Top Sporting News

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao was participating in a secondary container accident on Sat but his direction aggroup said he was not scraped and ordered for his WBO welterweight title defense against Shane Mosley later in the day.

"Manny is primed to go," the country southpaw's simulator Freddie Roach told reporters at the MGM Grand where the regular 12-round bout module held on Sat evening.

According to his direction team, Pacquiao was backward from church when the climb utility container he was in was impact from behind at baritone pace by digit of his security vehicles.

A Pacquiao aggroup spokesman said the 10-times concern endorse was "a little shaken up" but not injured.

The 32-year-old Filipino, already acknowledged as digit of the best offensive fighters of all time, is a 6-1 favorite to vex dweller Mosley at the MGM Garden Arena.

Although Mosley is a past three-division concern champion, at the geezerhood of 39 he is in the gloaming of his awesome career.

Mosley, 46-6-1 (39 knockouts), has not competed in the anulus since his draw with Sergio Mora in September.

Pacquiao, 52-3-2 (38 KOs), is conflict for the prototypal instance since he recorded a ruthless points conclusion over Mexican Antonio Margarito in November for his ordinal concern title in an unexampled octad coefficient class.

(Editing by Frank Pingue;)

Source