As far as Manny Pacquiao is concerned, the skills are enough.
That?s why Team Pacquiao thinks it?s absurd that its man has been accused of being a dirty fighter.
?That isn?t true at all. Kung titingnan mo ?yung laban niya kay [Mexican Agapito] Sanchez, tinuhod na siya doon, inulo, lahat na. Pero [Manny] never retaliated,? said Ramon Lainez, part-owner of Pacquiao?s mother gym in Sampaloc, as he recalled how Sanchez engaged Pacquiao in the Filipino?s bloodiest bout in November 2001.
In that match?Pacquiao?s first title defense of his International Boxing Federation super-bantamweight throne?in San Francisco, Sanchez made ?an accidental headbutt? on Pacquiao that cut the Filipino?s right eye in the second round, besides glaring low blows that the Latino fighter threw.
The doctors had to stop the match as Sanchez headbutted Pacquiao in the sixth round, which caused the officials to call it a draw?Pacquiao?s only stalemate in 41 career fights.
