LAS VEGAS – You know it’s a super fight if Michael Buffer is around. He knows it’s a super fight when Manny Pacquiao is there in one corner.
“In Pacquiao you see a fighter that continues to surprise everybody by being stronger as he goes on, and unbelievable faster,” said the 65-year-old American, who’s one of the great, if not the greatest, ring announcer in boxing.
The man with the baritone voice and the famous catchphrase “Let’s get ready to rumble” shared Friday on the eve of the fight his sentiments about Pacquiao, now regarded as the true pound-for-pound champion.
“Usually when fighters move up in weight, they don’t bring the punch with them because it’s not supposed to be their natural weight. But Pacquiao is an example of what it means to be pound-for-pound a super fighter.
“Because he’s gone from 105 pounds and then he went up to bantamweight and super-bantamweight, etc. then just excelled and excelled and continues to get better,” he told Filipino sports writers.
