Manny Pacquiao. AP FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Manny Pacquiao is confident he has enough advantage to win his bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2.
In an interview on TV Patrol on Saturday shortly after the confirmation of the fight dubbed as boxing’s richest, Pacquiao said an eight-week training for the fight was “enough.”
The Filipino boxing champion also counted “speed” and “experience” as among his advantages over Mayweather.
Asked about his motivation in the fight, Pacquiao answered in a mix of English and Filipino: “This fight was five years in the making. Finally it happened, there’s no reason not to be prepared.”
Pacquiao earlier posted on Twitter that he is dedicating the bout “to all the fans who willed this fight to happen.”
Asked about Mayweather’s reach advantage, Pacquiao answered he had no problem with it. “This is not my first time to fight a taller guy,” Pacquiao said in the interview in Filipino, adding, “sanay na tayo, alam na natin ang gagawin diyan.”
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