Comments Thread For: Manny Pacquiao Camp Beefs Up, Adds Sparring Partners

[Rath]

When's the last time floyd didn't train hard and come in in great shape

there is hard and there is harder.

you don't train hard in preparation for an undefeated young hungry lions and

train harder in preparation for an easy, one dimensional, make too many mistakes, 5 losses opponent.

do you get it now?

[TRTboy]

Sometimes you need someone to beat on to boost your confidence. Competitive sparring is very important but sometimes too competitive especially close to the fight can effect a fighter's mental state going into the fight.

I think this why roach brought in this new guy to be a punching bag for pac.

If people think bringing in guys like lara or rigondeuax would be beneficial they are wrong. Those guys would just drain anybody's confidence leading up to a fight, they are too good to be just a sparring partner and they would most likely get the better of you in sparring.

[rambov]

Not at all. Not to my knowledge?

[Jc8804]

Manny means business.

Tmt shook

[Pocket Dogs!]

What happened to strength and conditioning coach Gavin MacMillan?

[Rolaz]

Pacman really wants to be prepared against the TBE team!
So he's got to be in The Best of the best shape!

[MindBat]

Good. No excuses.

[Strategic1]

I read that sometime around the beginning of April, Floyd had to bring in new sparring partners because his existing sparring partners weren't cutting it, and preparing him. Zab, Corley, and crew just weren't doing enough.

So Floyd had to bring in new guys. I wonder if he's at risk of overtraining, because he'd have to increase the amount of sparring hours and the sessions will be intense 2 or 3 weeks before the fight.

[Dan Gutierrez]

Speed, strength and focus...Manny Pacquiao got it. Team Pacquiao is ready for war. Chicken Floyd will be eating his TBE (pronounced in Pilipino TEEBEH meaning hard ****)

[ADP02]

So Manny still gets the time to shoot a music video ......