Pacquiao Begins training at Baguio.

Expect all business in Manny Pacquiao's training camp in Baguio today as chief trainer Freddie Roach is expected to arrive in the country and start handling the Filipino superstar for his upcoming title fight with Puerto Rican Champion Miguel Cotto.
Roach is planning in at 6 am Tuesday from Los Angeles via Philippine Airlines, accompanied by conditioning coach Alex Ariza.
Upon arrival, the two will be immediately brought tom the country's summer capital and hook up with the 30-year old Pacquiao in time for his afternoon workout at the Cooyesan Hotel along Naguilan Road.
Pacquiao already began training for the Nov. 14 bout yesterday, starting off with a road work around Burnham Park accompanied by assistant cornerman buboy Fernandez, before sweating it out inthe afternoon at a well-equipped gym inside the hotel , which serves as the Pacman's training camp for the next our weeks.
By mid-October, Team Pacquuiao proceeds to the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles for the final phase of his preparation against the 28-year old Cotto, the reigning World Boxing Organization(WBO)welterweight champion.
A case of overstaying and a threat of paying excess taxes in the in the U.S forced Pacquiao to set up his initial training camp here. Under U.S law, an alien like the boxing star is only allowed to stay in the U.S for 180 days for three years.
Roach initially had been opposed to training the world's pound-for-pound king here, stressing too many distractions would hamper his concentration the way it did during past training camps he had in Generala Santos City and Cebu.
But Pacquiao eventuaaly persuaded the three-time-Hall of Famer to come over, stressing that everything will be fine once he enters training camp. Security will also be tightened once Roach and Co. arrives, as National Security Adviser Chavit Singson a close friend of Pacquiao and former governor of Ilocos Sur, promise to provide security details around the camp.
Sparring partners Shawn Porter and long-time sparmate Urbano Antillon are expected to arrive in he country within the week. This developed as roach was hardly amazed by the unanimous decision pounded out Floyd Mayweather Jr. over former Pacquiao victim Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas over the weekend.
The American trainer said he expected what would happen, compelling him not to bother watching watching the bout on pay-perview.
"He(Mayweather) beat the best lightweight in the world," Roach said, obviously referring to the big size discrepancy that separated both Mayweather Jr and Marquez on fight night.
Mayweather failed to meet the catchweight of 144 pounds, coming two pounds over during the official weigh-in, costing him about $600,000 in penalty. Meanwhile, Marquez whose last fight was at lightweight(135 pounds) tipped in at 142.
During the fight, Marquez weigh 148 pounds, while Mayweather refused to tip the scale. In the post-fight interview, the unbeaten American admitted he was around 145 pounds when he climbed the ring.


Source: People's Tonight
Author: Gerry Ramos