Viloria: Pacquiao’s one in a million
Viloria: Pacquiao’s one in a million
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 09/09/2009 1:24 AM
MANILA -- For IBF junior flyweight champion Brian Viloria, there would be only one Manny Pacquiao.
“To be honest, the way I see it… there’s nobody in this history that’s going to be the next Manny Pacquiao. Manny’s one in a million,” said Viloria, who had just defended his title from Mexico’s Jesus Iribe on Aug. 29.
He said Pacquiao is a phenomenon very much similar to boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
“Manny Pacquiao’s at the same category… The way that he’s garnered the imaginations of the people worldwide not just in the Philippines, that’s enormous… for us, that’s a high standard to reach,” said Viloria.
This is why the Filipino-American boxer thinks it is “unfair” to compare up-and-coming boxers to Pacquiao.
“All that we could do is to work hard and what we’re able to do and to set our own standards on simply to reach that. I’m not going to be the next Manny Pacquiao,” he said.
Pacquiao has won several world titles, which include the WBC lightweight, WBC super featherweight, IBF super bantamweight, and WBC flyweight crowns.
He is also the reigning IBO and Ring ****zine junior welterweight champion and is rated by the Ring ****zine as the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
“Maybe down the line we could make our own names and there will be guys who will want to be like us,” said Viloria. “Nobody can be the next Michael Jordan but it’s really nice to be Kobe Bryant or LeBron James.”
Pacquiao’s next fight will be against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico on November 14.
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 09/09/2009 1:24 AM
MANILA -- For IBF junior flyweight champion Brian Viloria, there would be only one Manny Pacquiao.
“To be honest, the way I see it… there’s nobody in this history that’s going to be the next Manny Pacquiao. Manny’s one in a million,” said Viloria, who had just defended his title from Mexico’s Jesus Iribe on Aug. 29.
He said Pacquiao is a phenomenon very much similar to boxing greats Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
“Manny Pacquiao’s at the same category… The way that he’s garnered the imaginations of the people worldwide not just in the Philippines, that’s enormous… for us, that’s a high standard to reach,” said Viloria.
This is why the Filipino-American boxer thinks it is “unfair” to compare up-and-coming boxers to Pacquiao.
“All that we could do is to work hard and what we’re able to do and to set our own standards on simply to reach that. I’m not going to be the next Manny Pacquiao,” he said.
Pacquiao has won several world titles, which include the WBC lightweight, WBC super featherweight, IBF super bantamweight, and WBC flyweight crowns.
He is also the reigning IBO and Ring ****zine junior welterweight champion and is rated by the Ring ****zine as the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
“Maybe down the line we could make our own names and there will be guys who will want to be like us,” said Viloria. “Nobody can be the next Michael Jordan but it’s really nice to be Kobe Bryant or LeBron James.”
Pacquiao’s next fight will be against WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico on November 14.
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