FILIPINO and foreign boxing analysts have mixed views on what will be tempo of the much-anticipated rubber match between Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and Filipino boxing icon Manny ?PacMan? Pacquiao.
But they agreed on one thing: Pacquiao won?t be kissing the canvass temporarily or for the 10-count.
Marquez, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and World Boxing Association lightweight champion, is in Manila for the promotional tour of his November 12 welterweight title fight against Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, the reigning the WBO welterweight champion, has a record of 55 wins, three losses and two draws with 38 knockouts while Marquez totes a card of 55 wins, three losses and two draws with 38 knockouts.
Filipino boxing expert and trainer Erwin Tagle and former world champion Gerry Pe?alosa both believe that Pacquiao still has the edge over the Mexican.
Tagle, 32, also a boxing and mixed martial arts trainer and practitioner, told The Manila Times that Marquez should not be underestimated since the Mexican has the edge in the technical department. ?In terms of technicality [in boxing skills], Marquez is ahead,? he said.
?But I?m sure the technical aspect won?t able to match Pacquiao?s superb punching power and speed. So in the end of the fight, I?m expecting Pacquiao to be the last man standing,? Tagle added. But the boxing expert did not predict what round Pacquiao would win.
