LAS VEGAS ? Ana Julaton, the Filipina world champion, is calling this fight the way she wants it, the way she sees it.
Last Thursday, up in Manny Pacquiao?s nest at Mandalay Bay, the former WBO and IBA female super-bantamweight champion said she can?t think of any other ending on Saturday.
Pacquiao squares off with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM. Julaton will be around to witness the fight, and she knows what to expect.
?Manny will knock Marquez out for sure,? said the Filipina beauty who lost her crowns to Patricia Marcos in a bout that took place in Argentina last March.
Julaton knows a good fight when she sees one, but said Marquez, despite all the troubles he?d given Pacquiao in their previous bouts, can?t win the fight with muscles alone.
?Marquez is putting on weight and all the muscles because he needs the confidence,? said Julaton, the first Fil-American boxer to win the WBO and IBA crowns.Sportshub ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1
She said she?d seen Pacquiao in training camp and still is amazed how fast the 33-year-old Pinoy icon is.
?Manny is too fast for Marquez. And he can stay as fast for 12 rounds. He?s going to find a way to trap Marquez along the way,? said Julaton, still as determined to win her titles back.
Julaton said Marquez will have no other choice but to slug it out with Pacquiao once he is trapped.
?But Marquez can?t go toe-to-toe with Manny because every time he does that he ends up on the canvas,? said the 32-year-old ?Hurricane.?
