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After all training ceased a week before his fourth fight against
Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas USA, Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao is devoting
his time to prayer.
“He keeps praying for the fight to become safe for both boxers.
Manny is hoping nobody will get hurt seriously in this fight. We are all
hoping for the best,” Pacquiao’s longtime lawyer Franklyn Gacal told
The Manila Times in a telephone interview.
The Pacquiao camp folded up and left California for Las Vegas on Monday (Tuesday afternoon in Manila).
Pacquiao’s
deep spirituality though stands in stark contrast with his ferocity in
the ring, “It is the Pacquiao that we really want to see. A faster and
stronger Pacquiao who wants to close his rivalry with Marquez with a
convincing win. I’m pretty sure he’s 100 percent ready,” Gacal describes
Pacquaio’s performance during training.
But Pacquiao (54-4-2
win-loss-draw card with 38 knockouts) is not underestimating Marquez
(54-6-2 win-loss-draw with 39 KOs) and is expecting the Mexican to go
for broke and to bank on clever counterpunching in their fourth
encounter, “He expects a tough fight, so I’m expecting Manny to prevent
those counterpunches,” said Gacal.
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