There are so many people surrounding Manny Pacquiao telling him that the June 28 "Lethal Combination" bout is an easy fight. It was even confirmed by his famous trainer, Freddie Roach, according to the report of Mark Vester in Boxingscene.com dated April 24, 2008, "People tell him that this is an easy fight but the reality it is not. Diaz is a world champion, an Olympian, a southpaw, and fighting him won’t be easy," Roach said.
Manny Pacquiao is a busy man, this would be the dilemma of popularity, and he has many commitments to go on. According to his column in Philboxing.com that the Chinese government had sent him an invitation to tour the impressive facilities to be use for the quadrennial Summer Games, with the proposed date with the end of April or in first week of May. Aside from that he is scheduled to attain a town fiesta in Pinamungahan,
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According to the report of ABS-CBN News Online that six to eight weeks training of Pacquiao is enough for Diaz fight.
The reality is in preparing the rematch with Juan Manuel Marquez he needed solid eight weeks of training just to escape a split decision, if not for a third round knock down there would be no "Lethal Combination" that we tackled all throughout.
Many boxing fans, and Pacquiao's fanatic, thinking that Pacquiao's attitude lately will end up his own doomsday. Diaz is not an easy man; he is determined to keep the belt and to showcase his ability, "This is the chance for me to prove myself. I know a lot of the writers out there don't really believe in me. But I believe everything will come out good for me." Diaz said, in an interview with Mark Staniforth of sportinglife.com
"I have the utmost respect for Manny, but I can't allow him to become champion," he added.
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