Filipino boxing idol Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao on Friday dismissed reports that he and American trainer Freddie Roach are quarreling as he started training in General Santos City for the July 2 match against Mexican pug, Oscar “Chololo” Larios.
“We understand each other and we don’t have any problem,” Pacquiao said in Filipino during a DZMM interview Friday from General Santos.
Pacquiao said following his training in General Santos, he will leave for the United States next week. In previous preparations, the ring idol trained at a boxing gym in Hollywood, California.
He said the training for the July 2 faceoff at the Araneta Coliseum would be similar to pre-fight matches done before his bout with Mexican Erik Morales last year.
Pacquiao said he is confident of outpunching Larios but cannot be too easy on his preparation. That is why, the boxer said, he is training harder.
He said that Larios, a two-time world champion, has more advantage than Morales because of his height and longer reach.
Pacquiao said he also needs to lose weight. The boxer said he weighs 138 pounds at present, eight heavier than the ideal 130.
However, Pacquiao said with the support of his fellow Filipinos, he is confident that he would retain the World Boxing Council international superfeatherweight belt against from Larios.
