Bob Arum joins The Telegraph for an interview in Las Vegas ahead of Manny Pacquiao ? Juan Manuel Marquez III this weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Arum has seen most things in boxing in the last five decades. How does he see the promotion of Pacquiao vs Marquez III as a contest ?
“Well it’s certainly a lot bigger than the last two fights, but essentially what makes this fight unique is that in the two prior fights, there was very little to differentiate the two fighters. The difference now is that Manny fights with two hands. His right hand is as good as his left. But you’ve got to understand that Marquez and Nacho [Beristein] are brilliant guys and the style of Manny is made for Marquez because he’s a counter-puncher.”
“The question is ? can he fight with that right hand ? Everybody sees these Hispanics like Cotto and Margarito, they don’t know about quitting. When Manny fought Clottey and when he fought Moseley, what made these fighters quit is that they were trained to fight the southpaw, then when they got clocked with the right hand, they couldn’t believe it.”
