Beristain leaned back in his chair, patted his (relatively) flat midsection and all but sneered.
?I feel like [expletive],? the 72-year-old Hall of Fame boxing trainer growled.
For the past three months, Beristain hasn?t been able to do what he has done virtually every day for about a half century: run five miles.
Beristain has been preparing Marquez to face Pacquiao on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in a welterweight title bout that is one of the year?s most significant. And a half dozen of his other fighters are also competing in noteworthy bouts. He?s got precious little time to do anything but work in his gym and watch tapes. Much of his time has been spent getting Marquez ready to meet Pacquiao, boxing?s pound-for-pound champion.
