LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Boxing scribe Nick Giongco, who has covered all of Manny Pacquiao’s world title fights, from his very first US bout against South African Lehlo Ledwaba to his most recent versus Shane Mosley, eagerly looks forward to his next coverage—the end of the Trilogy—in Las Vegas this November.
Nick, like most of us, wants some sort of closure to the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez saga. Their first two fights had been very close, one ending in a split decision, the other in a draw.
And although Pacquiao has been declared the winner in the second fight, JuanMa believes he won that one and openly tells everybody about it, including Manny Pacquiao.
The Mexican boxer feels he has been cheated and practically pleaded for a rematch. At first Manny would not agree to a third fight, but in the end he gave in and said yes.
“If there are questions in people’s minds, more importantly in the fighters themselves, this third encounter should settle the issue once and for all. I think all the questions and doubts will be erased after the [last bout of the] Trilogy,” said Nick, who sat next to me on the flight to Cebu Saturday morning that included a group of mediamen from Manila who covered the Marvin Sonsona-Carlos Jacobo fight last night.
“I think, this time, one of them will win convincingly. Manny and JuanMa are not the same boxers they were when they fought in Las Vegas in March, 2008,” Nick said. “Besides, they are now fighting in a different weight division.”
Latest on Manny Pacquiao
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento