A confident eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao aims o put on a show when he faces unbeaten pound for pounds king Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand GardenSArena in Las Vegas on May 3, Manila Time.
With some two and a half weeks to go Pacquiao was clearly excited at the prospect that Mayweather will also come to fight for the sake of entertaining the fans.
Pacquiao radiated confidence and excitement Wednesday at the Wild Card gym before his latest workout in preparation for their bout, one day after Mayweather himself showed he is in terrific shape for the fight titled in the Philippines as ?The Battle for Greatness.?
Pacquiao had a good laugh when told that the defense-minded Mayweather had called him ?a very reckless fighter? on Tuesday.
Pacquiao retorted, ?Reckless fighter? That?s how people like me and love me, because they like an exciting fight.We call this boxing, (and) boxing is more punching. We talk about punching.?
Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) has always been an exciting fighter but he concedes he is facing the best defensive fighter of their era. Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs).
Clearly, with Freddie Roach hammering out a gameplan where Pacquiao will swarm all over Mayweather from the start throwing punches from all angles most experts including Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez who scored a crushing 6th round knockout of Pacquiao believes a brawl would be his best chance to win while his first trainer Rick S taheli who led Pacquiao to his first world title ? the WBC flyweight crown him says Pacquiao must take some risksand fight like the Pacquiao of old.
Pacquiao said if Mayweather himself goes for a knockout as his father/trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr and Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe have predicted ?that?s good for me.I like that. We?ll see. That?s what I want, and that?s definitely what the fans want ? action.?
