Manuel has brought stability, he has bought long term predictability, he has brought pragmatism to the whole field of the budget and the economy.
- Anthony BarthelemyManny has fought Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales in his last (four) fights. He`s been in tough fight after tough fight, he`s been taking on the best fighters of the era and I don`t believe that a fighter needs to be a life-and-death fight every time. In this case Manny`s coming off a real war with Morales and this is a tune-up fight for the next war with Morales.
- Anya MartinezAs for Thomsen, we knew if we kept him in the teens, we`d beat them. He came close, but (Manuel) did a great job on him.
- Barbara Hvasta