Manny Pacquiao: If I take Ugas lightly, he will take advantage

I want to say that Iโ€™m praying for Errol Spence to make a fast recovery from his injury. Health is always the priority and the most important thing. I did my best in training and in preparation for this fight, so I wanted to make sure my hard work was not wasted. Yordenis Ugรกs was ready to fight and challenge me on August 21. So itโ€™s a great thing that I can show off my hard work in the gym when we face each other on fight night.

Iโ€™m not disappointed at all in what happened [when Spence was injured] because my hard work will not be wasted. Ugรกs stepped up and is bringing his WBA [belt] into the fight, which Iโ€™m excited to fight for.

I always consider myself a bipartisan boxer. I am happy to fight either right-handed or southpaw fighters. Itโ€™s no problem for me at all to switch the styles that Iโ€™m going to face.

What I can say to the fans is that this is definitely not an easy fight. Ugรกs is a champion because they gave him my belt. Now, we have to settle it inside of the ring. I cannot take him lightly, because heโ€™s the kind of fighter who will take advantage of that.

I have a lot of people around me that motivate me to win this fight, especially for my family. Iโ€™m also very motivated to give the fans a great fight that theyโ€™re going to enjoy in the arena or watching on pay-per-view.

In the end, I want to win the belts. Iโ€™m so excited for this fight and I donโ€™t care if Iโ€™m the challenger or champion coming into it.

I know that Ugรกs is also very prepared for his fight because he was going to be on the undercard. If there was no Ugรกs on the undercard, itโ€™s possible we would have cancelled the fight.

The only danger for this fight is the change in stance. Both Spence and Ugรกs are aggressive fighters, which I like. We can create a lot of great action in the ring that the fans will love.

I would tell the fans not to miss this fight. This is going to be a really good one. Iโ€™m sure that me and Ugรกs are going to give a fight full of action. Iโ€™m excited to see everyone in Las Vegas on August 21.

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