From the Philboxing website, his own words after coming to California to watch his brother's TKO victory and meeting with Bob Arum at Top Rank HQ...some of it is in English (I had a translator turn it to English) http://philboxing.com/news/story-13898.html Hindi Ako Takot Kay Marquez (I'm not scared of Marquez) by Manny Pacquiao (excerpt) Sa mga nagtanong din, by January 2008 po ako mag-start ng training para sa sunod ko na laban. Pero magsimula na rin akong magpapawis sa December para hindi ako mabigla pagpunta ko sa Amerika para roon mag-ensayo. (For those who are asking, by January I'm starting my training for my next fight. But I'm also starting my conditioning so I don't get overwhelmed when I arrive in America for the real training.) Huwag po kayo mag-alala na mga fans ko, top priority ko po ang boxing at hindi ko ito maaaring pababayaan. (To my fans, don't worry, my top priority is boxing and I'm not going to let it slip away.) May mga nabasa ako na sinasabi na ako daw ay naduduwag kay Juan Manuel Marquez. (I've been reading that they've been saying that I've been scared of Juan Manuel Marquez.) Bakit naman ako maduwag? Mula na maging boxer ako, wala akong inurungang laban, kahit sino basta katimbang lang, fight ako. I am a boxer and my job is to fight. (Why would I be scared? Since I became a boxer, I've never ducked a fight, no matter who it has been, I have fought as long as it's at the same weight. I am a boxer and my job is to fight.) ‘Yun kay Marquez darating tayo diyan, inaayos lang ang mga bagay-bagay para matuloy ang rematch namin. Kaya nga may negotiation para maisaayos ang lahat. (We will come to the fight with Marquez in the future. We are just fixing all the obstacles so we can go through with our rematch. That's why there are negotiations to solve it all.) Hindi ba mas maganda rin na kapag naglaban kami na pareho kaming champion? (Wouldn't it be better if we both fought each other as champions?) ‘Yun tungkol naman kay David Diaz, under negotiation pa din. Pero, by the time na nakabalik ako sa Pilipinas, tiyak na may balita na kayo sa nangyaring negotiation para sa sunod ko na laban. (Now with David Diaz, it's still under negotiation. But, by the time I return to the Philippines, I expect that the negotiations will be completed so my next fight will be finalized.) Pero, lagi ko rin sinasabi, sa boksing lahat ay hindi pa final until the boxers signed the dotted line. Ibig sabihin, kahit ano pa ang balita, haka-haka lang hanggang wala pang pirmahan ng kontrata. (But like I've always said, in boxing nothing is final until the boxers sign the dotted line. In other words, no matter what you've been hearing, it's all speculation until the contracts have been signed.) *** This sounds like he wants David Diaz now, to set up a fight with Marquez at 135 after. Personally, I don't like it. I would rather see him fight Marquez first, but I guess we'll wait and see.
