![]() Photo credit: Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions ![]() I have no concerns though, and I believe both of us are going to be prepared for this fight. I’ve been in this position taking a short-notice fight before, although obviously never against a fighter the caliber of Pacquiao. “There are no excuses heading into this fight. How did Ugas get ready for such an iconic opponent in such a short time? Most of my opponents have been right-handed, so there’s nothing to worry about.” Ugas’ is ready It would have been harder switching from preparing for a right hander to a southpaw. “I have fought a lot of right handed fighters before. “It only took me two days to adjust to fighting Ugas,” Pacquiao explained. What were the last minute changes in the preparation for this fight? “Both of us are champions, but we’ll see who has the belt after Saturday.” Photo credit: Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions “I didn’t like that someone took my belt without challenging me in the ring,” he stated. Pacquiao hasn’t gotten over this decision. In January, despite the pandemic, the WBA stripped the Filipino fighter of his title due to inactivity and handed it to Ugas. In 2019 Pacquiao became the oldest fighter to win a welterweight world title with his decision win over Keith Thurman. It’s always better to talk in the ring.” Ryan Hafey/Premier Boxing Champions I’m glad that we can settle that dispute about the WBA title. “I of course felt bad when I first heard the news, but it’s a good thing that Ugas was ready to challenge me for the world title. and that he can fight again soon,” Pacquiao said. “I’m praying for a fast recovery from Errol Spence Jr. Unfortunately, less than two weeks before their bout, an eye injury forced Spence to withdraw from the fight. The Filipino boxing icon was supposed to face Errol Spence Jr., ranked by BoxRec as the 4 th best active pound-for-pound boxer and as n.1 in the welterweight category. The coaches have had to try to stop me because I want to keep going,” “Pacman’’ added. “For the Keith Thurman fight I would do about 25 rounds a day, and now for this fight I’m doing 30 or more rounds a day. ![]() The senator’s enthusiasm seems unstoppable. I enjoy training camp and I’m excited to sacrifice and be disciplined every day to prepare for a fight like this.” “I feel young right now,”42-year-old Pacquiao said during the final press conference. “I’m just happy with what I’m doing, because boxing is my passion. Phot credit: Sean Michael Ham/TGB Promotions and he supposedly gave him good work.Eight-division champion of the world Manny Pacquiao is eager to step on the ring this Saturday to face his new opponent, WBA Welterweight title holder Yordenis Ugás. I say that because a lot of his fans were gassing him up because of a sparring session he had with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Was Errol Spence Jr exposed as a hype job? Kinda. There was no competition it was as if a professional seasoned boxer was fighting a novice that’s how it looked. ![]() The build up and pre-fight promotion had everyone believing it would be a 50-50 fight, but it was the total opposite. It was one of the worst one sided beatdowns in big fight history. I kept yelling for the ref to stop the fight. Crawford has the superior reach and was stronger in every aspect it was like Spence’s face and body was made of paper mache he was cut easy and his face was bleeding early from every punch Crawford landed even grazing shots seem to wobble Spence.Ĭrawford man handled him and it was painful to watch. Crawford was the thicker fighter and they were similar in height. On fight night Spence had to find out the hard way that he wasn’t as big or as strong as he thought he was. ![]()
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