Top Rank big boss Bob Arum dropped by the Wild Card Boxing Club on Monday afternoon and left a few hours later in disbelief.
“I have never seen anybody worked out so hard for three-and-a-half hours and he was never tired,” said Arum, sounding as if he was a fan lucky enough to be invited to watch Manny Pacquiao?s training for his much-awaited Dec. 6 clash with Oscar De La Hoya, and not a grizzled veteran who has seen them all.
“Manny weighs around 151 to 152 lbs and looks very sharp,” said Arum, who doesn?t see any problems why the GenSan fighter would not emerge victorious at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
“Freddie said Manny?s (training) is the most amazing thing he?s seen,” added Arum, whose whirlwind visit to Los Angeles was to preside over a press conference hyping another card that happens this weekend at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao has been giving Roach plenty of reasons to smile each time they part ways at the end of training day.
Even after only two weeks in training, Roach and strength coach Alex Ariza have been left with their mouth agape over the 29-year-old?s progress that they kept on reminding Pacquiao that the fight with the Golden Boy will not be on Nov. 6 but on Dec. 6.
In the coming weeks, Pacquiao?s weight will go down and Roach and Ariza would like to see Pacquiao tip the scales during the official weighin at 145 lbs, two lbs under the limit.
During fight night, Pacquiao should weigh no more than 150 lbs so that the added weight won?t hamper his movement.
Ariza has injected plyometrics, a form of exercise that is meant to bolster speed and upgrade power, to Pacquiao?s training regimen.
Although not much is being reported from De La Hoya?s camp, he is likewise in the thick of training in Big Bear, California, under the watchful eyes of Mexican maestro Ignacio ?Nacho? Beristain.
