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Pacquiao training for Larios off limits — Roach
By Abac Cordero
The Philippine Star 03/27/2006
They will get to see him fight but they won’t get to see him train.
Manny Pacquiao fans in the Philippines, this early, has been informed of this situation since the Filipino boxer will train for his forthcoming fight against Mexico’s Oscar Larios behind closed doors.
"Closed doors? Definitely," said Pacquiao’s American trainer Freddie Roach when asked how Pacquiao would train for the 12-round, 130-lb, non-title contest scheduled July 2 at the Araneta Coliseum.
According to plans, Pacquiao will spend the last three weeks of May training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, then spend four weeks of June training in Baguio City.
Roach said they will apply the same formula they used when Pacquiao trained for two months in Los Angeles for his fight against Erik Morales last January: behind closed doors.
Filipino fans in LA took it hard at first, some of them driving hundreds of miles just to be denied the chance to see Pacquiao train. But later on they were made to understand.
"We found it a perfect formula in his last fight against Erik Morales. In their first match, we let all the fans come in and watch Manny train. We thought that would motivate him but that didn’t happen," he said.
"And so for the second fight I closed the gym down for a very private training. And it was a better choice," Roach added.
Indeed it was a better choice as Pacquiao got the chance to train longer, deeper and harder en route to a sensational 10th round knockout of Morales, a fighter who was never been kayoed before.
San Miguel Corp., which recently signed a lifetime business partnership contract with Pacquiao, will set up the training camp in its property in Baguio. It will be a restricted area during the training. Even mediamen without the proper credentials won’t be allowed in.
"Everybody now knows what’s best for Manny. And his fans here in Manila know that. I’m sure they would respect that. I think they will respect the privacy of our training camp and let Manny get ready for the fight," said Roach.
He added that Pacquiao cannot and should not take Larios lightly because the Mexican is a former world champion himself.
"He’s a former world champion and he’s been after Manny for a long time. His manager has been telling me He’s going to knock Manny out. He’s been telling me that for two years now. I always smile at him and I don’t think that way," said Roach.
"Manny will handle him but not fairly easy. Manny should be in great shape bu should not take him lightly. It’s going to be a busy night for us because Larios has the record of the most number of punches ever thrown in a fight I believe," he added.
By Abac Cordero
The Philippine Star 03/27/2006
They will get to see him fight but they won’t get to see him train.
Manny Pacquiao fans in the Philippines, this early, has been informed of this situation since the Filipino boxer will train for his forthcoming fight against Mexico’s Oscar Larios behind closed doors.
"Closed doors? Definitely," said Pacquiao’s American trainer Freddie Roach when asked how Pacquiao would train for the 12-round, 130-lb, non-title contest scheduled July 2 at the Araneta Coliseum.
According to plans, Pacquiao will spend the last three weeks of May training at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, then spend four weeks of June training in Baguio City.
Roach said they will apply the same formula they used when Pacquiao trained for two months in Los Angeles for his fight against Erik Morales last January: behind closed doors.
Filipino fans in LA took it hard at first, some of them driving hundreds of miles just to be denied the chance to see Pacquiao train. But later on they were made to understand.
"We found it a perfect formula in his last fight against Erik Morales. In their first match, we let all the fans come in and watch Manny train. We thought that would motivate him but that didn’t happen," he said.
"And so for the second fight I closed the gym down for a very private training. And it was a better choice," Roach added.
Indeed it was a better choice as Pacquiao got the chance to train longer, deeper and harder en route to a sensational 10th round knockout of Morales, a fighter who was never been kayoed before.
San Miguel Corp., which recently signed a lifetime business partnership contract with Pacquiao, will set up the training camp in its property in Baguio. It will be a restricted area during the training. Even mediamen without the proper credentials won’t be allowed in.
"Everybody now knows what’s best for Manny. And his fans here in Manila know that. I’m sure they would respect that. I think they will respect the privacy of our training camp and let Manny get ready for the fight," said Roach.
He added that Pacquiao cannot and should not take Larios lightly because the Mexican is a former world champion himself.
"He’s a former world champion and he’s been after Manny for a long time. His manager has been telling me He’s going to knock Manny out. He’s been telling me that for two years now. I always smile at him and I don’t think that way," said Roach.
"Manny will handle him but not fairly easy. Manny should be in great shape bu should not take him lightly. It’s going to be a busy night for us because Larios has the record of the most number of punches ever thrown in a fight I believe," he added.
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