MANILA, Philippines ? Unlike Floyd Mayweather Jr., who faces Mexican-American Victor Ortiz next month, the Philippines’ fighting congressman Manny Pacquiao will be going up against a more challenging opponent, according to boxing analyst Teddy Atlas.
Atlas believes Mexico?s Juan Manuel Marquez will give Pacquiao war on November 12, despite the Filipino?s apparent advantages.
?Maybe, Marquez is getting old after all this tear-and-wear, maybe he is starting to get too slow, maybe he gets caught too easy. But one thing is no ‘maybe’ ? how he?s gonna act. And he?s gonna act like a damn warrior, like a champion, like a fighter,? the boxing analyst said in Boxingscene.com.
He said Marquez?s boxing style and sheer talent will give Pacquiao a hard time.
Atlas added the Mexican ring tactician knows how to deal with Pacquiao.
?I think no matter what, he is forty years old or he is in ninety years old, in the middle of the winter or in the middle of the summer, Marquez will always give Pacquiao a tough fight. His style, his talent will make it a tough, a very tough fight for Pacquiao,? said Atlas.
Mayweather, on the other hand, will have smoother sailing against Ortiz on September 17, according to Atlas.
