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Pacquiao close to fulfilling targetBy NICK GIONGCOOctober 17, 2009, 5:41pmManny Pacquiao has completed a third of the required number of sparring rounds after the Filipino pride went nine rounds on Saturday with a battery of sparring partners in his Baguio training camp, less than a month before he collides with Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas.
Since kicking off his sparring session three weeks ago, Pacquiao has so far logged 55 rounds and still needs 105 to fulfill the targeted number that top trainer Freddie Roach wants him to do to prime himself up for the expected grueling bout with Cotto at the MGM Grand.
Pacquiao had three rounds with Porter, a 21-year-old super-welterweight who he had floored twice last Thursday, then banged with battle-scarred Jose Luis Castillo for another three and had only two with Urbano Antillon after Antillon sustained a cut.
Roach then called on Porter up the ring for another round – the ninth – to cap the intense workout at the Shape Up Gym.
Next week, Pacquiao will start sparring ten and even as much as 12 rounds in one session as he gets himself ready to uproot his training camp for the more familiar confines of the Wild Card in Hollywood.
But Pacquiao will stay and train for a couple of days in Manila this coming week before leaving for the US on Saturday.
Pacquiao’s adviser Mike Koncz said the fighter will travel to Manila from Baguio after Thursday’s workout then work out either at Gerry Peñalosa’s gym in Mandaluyong or the Wild Card in Parañaque before packing his bags for the States.
Cotto, meanwhile, is likewise right on target, according to reports from the Puerto Rican press.
Camped out in Tampa, Florida, for almost a month now, the 28-year-old Cotto has been doing exactly what his trainers want him to do during their six-day-a-week workout at the Fight Factory Gym, where a 24x24 ring is utilized since his handlers believe Pacquiao will not only run away but refrain from engaging Cotto in a toe-to-toe exchange.
Since kicking off his sparring session three weeks ago, Pacquiao has so far logged 55 rounds and still needs 105 to fulfill the targeted number that top trainer Freddie Roach wants him to do to prime himself up for the expected grueling bout with Cotto at the MGM Grand.
Pacquiao had three rounds with Porter, a 21-year-old super-welterweight who he had floored twice last Thursday, then banged with battle-scarred Jose Luis Castillo for another three and had only two with Urbano Antillon after Antillon sustained a cut.
Roach then called on Porter up the ring for another round – the ninth – to cap the intense workout at the Shape Up Gym.
Next week, Pacquiao will start sparring ten and even as much as 12 rounds in one session as he gets himself ready to uproot his training camp for the more familiar confines of the Wild Card in Hollywood.
But Pacquiao will stay and train for a couple of days in Manila this coming week before leaving for the US on Saturday.
Pacquiao’s adviser Mike Koncz said the fighter will travel to Manila from Baguio after Thursday’s workout then work out either at Gerry Peñalosa’s gym in Mandaluyong or the Wild Card in Parañaque before packing his bags for the States.
Cotto, meanwhile, is likewise right on target, according to reports from the Puerto Rican press.
Camped out in Tampa, Florida, for almost a month now, the 28-year-old Cotto has been doing exactly what his trainers want him to do during their six-day-a-week workout at the Fight Factory Gym, where a 24x24 ring is utilized since his handlers believe Pacquiao will not only run away but refrain from engaging Cotto in a toe-to-toe exchange.
Imagine what will happen to Cotto on Nov. 14! WAR! PACMAN! WAR!
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