Filipino champ Manny Pacquiao knows that tormenting Mexican legends is the key to his being named one of the greatest prizefighters.
“I need to prove that I?m one of the best fighters in the world,” said Pacquiao. “And by fighting the best boxers from Mexico will prove I belong to the pound-for-pound list.”
The 25-year-old Filipino champion actually took the first step to world fame last year when he overpowered Marco Antonio Barrera, a Mexican legend, in 11 rounds at the Alamodome in Texas.
That stirring victory gave Pacquiao the drive to go for more and his May 8 clash with Juan Manuel Marquez, another Mexican idol who owns the WBA/IBF featherweight belts, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas promises to be nothing but another blockbuster of a fight.
