Manny “Buckets” Pacquiao!
We’ve all had our fair share of laughs watch Manny try to be the Steph Curry of his Filipino basketball league but sadly we are hearing that we won’t be seeing him on the court for quite awhile.
TMZ Sports is reporting that Manny will not play basketball leading up to his fight with Mayweather:
We spoke to Manny’s teammates on Kia Carnival — a professional hoops team in the Philippine Basketball Association — and they tell us despite reports to the contrary Pacquiao is 100% shutting it down.
“He’s definitely not going to play until after the Mayweather fight,” guard Karl Dehesa tells us.
“He hasn’t been around since they announced the fight … he’s got a team of assistants that take over when he can’t be in games or practice.”
Finally someone got into Manny’s ear and told him that Floyd isn’t like all of these other fighters, he needs 100% focus to beat him. Now let’s see if this translates into an upset victory for Pacquiao.