It?s a dream match come true, but only one man will wake up as the one, lone star.
Manny Pacquiao finally gets his baptism of fire in the featherweight ranks Sunday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, when he trades blows with a 126-pounder whose head he had so unabashedly wanted to claim for the longest time?no less than the division?s ultimate marquee name, Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico.
“This is going to be a war, I assure all of you,” said Pacquiao, who has a 37-2-1 win-loss-draw card?29 of those via the short route. “I worked hard for this fight. I have sacrificed a lot and I don?t intend to lose.”
Barrera owns a 57-3 win-loss record with 40 knockouts.
“This is a fulfillment of one of Manny?s dreams … to headline a major boxing promotion on US soil.” said Rod Nazario, Pacquiao?s business manager and one of the chief architects of the bout dubbed as “the Clash of the Titans,”?easily the most drummed-up US-based fight involving a Filipino not named Flash Elorde.
