NEW RULES AT WILDCARD TRAINING CAMP ISSUED
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 20 Mar 2009
Los Angeles, CA -- As the training camp goes along and the harder training days looming on the horizon, Freddie Roach is making changes to adjust to the situation.
Through an emissary who contacted this writer, Freddie Roach wishes to make the new rules known.
A sign has been posted by the gym door for everyone to see.
The rules are specifically addressed to the legion of fans that hang out daily at the Wildcard Gym in hopes of getting autographs and photos of and with Pacquiao.
Beginning immediately, Roach will no longer allow fans to go up to the gym after Pacquiao completes his daily training to take photos and ask for autographs.
Roach and Team Pacquiao wishes to ask the fans for a bit of understanding.
The coming fight on May 2nd is going to be a hard one and Roach and the Team would like to have Pacquiao concentrate even more.
Not that the fans are a distraction. Roach and the Team just simply want Pacquiao to have plenty of time to rest and focus more on the task ahead.
However, the new rules will allow photo-ops and autographs on Saturday afternoons but on a limited time basis to give fans what they sought and allow Pacquiao to be in contact with his fans. After all, they are important to the success of the whole event.
The fans are asked to cooperate with the new rules and to understand that they will be enforced to the max.
Incidentally, the rules will apply across the board, from the lowly unknowns to the very known personalities.
And I heard it will also apply to the ?VIP?s? that occasionally come to the gym unannounced and expect to be entertained by Pacquiao.
Top photo: Former heavyweight champion and now Wilcard Gym trainer Michael Moorer points to the sign posted at the Wildcard Gym allowing only photo-ops with Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao on Saturdays. Photo by Miguel Salazar / MP Promotions.
The same sign posted at the entrance of Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles. Photo by Miguel Salazar / MP Promotions.
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