Manny Pacquiao’s road to stardom was established by power punching and a pair of compelling back-and-forth bouts against his rival from Mexico, Juan Manuel Marquez.
As Pacquiao prepares for his third fight against Marquez on Nov. 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the Filipino star’s attention is locked on the goal to reaffirm his power reputation by quieting Marquez once and for all.
“Everybody knows Marquez has been talking too much,” Pacquiao said Wednesday as he and Marquez continued their international promotional tour at the Beverly Hills Hotel. “If my opponent is no good, I will be no good in the ring. You know what I mean? My opponent is not a good boy.
“What I think about is, ‘How can I shut the mouth?'”
Pacquiao knocked Marquez down three times in the first round of their 2004 featherweight title fight, but Marquez rallied to claim a draw. In 2008, Pacquiao won a super-featherweight title by split decision thanks to judge Tom Miller’s 114-113 score.
Marquez’s trainer, Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain, complained so much at the post-fight news conference after the 2008 loss that Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, grabbed a microphone and unloaded epithets at the trainer.
