In the last fight, the game plan went out the window, |
It was a close fight with a lot of close rounds, ... Morales landed the bigger punches but Manny landed more combinations. |
It was a tactical fight and they were our tactics. The fight went the way we wanted it to go even though we didn't get the decision. |
It was nice having them in the gym, but ... Manny was performing for them more than for me. I wanted him working on technique and so forth. ... They've respected it. They realize it's for his benefit and they want Manny to win. |
It's good because it gets him back in the gym, back into the mode of training for a big fight. ... Get him out of the pool hall a little bit. |
Keep working that body and it's going to pay off. No single punches. He can't handle combinations. |
Manny and I will come back to the US on Sunday for the press conference in Las Vegas. |
Manny relied too much on connecting with that left hand of his (Pacquiao). He wanted a homerun. |
Manny's Filipino audience loves to watch him, but I wanted it to be more private so we could better work on going to the body and the other things we need to work on. Velazquez is somebody we definitely can't take lightly. Everybody's talking about Morales and the rematch, but there won't be a rematch without winning this fight. We've been working on a little bit of everything to make Manny more of a complete fighter. |
My fighter is 100 percent ready and he is just two pounds over the limit yesterday. |
My guy in the first fight was a little left-hand happy. In this fight, he landed a lot of right hooks. |
On the first day of training for this fight, Mike already looked better than he did when he fought Etienne, |
One of (Juan's) friends told me that he thought he made a mistake and wanted to come back. I told him all he had to do was pick up the phone and ask me, and that's all it took. I don't hold grudges at all. It's a good working relationship, which is what you need to have success. |
One play was the difference in the game, ... That shows you. We were 10-3 and whipped alot of people that year. That just goes to show you can't take anybody lightly. |
The one fight (in between) is good for us. Right after this fight, we'll take a week off and then go into Morales mode. |