Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri
will meet face-to-face for the first time on Monday, Aug. 25, in Macau as they
kick off their two-week worldwide media tour to promote their November fight.
The undefeated American is
looking forward to the same gracious, classy Pacquiao to show up at the
Florence Ballroom of The Venetian Macao on Monday, the first stop of their
promotional tour.
“I expect us to have a humble and
refreshing press conference Monday,” Algieri told Michael Woods of the boxing
website The Sweet Science.
Algieri definitely knows that trash-talking
isn’t in Pacquiao’s nature, contrary to other boxers who used to talk smack to
each other during press tours to add hype to their upcoming fights.
But the same might not be
applicable to both fighters’ trainers.
“Although I'm guessing maybe the
trainers will have their say,” Algieri continued, referring to Pacquiao’s
longtime Freddie Roach and his counterpart Tim Lane.
Roach is known to be outspoken
during pre-fight interviews and has been involved in some verbal tussles with
his fellow trainers in some of Pacquiao’s previous fights. The bespectacled
trainer has traded barbs with Floyd Mayweather Sr., who trained Ricky Hatton
for his bout with Pacquiao, as well as Robert Garcia in the Filipino’s fight
with Brandon Rios.
Algieri said his trainer doesn’t
pull any punches as well.
“We may have to pull Tim (Lane)
back. He can unload!” he added.
The Pacquiao-Algieri media tour
also includes stops in Shanghai, China, and San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los
Angeles and New York in the US.
The fight will be held on Nov. 23
at the Cotai Arena of The Venetian Macao.
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