UNDEFEATED fighter Shawn Porter, Manny Pacquiao’s sparring partner, believes that the pound-for-pound king will walk out victorious against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in their super fight on Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Porter, a former Olympian, thinks Pacquiao will once again astonish the boxing aficionados with another win against one of the best boxers at present.
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“He’s going to shock the world again,” said Porter in a report posted at gmanews.tv.
The 30-year-old Pacquiao stunned the world when he retired Oscar dela Hoya, in the eighth round of their super fight last year. Dela Hoya was favored to win in their clash because of his huge size advantage.
“Definitely, he’s the best in the world today,” said Porter of Pacquiao, who is Ring Magazine’s No.1 pound-for-pound fighter.
Pacquiao had a difficult time in his first sparring session with Porter, but the Filipino boxing superstar is slowly returning to his vicious form.
“He’s boxing better each passing day,” said Porter, who is Pacquiao’s main sparring mate. “Is he (Pacquiao) strong? Yeah, definitely,” he added.
Aside from Porter, Pacquiao is also sparring with former world title challenger Urbano Antillon at the Shape-Up Gym in Baguio City. Team Pacquiao has also tapped the services of former world champion Jose Luis Castillo, who is set to join the team soon.
Pacquiao will be vying for Cotto’s WBO welterweight belt and the World Boxing Council diamond belt. If Pacquiao wins this fight, he will be winning a record-breaking seventh division world title and will surpass dela Hoya’s record for the most world titles in different weight categories.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 7, 2009.
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