Expectations here is the Filipino flash answers the opening bell in usual style – as if propelled from one of them circus cannons. Don?t see Diaz having answers for survival. Pacquiao, one dimensional or not, is too quick, with good enough punching power to close the show early – as in stanza one, two or three – if my guess is wrong and Diaz is stopped late, a knockout is a knockout by any other name.
The respective rap sheets pretty much sum up most of how and why Pacquiao is my choice – while Diaz has no more than a single loss and a draw among 36 kept appointments, the r?sum? is a padded one when held next to the Pacquiao star-studded version.
Further, the southpaw advantage doesn?t exist with both working from the port side – faint sign of Diaz hope going in is being bigger lightweight that has fought as high as jr. welter – Pacquiao more junior lightweight in size.
The Diaz majority decision win over Erik Morales in 2007 was washed up version of ?El Terrible? that had arrived on three consecutive losses – while Pacquiao was beaten by Morales in 2005, he reversed the score with two KO wins over Erik in 2006 – also enters this one on seven bout roll with Barrera and Marquez among the victims.
P.S. Pacquiao at 46-3-2, 35 KO?s – but two of the debits arrived early in career at Flyweight.
