Shane's trainer is star-struck with Pacquiao
NEW YORK — The way Naazim Richardson raved about Manny Pacquiao on Monday, you would have thought the Filipino fighter had descended from the clouds.
Richardson, who will train Shane Mosley for the Pacquiao fight set May 7 in Las Vegas, came short of saying his fighter will end up getting beat black and blue in a scheduled 12-rounder that will have Pacquiao’s mythical title of pound-for-pound king as main prize.
“If you don’t like Manny Pacquiao, it’s something personal. He (may have) hit your car (or he may have) stolen your girlfriend. If you like boxing, you must like Manny Pacquiao,” said Richardson in what is officially the last stop of the press tour that promoter Bob Arum staged to drum up more interest to the welterweight clash at the MGM Grand.
“Because everything you want to see in boxing, he (Pacquiao) brings to the table. And everything you don’t want to see, he doesn’t have,” said Richardson, who missed the first two legs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas because he was in Europe on assignment.
And yet, Richardson sees many similarities between Pacquiao and Mosley in terms of skills although he admits his fighter “has to answer questions in the ring” that was brought about by his last two fights.
“Now, I can say the same things about Shane Mosley. But there are questions to answer for Shane Mosley because he is an older fighter and his recent performances hasn’t been to par."
“But as far as Pacquiao is concerned, Pacquiao has no questions to answer. If you like boxing, you’ve got to like this guy,” said Richardson.
And this is the reason why Richardson is determined to push Mosley to the limit during their eight-week training camp tentatively set to kick off towards the end of the first week of March in Big Bear, California.
“I am not taking any shortcuts in this training camp. I am not tolerating any onlookers who wanna input this and input that so I there’s a good chance I might be sent home because the minute I see something I am very comfortable with, being a camera
from a show, I want out of here,” warned Richardson.
“The focus is Manny Pacquiao and what we have to do to excel. I can’t excel for anything less than that. Anything else is less for Shane Mosley. It’s not fair.”
NEW YORK — The way Naazim Richardson raved about Manny Pacquiao on Monday, you would have thought the Filipino fighter had descended from the clouds.
Richardson, who will train Shane Mosley for the Pacquiao fight set May 7 in Las Vegas, came short of saying his fighter will end up getting beat black and blue in a scheduled 12-rounder that will have Pacquiao’s mythical title of pound-for-pound king as main prize.
“If you don’t like Manny Pacquiao, it’s something personal. He (may have) hit your car (or he may have) stolen your girlfriend. If you like boxing, you must like Manny Pacquiao,” said Richardson in what is officially the last stop of the press tour that promoter Bob Arum staged to drum up more interest to the welterweight clash at the MGM Grand.
“Because everything you want to see in boxing, he (Pacquiao) brings to the table. And everything you don’t want to see, he doesn’t have,” said Richardson, who missed the first two legs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas because he was in Europe on assignment.
And yet, Richardson sees many similarities between Pacquiao and Mosley in terms of skills although he admits his fighter “has to answer questions in the ring” that was brought about by his last two fights.
“Now, I can say the same things about Shane Mosley. But there are questions to answer for Shane Mosley because he is an older fighter and his recent performances hasn’t been to par."
“But as far as Pacquiao is concerned, Pacquiao has no questions to answer. If you like boxing, you’ve got to like this guy,” said Richardson.
And this is the reason why Richardson is determined to push Mosley to the limit during their eight-week training camp tentatively set to kick off towards the end of the first week of March in Big Bear, California.
“I am not taking any shortcuts in this training camp. I am not tolerating any onlookers who wanna input this and input that so I there’s a good chance I might be sent home because the minute I see something I am very comfortable with, being a camera
from a show, I want out of here,” warned Richardson.
“The focus is Manny Pacquiao and what we have to do to excel. I can’t excel for anything less than that. Anything else is less for Shane Mosley. It’s not fair.”
.....anyway, ****m ALWAYS keep it real....he's right, if you don't like Manny....then its PERSONAL!!!
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