Bumaligtad na ang kaibigan at dating ka-stable ni WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao na si Briton Amir Khan na naniniwalang mananalo si pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. sa tinaguriang ‘The Fight of the Century’ sa Mayo 2 sa Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sa panayam ng Sky Sports News HQ, iginiit ni Khan na kung naglaban ang dalawang boksingero may limang taon na ang nakararaan ay pipiliin niya si Pacquiao na sparring partner niya sa Wild Card Gym ni trainer Freddie Roach.
“It’s going to be a great fight and I think five years ago it would have been ever better because they were both at their peak and it was a fight that everyone was dying to see,” paliwanag ni Khan.
“Since then Manny Pacquiao has had two defeats. He’s been knocked out once by (Juan Manuel) Marquez and then he got beat by (Timothy) Bradley which was a little controversial, but I think Mayweather will take the fight,” giit ng Briton. “He will be much smarter and he’ll pick his shots a little bit better. He’ll make it a little boring at times because Manny, as we know, is a come-forward fighter who likes to do a lot of punches.”
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Ayon kay Khan, walang gagawin si Mayweather kundi umiwas sa mga pamatay na suntok ni Pacquiao at matindi ang pag-eensayo nito laban sa Pilipino.
“But Mayweather will try to avoid all those punches and just maybe throw that one shot that will count and then move away again. But time will tell,” ani Khan. “I’ve been watching Mayweather train on social media and he has been training very hard so he might come up with a different gameplan this fight, something that we have not seen before.”
Sinabi rin ni Khan na maaaring magbago ng taktika si Mayweather para matiyak na mananatiling perpekto ang kanyang rekord.
“He might put pressure on Manny Pacquiao to show that ‘look your pressure does not work against me’ so it’s going to be a good fight to see. But I favor Mayweather more because his style suits Manny Pacquiao,” giit ni Khan. “If Manny wants to really give Mayweather a run for his money, it’s all about putting that pressure on him, having that in-and-out movement and hopefully looking for that one big shot.”
“Everyone knows that Manny can punch and Mayweather can he take that big shot? We have never seen Mayweather hit with a good shot so with Manny’s speed he needs to get in there, get Mayweather a little bit riled, get rough with him in there, push him around a little bit and throw them big powerful shots,” dagdag ng Briton.
