PACMAN OKAYS ALGIERI FIGHT
By Aquiles Z. Zonio
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 16 Jul 2014
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? World eight-division boxing champ and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao said he is ready to face Chris Algieri atop the ring on Nov. 23 if this is what his promoter Bob Arum wants.
?As long as it is okay with Bob Arum, there?s no problem with me. I?m not afraid to face anybody in the ring,? Pacquiao told Philboxing.com.
Pacquiao said Algieri has height and reach advantage over him, but he claimed he?s used to big ring opponents.
Pacquiao had won against previous three bigger opponents ? Oscar Dela Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
However, Pacquiao said, Algieri, a boxer-counterpuncher, is different compared with Dela Hoya, Cotto and Margarito, who are known sluggers and pressure fighters.
?Aside from being the challenge due to Algieri?s size and fighting style, this is also an opportunity for me to avenge the defeat of my friend and former sparring partner, Ruslan Provodnikov,? Pacquiao said.
Provodnikov lost by split decision against Algieri when they faced each other atop the ring last June 14.
Pacquiao, who watched the Provodnikov-Algieri bout, said he?s already devising a strategy how to handle Algieri when they fight inside the ring.
?I?m going to broach this strategy with coach Freddie Roach once our training camp starts,? Pacquiao said.
The Pinoy ring icon plans to hold his entire training camp here then fly to Macau, China, a few days before the scheduled bout.
But this plan may change once the Pinoy boxing legend is admitted to the Philippine Basketball Association.
KIA Motors, one of the three PBA expansion teams, has hired Pacquiao as its playing coach. Pacquiao had even expressed his interest to join the PBA draft scheduled next month.
The boxer-lawmaker claimed there?s no problem dividing his time as lawmaker, PBA player and boxer.
?It?s a matter of time management. I can do multi-tasking. In fact, I?ve been doing this already ever since. So, there?s really nothing new,? Pacquiao said.
Currently, Top Rank honcho Bob Arum is reportedly finalizing the details of the Nov. 23 Pacquiao-Algieri fight to be held in Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel Resort & Casino in Macau, China.
In an article published by The Sweet Science (TSS), Roach was quoted as saying a Pacquiao-Provodnikov match is pleasing than a Pacquiao-Algieri fight.
Arum reportedly told Roach that a Pacquiao-Provodnikov brawl would hardly sell as the Russian pug lost his last fight with Algieri.
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