(Ni VIRGI T. ROMANO, Saksi Ngayon, Sports Editor)

LAS VEGAS – May nakita si Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman na kahinaan ni eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao: depensa.Sa final press conference para sa kanilang 12-round WBA welterweight championship match sa Sabado (Linggo sa Manila) sa MGM Grand Garden Arena rito, muling iniyabang ni Thurman (29-0, 22KOs) na kaya niyang patulugin ang Pambansang Kamao, dahil hindi umano nito kaya ang kanyang lakas.

“When he fought (Adrien) Broner, man, he didn’t feel the pain, that’s because his opponent is didn’t throw any punch. But against me? Man, can he take my power punch? I doubt,” panimula ni Thurman.Ayon kay Thurman, pinag-aralan niyang mabuti ang galaw ni Pacquiao, at nakita niya ang kahinaan nito sa depensa, na siya niyang balak pasukin.

“He’s an easy target man, I tell you, this fight is going to be like hell, one thing that I don’t admire about him is his lacking in defense and that’s to my advantage,” komento pa ni Thurman.

You are not gonna want to miss this fight, especially because it’s about to be this man’s last fight. My prediction is I’m going for the knockout. I wanna hit him big, I wanna hit him hard,” litanya pa ni Thurman, na huling sumabak noong Enero at tinalo si Josesito Lopez.

“Saturday is gonna be one hell of a night, and don’t be surprised if Manny goes nite-nite,” dagdag pa ng 30-year old native ng Clearwater, Florida, na kumpiyansang patutulugin niya si Pacquiao.