LOS ANGELES — As the hype machine for boxing’s fight of fights cranked into action Wednesday, it was the camp of Manny Pacquiao, not Floyd Mayweather Jr., that came out firing the first verbal jabs.
It was a role reversal perhaps as surprising as the fact that the clash between the sport’s two biggest names is finally taking place, as typically brash Mayweather stayed subdued while his Filipino opponent and his cohorts let fly.
The day of the only public meeting between the pair ahead of fight week – the bout will take place at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2 – began with Pacquiao, usually quiet and reserved in interviews, taunting Mayweather by stating that the American would lose in a fight with female MMA star Ronda Rousey.
Later, at a scheduled media session, Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, asserted that Mayweather’s legs, at age 38, were shot and that he has slowed significantly in recent years.
Pacquiao himself said he was less concerned about this matchup than he had been before facing Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito or Oscar De La Hoya, all fights he won with consummate ease.
“My feeling is I am confident 110%,” Pacquiao said. “I’m not worried about this fight, I was more worried about the others.”
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source: usatoday
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