During a recent conversation with Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach vented his frustrations at the way last weekend?s Antonio DeMarco-Jorge Linares bout was handled. Ariza began working with the former champion Linares for this particular shot, for the vacant WBC lightweight title, and despite his charge dominating the early action, a bloody Linares would be halted in the eleventh round by a surging DeMarco in a finish that he believes occurred too soon.
But there is little time to sulk for Ariza, who has a very busy schedule coming up with his work with WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan, and WBC welterweight king Manny Pacquiao. Turning his attention to Pacquiao, who defends his belt on November 12th in Las Vegas against Juan Manuel Marquez in an anticipated trilogy bout, Ariza insists the Filipino star is primed for the moment.
