Shawn ?Showtime? Porter is one very exciting welterweight prospect to keep an eye on. Recently an internet rumor start that Porter who was sparring with Manny Pacquiao for the Filipino’s upcoming May 7th battle against Shane Mosley, was knocked out. Ok, its not totally unbelievable… I mean after all we are talking about Pacquiao. But is there any truth to the rumor that he KO’ed Porter in sparring? Well according to Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, a man close enough to the action to know the truth, no such thing happened.
Quoted recently in the Inquirer, Ariza made it a point to clarify that Pacquiao did not knock out Porter in sparring. Speaking out about a recent report on the internet that Pacquiao had knocked out Porter, Ariza stated: “That?s not true. I don?t know where anybody got any of that but I can tell you that?s not true.”
Obviously if Porter really did get knocked out, he wouldn’t still be sparring with Pacquiao in training camp, and Ariza confirmed Porter is still training with Pacquiao. Ariza stated that Porter is “a great sparring partner and he’s still there.”
Both Porter and Pacquiao are amazing, and I am glad to hear things are working well in training camp .
