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I heard that Manny's weight now is around 136...Comment
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Basing on the pics that have been posted regarding this topic of too many fans in PAC's gym while he's training. See, the thing is fellas, yes there's an awful lot of fans crammed in that gym. But have you guys been to the WildCard Gym while PAC trained?
I've been to Freddie's gym in L.A. twice to see PAC. The first time was when he was sparring w/ Israel Vasquez and the second time I caught PAC on the tail end of his workout preparing for the trilogy w/ EM, both times the place was jampacked w/ fans and they followed PAC all the way to his car and PAC had difficulty just trying to get in his car because of the hordes of fans seeking pics and autographs, it didn't look anymore different than the pics we are seeing.
But yes, as a fan of PAC I'm a tad bit concerned, only because of what happens after he's done training and goes out in the city, in L.A he can walk around just like everybody else, only Filipinos and hardcore boxing fans would recognize him, but in his own country everyone knows him, we're talkin' 80million folks.
It seems to me that PAC is one of those individual's who may actually work better when people are around rather than be in seclusion. He seems to be more of an extrovert, a people person, always smiling. Unlike some people who prefer to study/work in solitude w/ no noise at all. And there's some who like to work in a group while working or studying. Some actually find it difficult studying by themselves. Different strokes, for different folksLast edited by We want Floyd; 08-26-2007, 11:18 PM.Comment
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in addition to that...
Bleacher Talk: Train in Peace
By Rico Navarro
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 27 Aug 2007
We may not realize it, but Cebu is the envy of Philippine boxing these days. And it’s all due to Manny Pacquiao’s decision to make the country’s boxing hotbed as training base for his upcoming fight against Marco Antonio Barrera.
When we first heard about this news, we didn’t want to believe it. After all, why choose Cebu over the usual Wild Card Gym of Freddie Roach? Why didn’t Manny decide to work out at the Wild Card Gym in Parañaque, Roy Golingan’s gym in Gen San or the ABAP Gym in Baguio? Every time local training for Pacquiao was discussed in the past, these were always the only venues proposed to or for the Pacman. The irony of all this was that Cebu was always left out in all these talks.
I guess what goes around comes around. For the first time since tying up with Freddie Roach, Pacquiao is not making Wild Card as his main base of operations. Believe it or not. Cebu is it! I can now recall those previous marketing communication campaigns that Cebu launched with such messages as “Cebu is the answer!”, “Make it Cebu!” and “Cebu: Island in the Pacific.”
Many have asked why Manny chose Cebu as his base, and many have come up with the most credible and ridiculous reasons, ranging from professional to the most ******. With all the speculation going around, we may never get to the real reason why Pacquiao made it Cebu. So let’s leave it at that. The more important part is that we have a role to play in this latest development.
For starters, we must be grateful to Pacquiao for making such an obviously wise decision. Who would’ve imagined that he would be willing to stay in Cebu for a long period after being booed by a stadium of fans last February? How can we ever forget that? For the first time in his life, Pacquiao was actually booed by Cebuanos. Now if you were Pacquiao, wouldn’t all the booing have an impact on making a decision where to train?
If we are truly Pacquiao fans, we’ll also have to treat him as he should be treated: with respect. And the most important thing that we must remember is that Pacquiao is here to work. He’s not here on a vacation or having an off-season RNR break to be with his fans. He’s here to do some serious training for another career-defining battle against a future hall-of-famer in Barrera. You can be sure that like Pacquiao, Barrera is working his butt off to get in great shape for the fight. He’s in the sunset phase of his career and another loss could mean a quick trip to retirement. Don’t look now but Pacquiao did just that to Erik Morales who decided to call it quits one fight after being devastated by the Pacman. Whether or not he admits it, sending two Mexican greats to retirement is a feat that is very much Pacquiao’s agenda on the way to establishing a hall of fame career for himself.
So what do we do? Let Pacquiao train in peace. Please. Palihog lang.
One of the most difficult tasks to achieve when in training is focus especially when hundreds of distractions get in the way. The most obvious ones are those right inside the gym when fans and ********s literally make the gym a second home, a tambayan. I find it surprising that after Freddie Roach declared a closed-door policy on Pacquiao’s training sessions at Wakee Salud’s Gym, many ********s still find their way inside the gym to watch the Pacman. While Wakee Salud’s in-house security or staff may be put to the task, let’s not make it any tougher for them. Let’s not even take the initiative to even attempt to watch a Pacman training session. Public and open training sessions will be announced, and this is when we can go and watch the Pacman at work.
From the side of fans, it’s understandable why they would like to watch Pacquiao train. He’s a national hero who isn’t here too often, and who knows if he’ll decide to train here again in the future? But this is why one day of the week is devoted to the public.
At the end of the day, we want Cebu to be part of Pacquiao’s win over Barrera. When Pacquiao’s hand is raised as Michael Buffer announces his name on October 6 (October 7 in the Philippines), we will proudly say that Cebu played a big role in that win. But in order to make this happen, we’ll have to let Pacquiao get the quality training that he needs in order to prepare for the fight. And quality training means the absence of people who have no business at the Wakee Salud Gym, and this includes us in the sports media.
It’s a tough choice we have to make, but it has to be done. Do we want Pacquiao to win in a devastating fashion? Do we want Pacquiao to send another Mexican great to retirement? Do we want Pacquiao to make Cebu his permanent training base for all his future fights? Do we want to be a part of Pacquiao’s greatest wins?
Then let’s leave him alone to train in peace.Comment
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ya'll be saying something like this as if pacquiao needs to train for some rocket-science type of punches and stuff. pacquiao by now knows his game and he will bring this game on fight night.
all he needs to do is get back in shape and wipe off the cobwebs, i dont see him making any extra styles just to suit barrera.
added to the fact that manny feeds to the crowd and had it been a bother to him i think he'll be the first one to tell them off. while it is a big help if they eventually turn the crowds off, i dont think it should be basis for rumors that pac is not taking this training seriously or reason for him to lose. dont act like ronnie nathanielsz.Comment
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amen to that Papa Ace..Comment
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I don't want to get it twisted, I just think people are writing Barrera off yet again. I love watching Pacquiao fight and I respect and admire the hell out of him. It just seems to me that lately Barrera has gotten 0 credit from Pac's supporters, and I hate to see any fighter disrespected. Especially one of my favorites.
If Barrera loses and retires, that's fine with me. i'll be sad to see him go but he's given me more than enough over the years. Once Barrera retires Pacquiao will move up to my vacant #1 spot of favorite fighter in a lower weight division.Comment
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