There has been a lot of heat put on key members of Team Pacquiao regarding why Manny Pacquiao let Shane Mosley off the hook last Saturday night May 7TH, 2011 at the MGM Grand Arena located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Timothy James from MpBoxing sat down with Alex Ariza and asked him point blank direct questions regarding these attacks and also his evaluation on Manny Pacquiao?s performance.
We also discussed what caused the cramp in Manny Pacquiao?s leg.
This is just a part of what Alex Ariza had to say:
MpBoxing: Why did Manny Pacquiao did not attack Sugar Shane Mosley more?
Alex Ariza: Anybody could Monday morning quaterback you could come up with a million reasons why two fighters did not look the way everyone wanted them to look or anticipated them to look like. The reality is it takes two people to fight. If one fighter is coming forward and one fighter is going backward it is not going to be the most exciting fight in the world. Nobody is going to be happy when Manny Pacquiao does not knock someone out.
MpBoxing: Do to the fact that anybody that Manny Pacquiao fights right now there is a possibility that after they feel the power of Manny Pacquiao they too might start to run like Mosley did and Cotto did do to the fact that Manny?s style likes isnt to go after them and knock them out. He likes people to come at him. Do you think Manny Pacquiao needs to learn a new style or implement some type of strategy so Manny can cut off the ring, learn to attack the opponent when he is going backward, like a Duran or a Julio Cesar Chavez did?
Alex Ariza: When you have one fighter coming forward and another fighter in survival mode or retreating mode doesn?t matter if you cut him off. It is a no win situation. You are going to get one or two punches off, you cut him off then he just starts retreating again. The reality is Mosley thought about pulling the trigger and after the 3rd round when he got knocked down he just realized if he through punches he would have gotten knocked out.
MpBoxing: Some of the articles that have come out have actually attacked members of Team Pacquiao and to my surprise one of the articles come out and attack you today, saying you are not the right strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao because of the fun you guys have together.
Alex Ariza: you got to remember every athlete is different. Any good strength and conditioning coach is going to evaluate each athlete differently. You got to remember Manny Pacquiao is 32 years old. He is not a 24 year old kid. He knows what he is doing. He is a grown man. He is not used to being scolded and told what do to. The approach to Manny Pacquiao has to be completely different then an approach to someone like a Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. or any of those younger guys who need that hard core coaching.
For the complete interview word by word please click this link and watch the heart felt interview from Alex Ariza to Timothy James at MpBoxing.com
