WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING SEEMS TO BE WORKING
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 24 Oct 2008
Los Angeles, CA: - Yesterday is the third consecutive Wednesday I have been to the Wildcard Gym to check on what is going on with regards to the training of Manny Pacquiao for his up coming ?Dream Match? with Oscar de la Hoya on December 6th.
I asked people who are privy to the very details of the training camp and this is how they replied without tipping the opposite camp:- ?All?s well and things are going as planned.?
I was also told that certain incidents that allegedly happened last Monday, October 20th (that had nothing to do with the actual training per se) were not exactly how they were described by an article on the Philippine Inquirer.
One thing that stands out when one takes a close look at Pacquiao is his increasingly visible magnificent built. He seems as solid as can be with muscle bulk on the right places. His chest, deltoids and biceps are in terrific shape and his calf muscles are as Joe Ramos would describe them, ?power legs?.
What was so amazing is the added bulk does not seem to slow him down. On the contrary, he never lost his speed and it added more zing to his punches.
Truly, Pacquiao is an outstanding human specimen. Credit that to his genes and whatever they were doing behind closed doors. Clearly what ever it is seems to be working.
There were reports about the possibility that Pacquiao is peaking to early. When we brought that up to the Team, we were assured that Pacquiao is just exactly where they want him to be at this point in his training. ?Talagang ganyan, pag nasa training bigay lahat,? said Buboy Fernandez. ( It?s really that way. When he is in training, he does it to the max.)
HBO was at the gym today filming segments of what they will later use for the promo for the fight. And, the gym was literally empty allowing Pacquiao and Roach to focus on their game plan.
Incidentally, Bobby Pacquiao was at the gym too. He was engrossed in training for an up coming fight towards the end of the November in New Mexico. ?Nothing sure yet,? he said, "but I was told to train and be ready.?
A few minutes after Roach and Pacquiao completed their mitt sparring routine, Roach returned to the ring and did the same with his new boy in the gym, Amir Khan of the Great Britain.
Top photo: Pacquiao bulking up his body in preparation for his upcoming fight with De La Hoya on Dec. 6.
Bobby Pacquiao poses at the Wildcard Gym Wednesday.
Roach, Pacquiao and Khan at the Wildcard Gym Wednesday.
Photos by Dr. Ed de la Vega.
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