Manny Pacquiao’s next opponent says that he’s already defeated six southpaws and sees no reason why he can’t beat another.
Algieri is undefeated at 20-0 with 8 KOs, but is the underdog in the November bout against Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38 KOs), who is regarded as one of the top boxers in the world.
Algieri has beaten a number of southpaws, including Eric Rodriguez, Curtis Smith, and Wilfredo Acuna.
“My coach, Tim Lane is actually a southpaw. He’s a lefty. So, we’ve never had a problem dealing with southpaws in the past and Tim knows all of the southpaw tricks and how do deal with them,” Algieri told Ring TV.
“It’s just that when you are talking about southpaws in general, it’s dealing with punches from that angle and getting used to a right hook as opposed to a left hook and to a straight left hand coming down the pipe with power or the jab from that side and getting comfortable with that.”
Algieri says that there are some guys in his camp who are similar in size and speed to Pacquiao.
He said that he can’t match Pacquiao’s speed but that he can match it with well-timed counters.
“I don’t think that anybody has faced a guy with Manny Pacquiao’s style. Manny is his own style and his own person. There is not really anybody out there who fights quite like him,” said Algieri, 30.
“But this is my seventh southpaw though that I’ve fought, so that’s nothing new to me. I’ve worked with tons of speed guys in the gym and the thing about speed is that I’m not a slow guy myself.”
Meanwhile, ESPN commentator Stephen Smith responded to criticism from Floyd Mayweather over Smith’s critical analysis of why Floyd still hasn’t fought Pacman.
