”Boxing was invented for the underdog… That’s why I give it to Pacquiao,” pahayag ng dating heavyweight world champion.
Noong Abril 28 ay naging panauhin si World Heavyweight champion George Foreman sa “The Doug Gottlieb Show” ng CBS Sports Radio at napag-usapan doon ang tinaguriang “The Fight of the Century” sa pagitan nina Manny Pacquiao at Floyd Mayweather Jr.
At heto ang pahayag ni Foreman: ”This is major… boxing deserves something like this… I’m just happy the fight is happening, and it’s happening right now. Because everyone will get a chance to see what they wanted to see. If it had happened five years ago, there would have been some too young to enjoy [and] some old enough to say, ‘Hey, there was better days.’ But now everyone’s hungry for the matchup of the century. [These are] evenly matched fighters. It’s a fan’s fight, and it should be. It’s big.”
At nang matanong siya ng host na si Doug Gottlieb kung bakit pinili niya si Pacquiao na manalo, ”That’s true… [Mayweather’s] got everything to lose. But boxing was invented for the underdog – for the smaller guy who doesn’t have a chance – to come up with a way to beat the bigger, stronger guy. That’s why I give it to Pacquiao. The sport was invented… for the lesser.”