Michelle Rodriguez loves Manny Pacquiao – Boxing News
Michelle Rodriguez, American actress, expressed her love and respect towards eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, in a recent interview with ABS-CBN North America Bureau.
Like many other fans of Manny Pacquiao, even Michelle is dying to see the Filipino fighting star clash against American unbeaten WBC welterweight titlist Floyd Mayweather.
“I love him,” said the excited actress who is keeping her fingers crossed for Pacquiao’s next opponent.
Pacquiao last fought on June 9 against American unbeaten fighter Timothy Bradley. Although Pacquiao was winning the showdown, two of three judges declared Bradley better, making the American win via split decision.
Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight title to Bradley but won the hearts and respect of every boxing enthusiast around the world by not whining about the decision.
Right now, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. His opponent is yet to be revealed. Pacquiao has the liberty of choosing between Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez for the showdown. Although it has been two months
and there is hardly any time left before December 8, Pacquiao has decided to keep his opponent’s name a secret.
Since Marquez is a bigger draw for Pacquiao in terms of pay-per-view, most analysts think the Filipino fight champion will go for the Mexican.
“The thing is that Marquez does have a hard style for us. He knows how to get Manny to move into the right hand and we just got to nullify that… we better get it done in this fight or we won't win this one,” said Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer.
“It's a very difficult fight stylewise for us, he does give us problems. But I think if Manny Pacquiao gets in the best shape he can, we will finally close the book on Marquez,” he added.
It should be noted here that Pacquiao has already fought thrice against Marquez, winning 2 out of three fights. The first fight between the two went into a tie but the Filipino won the latter two.
As of now, Pacquiao is hoping to score a victory in his next match to be in a better position to negotiate with Floyd Mayweather for next year’s fight.
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