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BAGUIO CITY — The stormy weather here may have eaten out a chunk of Manny Pacquiao’s road work, but conditioning coach Alex Ariza believes that it may have done the Filipino ring icon good.Pacquiao, according to Ariza, was at least forced to slow down.“It did him good; We had some breaks in the morning and we were able to rest a bit,” said Ariza. “In the beginning of his training here, he was overdoing it. Last week, he was able to relax.”As in past training camps, one of the toughest things to do is to get Pacquiao to taper off from his noted beastly workouts. The Pacman, who is preparing for a super bout against Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 in Las Vegas, hasn’t been taking it easy in sparring, however. On Tuesday, Pacquiao sparred with highly touted former two-time world lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo for three rounds, dominating the Mexican thoroughly. The Filipino sensation then wrapped up his day’s session with a four-round confrontasi opposite American Shawn Porter.“I’m starting to get in better shape,” Pacquiao told the Inquirer in Filipino. “Even if I haven’t been able to run, at least, I’m starting to swim and I’ve been trying the treadmill.”In his anticipated sparring with Castillo, Pacquiao used his vastly improved lateral movements in trying to avoid the Mexican’s uppercuts and body shots. Pacquiao stalled Castillo’s aggressive attacks with three to five punch combos and counter left straights.The 35-year-old Castillo (60-9-1, 52 KOs) ended his first day of sparring with specks of blood on his left nostril.“I can’t see his left. It’s very fast and strong. I think that will be a big problem of Cotto,” Castillo told the Inquirer.
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After his November 14 clash with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico, Manny Pacquiao is expected to have two more bouts before he finally calls it quits. “Manny has said three more fights and that’s it,” American trainer Freddie Roach revealed to David Tyler of DoghouseBoxing.com. Roach, the 2008 “Trainer of the Year” awarded by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), added that he wants to see a showdown between Pacquiao and WBA welterweight super champion Shane Mosley. Pacquiao’s trainer then went on to speak about his ward’s incomparable legacy, saying he believes it would be difficult for fighters to follow the footsteps of the Filipino boxing icon. Pacquiao, the world’s No.1 pound-for-pound fighter, is a six-division world champion. He was the 2008 BWAA “Fighter of the Year” award recipient. “We will not see another Manny Pacquiao for another decade or more,” declared Roach. “Guys like Manny Pacquiao and Muhammad Ali come along once in a lifetime.” Meantime, when asked if he would retire when Pacquiao hangs his boxing gloves, Roach replied: “I will not retire because I just don’t know what I would do. I have been in the boxing business all of my life and I don’t know anything else.” “I just can’t see sitting at home all day so I probably will never retire,” he remarked.
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Boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has donated P1 million in cash to typhoon victims even as he enjoined his fellow Filipinos to continue praying for Divine help while he was in training in Baguio City yesterday. “I will take a rest from training on Sunday and I hope Team Pacquiao will be able to go to Manila to give relief goods to victims,” said Pacquiao in a phone patch interview. Officials of SBP, the PBA, PBL, Liga Pilipinas, NCAA and UAAP will also join hands this morning in a press conference at the PBA office in Libis, Quezon City to announce their charity event for typhoon victims Monday at the Araneta Coliseum. They will hold two exhibition matches pitting the UAAP-NCAA selection versus PBL-Liga selection and Smart Gilas versus Powerade Pilipinas. Proceeds from gate receipts will be donated to victims of storm Ondoy. Coach Yeng Guiao is reuniting with his Tianjin Fiba Asia RP team going up against coach Rajko Toroman and his Smart Gilas developmental team. The cream of the UAAP and the NCAA, meanwhile, join forces in this endeavor before returning to their respective teams for the closing stage of the collegiate season. Meanwhile, PBA board chairman Lito Alvarez said there will be no tug-o-war for the services of Japeth Aguilar during the Powerade Pilipinas-Smart Gilas dream exhibition match as he’ll allow the controversial player to play for the RP developmental team. After that, Alvarez, however, is hopeful SBP executive director Noli Eala will keep his word that they will not touch Aguilar until he has come to terms with Burger King. “Admittedly, Japeth has no contract with the PBA. This is a noble project, so how can we say no,” said Alvarez. “But this will be Japeth’s last game with Smart Gilas. After this project, I’ll request to SBP not to allow Japeth play with them anymore, even in scrimmages,” Alvarez added. “He (Aguilar) must come to terms with us already. We will show how supportive we are to SBP, and I expect them to return the gesture.”
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