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What's Next for Marvelous Manny? PhilBoxing.com Tue, 04 Jul 2006 Hailed by Oscar de la Hoya as the world’s best in the super featherweight class, Manny Paquiao checked in at the Big Dome’ armed with his usual tools to make his fight look easy against Oscar Larios. But the Mexican brawler greeted Pacman instead with a marvelously-timed left hook -- capped by a series of hard rights that hushed the packed crowd that came in full force for Sunday's Thrilla at the Araneta II. Given Manny’s past stoppages of the elite in his weight class, say, Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales, the bold stand put up by Oscar did mess up Team Pacquiao’s game plans which necessitated a shift in gears—offensively and to a greater extent---defensively. And beating the Guadalajara brawler despite his shortened stint at his favored Wild Card gym in Hollywood was foremost in Manny’s priorities. Larios who is confronted by the daunting task of toppling an icon showed excellent moves by: dominating the third round with wicked shots which for a while seemed enough to stop Pacquiao dead on his tracks. Close but no cigar as the oft-used cliche goes. Manny's adroit defensive maneuvers forced Larios to miss badly at times, (wasiwas) resulting in a wind draft that could have saddled Manny with an unwanted “cold.” Both warriors regaled the crowd who went gaga over the power blows traded freely in the entire match. When the Pacman turned maddeningly ruthless in the final round with vicious headshots that floored the game Mexicano, the entire archipelago erupted in a deafening roar for their hero's commendable performance, unseen in ages we might add. Combining terrific hand speed, relentless punching and a warrior's heart as reflected in Recah Trinidad's authoritative Pacific Storm---nothing but a brilliant future is ahead for our superstar. Not that he hasn't reached that much-coveted plateau yet So what’s next for Marvelous Manny, a superfeatherweight who punches like a heavyweight? Completion of his three- fight deal with Erik Morales The concluding part of their trilogy is penciled for November l8th at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The latest sighting of Morales was at Mt. Otomi where he has started climbing his calvary in a desperate bid to make the weight. Speaking of weight woes, one can't help recalling the ordeal Manny felt when he figured in a losing cause against Medgoen Battery who scored an impressive kayo in Nakhon,Thailand to claim his WBC flyweight title. The culprit -- KID OVERWEIGHT. From 135 to 113 pounds in a month's time of ardous weight shedding. Manny is now on a month-long rest before leaving to train at his digs’ in Sunny California. Outstanding! Click here for a complete listing of columns by this author. Click here for a complete listing of this author's articles from different news sources. |
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