By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Well known international promoter Murad Muhammad's official assigned to look after Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Akbar Muhammad said yesterday that Pacquiao was in such great condition that he is "ready to fight right now."
Muhamnmad who watches over Pacquiao when he trains at the Wild Card Gym said Pacquiao's sparring session with Justin Juuko was "very intense." He said Pacquiao was "really working on his defense" and no matter what Juuko threw he couldn't hurt the Filipino southpaw.
Akbar Muhammad who is an ex-marine and a former police official said there were many Filipinos and others during Pacquiao's sparring sessions on Saturdays which was open to the public. He said heavyweight champion James Toney acted as cheerleader during Pacquiao's sparring and they both had a great time along with the
fans.
One of the latest visitors was Lovemore N'dou the IBF Pan Pacific light welterweight champion who fights out of Australia. N'dou greeted Pacquiao and wished him the best of luck in his March 19 showdown with Erik "El Terrible" Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Muhammad noted that Pacquiao was "getting faster" and his speed and devastating punching power would be too much for Morales. He noted that Morales is coming off a hard fight against Marco Antonio Barrera aside from the fact that his last three fights went the distance which will take its toll on fight night.
