PACQUIAO TRAINING UPDATES
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 17 Mar 2011
Slowly, but surely, reigning world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao is on the way of regaining his fighting form in preparation for his title-retention showdown with Sugar Shane Mosley in May in Las Vegas.
?He is progressing, little by little,? pronounced trainer Freddie Roach. ?I cannot adjust his training abruptly or court disaster by way of injuring him unnecessarily. It?s still a long way to go before the fight, so, we?re taking our preparations lightly.?
Yesterday, Roach said, Manny did the mitts with him for nine rounds, two more than the first two days last Monday and Tuesday, which he added will most-likely be maintained until Saturday when preparations marks its first week.
?It?s a day-top-day basis. We would maintain what we?ve been doing the past days till the end of the week. Or we might increase the tempo when the need arises,? Roach, who had just been named ?Trainer of the Year? anew by the Boxing Writers Association of America, reasoned out.
?We could probably increase it a bit Friday and Saturday. But I?ll be happy if he can do nine rounds with the mitts going into the second week of our build up program.
Except complaining of running in the hilly 220-hectare Sta. Lucia Subdivision terrain near his headquarters at Cooyesan Hotel, Pacquiao himself sounded satisfied with the way work out has been going.
? Medyo nanibago ako nang mag-jogging sa matarik na akyatin ditto. Mas matarik po ang tinatakbo ko rito kumpara sa Griffith Park sa Los Angeles,? he said. ?Pero, maganda ito para talagang kundisyon tayo pagdating ng laban,? he added.
?. Mabuti na ?yung masanay ako sa mahirap na ensayo, para pagdating sa laban magiging madali na para sa akin, the Pacman said, adding that this early, he is looming forward to meeting his challenger.
He also expressed elation having learned he maintained his position as the no. 1 pound-for-pound ranking by the prestigious Ring Magazine.
?Ganado ako sa darating kong laban kay Mosley na taya aking WBO welterweight belt. Inspirado ako dahil ang pound-for-pound rankings ang nakataya din sa aming laban, he said.
?Ang maging pound-for-pound king ay isang napakalaking karangalan para isang boksingero. Lahat ay naghahangad, pero bibihira ang nagkakamit niyan, ? he said.
Pacquiao reiterated his earlier statements respecting his opponent, saying ?gaya ng sinabi ko na nung nag-tour kami sa Amerika para sa laban kay Mosley, hindi ko siya maaaring maliitin . ?Bukod sa dati siyang kampeon, beterano at mautak pa. At kailanma?y ?di pa na-knockout. ?
?Yan ang mamalaging nasa isipan ko pagdating ng laban.Ang talunin siya at kung akin siyang ma-knockout ay isang malaking bonus,? he said.
(File photo above - Pacquiao training in Baguio with Roach last year)
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