Pacman thinks Mexican foe not up to par

[yuichi]

Pacman thinks Mexican foe not up to par
By Abac Cordero
The Philippine Star 03/12/2007

GENERAL SANTOS CITY ?Manny Pacquiao is neither blind nor clueless about his next opponent ?the undefeated Jorge Solis of Mexico.

The other day, the slugger from Mindanao caught a glimpse of the 27-year-old Mexican by way of a fight video, which Pacquiao watched at the entertainment room of his 2,300-sq meter mansion here.

On the tape was Solis, a native of Guadalajara, pounding out a fifth-round technical knockout of Fernando Omar Lizarraga at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

On hand watching the tape with Pacquiao were his long-time trainers and life-long friends Buboy Fernandez, Nonoy Neri and Patrick Patricio. It was the first time Pacquiao saw Solis on tape.

But it didn抰 take long for Pacquiao to know and size up his opponent, get an idea of how he moves, how he throws his punches, and how he tries to cover up when under attack.

Pacquiao needed less than five minutes to do all these.

"Manny stood up in the middle of the second round. He said 憈hat抯 it?then left the room," said Fernandez who had watched the videotape with Neri a number of times already.

Fernandez keeps the videotape close to him most of the time.

"This is the opponent. He can抰 get away," said Fernandez yesterday, feeling the videotape in one of the pockets of his cargo pants.

Asked how he sees Solis, the bubbly trainer gave just a very brief description of the Mexican, undefeated in 32 pro fights, 23 of them by way of knockout.

"Walang masyadong galaw. Nakatayo lang (He hardly moves. He抯 just there standing)," said Fernandez. "Pero sigurado ako nag-aaral na tumakbo yan (I抦 sure he抯 now learning how to run)."

Or else?


- pag si pacman natalo

[the josh]

Wag sanang over-confident, paghandaan na lang at mag-ensayo ng mabuti para sa laban

[metatron]

pacman also thinks mananalo sya sa congress. he thinks rep. custodio is not up to par with his legislative potential.

sana wag na lang sya mag-isip. sana magulpi na lang sya at mawala na sa sirkulasyon ng tuluyan.

[gearspeed]

Ganito cguro mangyayari kapag tumakbo siya at natalo balik ulit boxing.Pagnatalo sa boxing ewan.Good luck na lang kay Manny.

[chua_riwap]

Yan naman siya. Masyado siyang over-confident. Tawa ko lang pag natalo siya.

[tsupermario]

upset in the making

[buriroy]

Manny feels he's on top of the world and can do anything -
kahit pagsabayin niya ang boxing and politics.

A loss in his coming fight will bring his feet back to the
ground - pronto.

[Bry]

Yan naman siya. Masyado siyang over-confident. Tawa ko lang pag natalo siya.

Same here.