莫拉莱斯选择前竞争对手帕奎奥而不是加西亚

发布于2021年3月17日下午4:18
四区世界拳击冠军埃里克·莫拉莱斯表示,他支持前对手曼尼·帕奎奥击败美国次中量级选手米基·加西亚。
帕奎奥-加西亚的比赛最近一直是小镇上的热门话题,因为有报道称菲律宾拳击传奇人物倾向于美国挑战者,而不是WBO的次中量级拳王特伦斯·克劳福德。
莫拉莱斯在2006年11月与帕奎奥三次交锋,并以“The Grand Finale”结束比赛,现在他支持他的前对手。
“米基·加西亚是一名伟大的战士。不过帕奎奥非常非常强壮。帕奎奥向我们展示了这场比赛的层次。我认为这次的经验会胜出,帕奎奥会赢。”
不过,这并不是这位墨西哥伟人第一次支持帕奎奥。今年2月,莫拉莱斯还认为帕奎奥将在两轮比赛中击败美国青年瑞安·加西亚。
但假定与小加西亚的战斗进入零几周前,不败的WBC临时轻量级头衔持有者放弃了他的兴趣,“梦想之战”。
尚不清楚42岁的帕奎奥何时会重返备受期待的拳击赛场。
但帕奎奥的一位不愿透露姓名的老朋友早些时候向《快报》透露,这位“好战的参议员”希望在5月份复出。
老加西亚(40- 1,30科斯)上次比赛是在去年2月,他一致判定击败了帕奎奥的另一位前对手杰西·巴尔加斯(Jessie Vargas),而这位菲律宾拳手、前参议员在2019年7月以分歧判决击败了瑟曼后就再也没有参加过比赛。
帕奎奥(62-7-2,39次科斯)被剥夺了他的WBA超级次中量级腰带,并被宣布“休息冠军”,因为在一月底不活动。
Four-division world boxing champion Erik Morales expressed his support for former rival Manny Pacquiao over American welterweight contender Mikey Garcia. The Pacquiao-Garcia bout has been the talk of the town recently as several reports stated that the Filipino boxing legend is leaning towards the American challenger aside from undefeated WBO welterweight king Terence Crawford. And Morales, who clashed with Pacquiao thrice capped with “The Grand Finale” in November 2006, is rooting for his former opponent.
“Mikey Garcia is a great fighter. Manny Pacquiao is very, very strong though. Pacquiao shows that there are levels to this game. I think that experience will win out and Pacquiao wins,” said Morales, as quoted by boxingscene.com. This wasn’t the first time though that the Mexican great showed support for Pacquiao. In February, Morales also believed that Pacquiao would finish American youngster Ryan Garcia in two rounds. But the supposed fight with the younger Garcia went into naught weeks ago after the unbeaten WBC interim lightweight titleholder dropped his interest for the “dream fight.” It is still unknown when will Pacquiao, 42, make his much-awaited return in the boxing ring.
But per a long-time friend of Pacquiao, who requested anonymity, earlier disclosed to the Bulletin-Tempo that the “Fighting Senator” eyes to come back in May. Read: Robert Garcia warns brother of dangerous fight vs PacquiaoThe older Garcia (40-1, 30 KOs) last saw action in February last year with a unanimous decision win against Jessie Vargas, another former opponent of Pacquiao, while the Filipino boxer-turned-senator has not fought since scoring a split decision win over Thurman last July 2019. Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) was stripped of his WBA super welterweight belt and was declared “champion in recess” due to inactivity in late January.
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