TOUGHER GRIND AHEAD: PACQUIAO ENTERS FINAL MONTH OF TRAINING
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
LOS ANGELES, Cal. ? Eight-division world boxing champion and Philippine lawmaker Manny Pacquiao starts the tougher final month of his build-up program for his ?Fight o the Century? confrontation with American five-division titleholder Floyd Mayweather Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
As in the past week, Pacquiao will start visiting anew the University of California-Los Angeles Track and Field Stadium to resume, thrice a week, the rigorous regimen aimed at improving his agility and footwork.
From there, he proceeds to the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood for his ritual punching the mitts with chief trainer Freddie Roach.
The leg-strengthening regimen will remain, conditioning coach Justin Fortune said, with his pupil asked to perform the energy-sapping climb of the 82-step UCLA oval bleacher, which he will be repeating 16 times sideways on his right and left.
Before that, the reigning World Boxing Organization welterweight kingpin will be rounding the 400-meter rubber-coated oval eight times, spend a little time resting before sprinting from the bottom of the bleacher section to the top.
This procedure, according to Fortune, which the Filipino ring hero started a week ago when he did away with his altitude training at Griffith Hills, will continue every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until the desired results are achieved, two or three weeks from now.
According to Fortune, the procedure is so hard, only a few fighters with Pacquiao?s strength can perform.
?Mahirap talaga, lalo noong simula,? Pacquiao himself admitted, ?Pero nang masanay na ako, maginhawa na rin ang pakiramdam ko. ?I feel very strong, real strong now after only three days of doing the program.?
?Speed and agility, well, hindi pa perfect. I?m taking it slowly, dahan-dahan lang at hindi ko binibigla, but soon, I know it will be back," Pacquiao added, during a lunch he tendered for his family, Jinkee and children, members of his team and friends in his favorite Kabuki Restaurant along Vine St. in Hollywood Sunday.
Sunday morning, Pacquiao and party attended a religious service at the Westside Sheperd Church.
?The camp has been running well since we started pitching here,? he disclosed. ?We?re on track and I feel within a couple of weeks, I?ll be regaining my fighting form.?
Sparring, he said has been going smoothly and effectively with at least five of his sparmates providing everything he needed in answer to whatever Mayweather can put on the table.
?Each of my sparmates, all very young, has the arsenal Floyd has been known for in amassing a clean 47-0 win-loss slate,? he reconfirmed. ?Everything Freddie asked them, they give, kaya so far, perfect ang setup.?
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