There were claims that Pacman seems having trouble to add new sparring partners, while Money was caught playing in a Las Vegas Casino. Does this mean that the Undefeated Pound-For-Pound King is relax in his boxing match with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao?
According to Mirror, Floyd posted a photo on his Shot page where he seen happy and playing in a casino. That may seem too confident for his highly anticipated fight with Manny, but one of the rich men in the world perhaps was just want to loosen up before his intense training, which already ongoing. In Fight Hype's report, the 38-year-old American boxer locked down himself in "serious and focused" training where he made his sparring partners had hard jobs.
"Training camp has gone tremendously thus far, all I can do is just wait. This is not just a big fight, this is the biggest fight in boxing history," Floyd said in his interview with Fight Hype."It is always being at your best, pushing yourself to the limit and just being sharp and smart.
"This fight will be a part of history. When you look back at Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy Hearns, Roberto Duran, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Wilfred Benitez, the Spinks brothers, Pernell Whitaker, James Toney, Cornelius Edwards and the list goes on and on. I just come in and take my hat off to the guys who paved the way for me to be where I am at today."
Meantime, Pacman's renowned coach Freddie Roach divulged that they experiencing some struggles to add new sparring partners in their team because of Mayweather's adviser Al Haymon. The 55-year old trainer of famous boxers such as Mike Tyson, Amir Khan, and Oscar De La Hoya shared that Haymon shelling out more money so no more potential fighters and sparring partners will help them.
"I'm hiring sparring partners, Al Haymon's people calls them up and offers more money for them not to come. [But] I'm not worried about those guys," Roach said in his interview with ABS-CBN news. "We've got four really good sparring partners for Manny for this fight, Mayweather look-alikes.
Meanwhile, Roach's interview with Reuters revealed his confidence with 36-year-old Filipino boxer's chance winnable traits.
"I say his (Mayweather) legs are a little shot, a little worn and I think Pacquiao has better legs at this moment at this time and I think maybe Pacquiao is a little faster than Mayweather and hits a little bit harder," Roach shared. "Mayweather has brittle fragile hands and is not the biggest puncher in the world, I think we have more assets to win the fight, I feel."
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