EXPECT A MORE FOCUSED PACQUIAO
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
MANILA (PNA) -- ?Walang dapat maaksayang oras sa preparasyon para sa susunod na laban (We will be wasting no time in our preparation for the next fight).?
This, eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao vowed in reference to his preparation for his next bout with Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on December 8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
?This is the reason why we are foregoing our traditional first leg of preparation in Baguio and instead spend the entire eight-week at the Wild Card Gym (in Los Angeles),? Pacquiao told this writer when chanced upon in a Manila five-star hotel Monday night, hours after arriving from a three-city, one-week media tour to hype the Pacquiao-Marquez IV.
?At least sa L.A., wala nang magiging distractions like going back and forth from Baguio to Manila para gampanan ang ibang trabaho ko bilang congressman at TV host,? he pointed out.
"Kaya paakisabi sa mga fans, lalo na yung mga kababayan natin na they can assure na kondisyong-konsisyon ako pagdating ng laban at determinado pa akong manalo di tulad ng iniisip ng iba," the father of four with wife Jinkee assured.
It was a brief meeting that lasted barely two minutes, but that was enough to elicit from the former pound-for-pound best his desire to train hard this time to what he said, ?once and for all end all doubts and controversies that marked their previous three showdowns that ended in a draw, a split decision and a majority verdict, both in his favor.
Pacquiao, ?fighter of the decade honoree of the Boxing Writers Association of America, confirmed earlier reports attributed to trainer Freddie Roach and himself that new systems in training procedure and in the actual fight will be implemented to ensure that, finally, he will be prepared to solve the riddle that is his arch-rival?s counter-punching style.
The only man in the history of sweet science to crown himself kingpin in eight different eight divisions begged off from revealing though the revised strategies, saying he and Hall of Fame inductee Roach will still talk about it seriously when arrives the Los Angeles training camp first week of next month.
?Sa sarili ko, me naiisip na akong changes, pero I still need to compare them with what Freddie is thinking. Papel niya yun bilang trainer at susunod lamang ako bilang boxer,? he emphasized.
The fighting Congressman from Sarangani Province, likewise, confirmed his earlier pronouncements to win impressively this time, by a knockout at that, so doubts on who between him and the Mexican legend is the better fighter would completely be erased.
?Para mabura na ang duda, kailangan matapos anang nakahiga ang isa sa amin, Pero tingin ko ako ang tatapos nang nakatayo,? the normally soft-spoken Pacquiao said rather jestingly before riding his Cadillac SUV bearing plate number 8.
Pacquiao is set to file his certificate of candidacy for his reelection on October 5 and most likely will be leaving, along with his team the next day or two days after.
The December 8 Chapter IV of the Pacquiao-Marquez historic rivalry will be one of the only a dozen or so quadrilogies in the history of boxing in the mold of, among others, great fights between Sugar Ray Robinson-Jake LaMotta and the Sandy Saddler-Willie Pep classic duels.
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