“Big” George Foreman, who is known for his legendary battles against Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, said he was astonished by the successes of Pacquiao in several weight classes.
“That’s been the biggest surprise of all, Manny Pacquiao,” Foreman said in Examiner.com. “He’s just come from the bottom and now he is just the man of the sport.”
Pacquiao is the only fighter in boxing history to win titles in 8 weight divisions.
He won titles in the flyweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions.
“He’s probably the standard bearer for boxing right now,” said Foreman, a 2-time world heavyweight champion.
Other boxing greats who have expressed admiration for Pacquiao are “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Roy Jones Jr. and Evander Holyfield.
Foreman, however, doesn’t see Pacquiao’s anticipated superfight against the Floyd Mayweather Jr. pushing through.
“Both fighters are making all the money they want without fighting one another. They’re not egotistical enough to want to fight each other. It may never happen.”
source by abs-cbnNEWS.com
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