The word is out, the date is set and the contract is days away from being signed. But the question is: Is International Boxing Federation junior-featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao really ready to climb up the 126-lb class, much more face the king of the featherweight hill?
?I?d say [Marco Antonio] Barrera has a 2-1 edge over Manny,? In this Corner host and L&M Gym manager Ramon Lainez suggested.
But even though nobody can ?take away the fact that Barrera has fought and beaten his division?s marquee names,? Lainez said that Pacquiao has the skills to go toe-to-toe with the man they call the ?Baby-Faced Assassin.?
