Top boxing promoter Bob Arum has only glowing words for Antonio ?Tijuana Tornado? Margarito, who is training ?like there is no tomorrow? for his November 13 showdown with pound-for-pound king Manny ?PacMan? Pacquiao.
?Margarito looks great and he?s very sharp,? Arum said by phone on Wednesday. ?He?s training extremely hard, and I think his new trainer [Robert Garcia] is doing wonders [on him].?
The Hall of Fame promoter announced that he will leave for the Philippines on Thursday (Friday in Manila) to visit his prized fighter and to preside over Pacquiao?s October 18 media day in Baguio City, where the Filipino ring superstar is holding training camp.
When asked how Pacquiao?s training was going, Arum said, ?I checked with them and they said that he?s doing well. I really don?t know, but I will see for myself.?
In Baguio City, Freddie Roach was reported to have asked Pacquiao to concentrate on his training by doing away with basketball and weekend trips to Manila that the trainer feels are interfering with Pacquiao?s training.
Reports by the local media indicate that Pacquiao has skipped his usual early-morning road work because of apparent tiredness from playing basketball the night before, and has left camp for two consecutive weekend
