IN a seemingly egotistical assumption, Tijuana promoter Fernando Beltran prognosticated that IBF/WBA featherweight champion Juan Manuel ?Dinamita? Marquez of Mexico will knockout Filipino superstar Manny ?The Destroyer? Pacquiao when the pair collide in an HBO televised mega-fight on May 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
So confident enough of his fortune-telling, Beltran, the promoter of another Mexican hotshot and reigning WBC super featherweight titlist Erik Morales, added that Pacquiao will not even fulfill his plan to battle Morales as the uncrowned Filipino featherweight king ?won?t make it past Marquez.?
?Firstly let me tell you one thing. I promise you that Juan Manuel Marquez is going to beat the hell out of Manny Pacquiao. Juan Manuel is going to be the winner on that night. Manny was lucky once against Marco Antonio Barrera, that?s it,? said Beltran when interviewed by James Blears of Boxingscene.com.
