For ample time?six rounds to be exact?Joebar Damosmog could see how Fahsan 3K Battery could be beaten.
He was up against the Thai, and in fact, had knocked down Fashan in the second round of their 12-round International Boxing Federation Pan Pacific superbantamweight match in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 700 km south of Bangkok, in July 2003.
But in the sixth round, after missing with a right jab, Fahsan countered with his favorite left straight that turned Damosmog?s lights out.
He, however, could still provide some helpful tips for Pacquiao.
?Matagal na sa laban na ?yan ang seven rounds,? said the heavily built Damosmog after conducting a 30-minute teaching lesson to a student at the world-class Wild Card Gym on Presidents Avenue in Para?aque.
?Kilala ko naman si Manny. Ramdam ko ang lakas niya at mas malakas siya sa akin kaya sa tingin ko tatalunin ni Manny si Fahsan.?
Pacquiao and Fahsan collide before an expected huge audience in an open-air arena at The Fort in Taguig on December 11.
Damosmog said Pacquiao, who hasn?t fought since being held to a 12-round split draw by Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico eight months ago in Las Vegas, should only watch out for the 30-year-old Fahsan?s left straight.
??Yun lang naman ang malakas sa kanya. ?Yun ang dapat niyang [Pacquiao] iwasan,? added Damosmog, a veteran of over 40 fights.
Pacquiao and Fahsan had actually faced each other in the ring when the two engaged in a three-round exhibition in Guam in August 2002.
Pacquiao had toyed with Fahsan during that time, but the Thai?s chief handler, Jimmy Chaichotchuang, warned that his ward, whose real name is Fahsan Por Thawatchai, has improved tremendously since then.
Pacquiao and Fahsan are set to reunite this noon when the organizers of the multimillion-peso card make the formal announcement of the event at Pier One at The Fort. Fahsan and Chaichotchuang were scheduled to arrive early last night via Philippine Airlines from Bangkok.
Murad Muhammad is expected to preside over the press conference that will be graced also by executives from Smart Communications and Solar Sports, as well as members of Team Pacquiao, composed of business manager Rod Nazario, Ramon Lainez, Lito Mondejar and Gerry Garcia.
Pacquiao?s handlers are using the Fahsan bout as a tune-up for the eagerly-awaited rematch between Pacquiao and Marquez on February 26 in Las Vegas.
