{"id":11779,"date":"2011-06-22T10:51:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T14:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2011-06-22T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T15:07:23","slug":"mike-jones-wants-manny-pacquiao-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11779","title":{"rendered":"Mike Jones Wants Manny Pacquiao in the Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, who is 24-0, 18 KOs, and is ranked the WBO #1 welterweight in the world behind WBO champion Manny Pacquiao, prepares to meet Raul Munoz (21-13-1, 16 KOs), of Leon, Mexico, on Saturday, June 25, at South Philly Arena, he has had an excellent training camp. Here are some quotes from Jones:<\/p>\n

On facing non-ranked Raul Munoz on June 25:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m a professional. This is my job. Anytime I go out, whenever I go out, I\u2019m going to put my best effort forth. I\u2019m going to prepare myself like it\u2019s a world championship fight because I\u2019m trying my best to be one of the greatest out there. That\u2019s my dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

On fighting in his hometown for the first time in more than two years:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis fight means a lot to me, obviously, because I\u2019m back home for the first time in more than two years. I want to look my best when I\u2019m at home, just like I do when I\u2019m anywhere else. It\u2019s kind of a different feeling when you\u2019re at home, because you really want to perform. Like Manny Pacquiao says, I want to do it for the fans. That\u2019s what I want to do. I want to look my best for the fans. I want to look great in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Jones learned from his two fights with Jesus Soto-Karass:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I stick to the game plan and be patient, great things will happen. Those fights were a learning experience to help me with my future fights.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the second Soto-Karass fight:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to show everybody that I could box. I can punch. I can do it all. On any given night, I can bring out the boxer, I can bring out the slugger. I\u2019m just working on my game\u2026to be the best at both of them. It\u2019s satisfying to know I can go the distance. I\u2019m going to be fighting guys ranked number 2, number 3, guys that can\u2019t be knocked out. I always knew I could go the distance but I wanted to show the world that I could and be a good boxer.\u201d<\/p>\n

On being ranked #1 by the WBO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve heard about it. I rarely look at that but it\u2019s impossible not to. It\u2019s great to be looked at that way. I\u2019m a work in progress. I\u2019m always working to try to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Future plans:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI want a big fight, anybody in the Top 10, whatever the fans want. I think I\u2019m ready for a title shot right now. It doesn\u2019t hurt to get more seasoning. It doesn\u2019t hurt to get a couple more fights before I go for a title shot because I know when I get in my best shape I can contend with the best of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

On his ultimate goal of fighting Manny Pacquiao:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI can get a call any day to fight a guy like Manny Pacquiao so I gotta be in great shape all the time. As for me, I feel I can beat him because I got 100% confidence in myself. I feel as though I can beat anybody in the welterweight division. Pacquiao will bring far more than exposure. Any time you fight a Manny Pacquiao you\u2019re also going to see seven digits ($) so that\u2019s gotta be a dream come true for me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

When did you start boxing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been training since I was 15 years old, hard\u2026non-stop. I always wanted to be a champion since I stepped foot in the boxing ring. I wanted to be great and I\u2019m motivated to be one of the great fighters in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike Jones vs. Raul Munoz, co-promoted by Top Rank, Inc., Peltz Boxing Promotions, Inc., and Joe Hand Promotions, takes place Saturday, June 25, at the South Philly Arena, 7 West Ritner Street (next to Forman Mills). The scheduled 10-round contest will be televised live by Fox Sports Net at 10 pm EST as part of the Top Rank Live! Series. First of 7 fights: 8 pm.<\/p>\n

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As unbeaten Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, who is 24-0, 18 KOs, and is ranked the WBO #1 welterweight in the world behind WBO champion Manny Pacquiao, prepares to meet Raul Munoz (21-13-1, 16 KOs), of Leon, Mexico, on Saturday, June 25, at South Philly Arena, he has had an excellent training camp. Here are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,477,1279],"class_list":["post-11779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-manny-pacquiao","tag-mike-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11779"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}