LOS ANGELES ? Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach spent Friday?s workout detailing the moves the Filipino fighter must unleash when he trades power blows with Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 in Dallas.
But because an HBO crew was present at the Wild Card Boxing Club to document their every move on camera and on microphone for the highly-popular 24/7 series, Roach had to go the extra mile in telling Pacquiao what he wants him to do exactly on fight night at Cowboys Stadium.
?Turn off the microphone,? hollered Roach to the HBO guys as he leaned over Pacquiao and mumbled something to his ear.
Pacquiao nodded and then it was his turn to whisper something to Roach, who smiled back, a sign that they were on the same page.
So Pacquiao and Roach used a great chunk of time during the 13-round punch mitts session exchanging notes over the strategy to be applied against the rampaging Margarito.
While the conversation was hardly audible, it was clear that Roach wants Pacquiao to prevent Margarito from dictating the tempo of the scheduled 12-round world super-welterweight title match.
In addition to what Roach wants him to do, Pacquiao also suggested some things that he feels will help them during the fight and it involved the use of one certain punch that the southpaw said will play a crucial role.
As Pacquiao continues to make heads turn in his training stint here, a key member of his training team expressed delight in seeing that the fighter is indeed back on track.
?Manny?s not getting tired anymore in training,? said Nonoy Neri, who also acts as the cook of Team Pacquiao.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao beefed up his fleet of cars here with the addition of a Toyota Landcruiser V8 that retails at $80,000.
The SUV was a donation of Toyota Glendale, whose big boss Harlan Gittin was present to hand over the vehicle to Pacquiao at the driveway o
