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PACQUIAO HAS A GREAT DAY IN TRAINING, KONCZ DENIES HE HAD CRAMPS WHILE JOGGING


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On the eve of his final face-off with Floyd Mayweather Jr before fight week when Manny Pacquiao joins the undefeated, pound for pound No. 1 in a press conference at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles which will be telecast ?live? by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN ON Channel 2 and ANC beginning at 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, eight division champion Pacquiao ?looked great? in his workout with Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym.

Longtime adviser Michael Konz denied a report that Pacquiao suffered crams while jogging at Griffith Park on Tuesday, Manila Time, while ABCS-CBN reporter Dyan Castillejo who spoke to Pacquiao said it was only some pain he suffered when suddenly running uphill.

Koncz told the New Standard/Viva Sports ?Manny didn?t suffer from cramps and he?s fine while training was great.?

Pacquiao himself brushed it aside and said it was only some pain and there was nothing to worry about.

Pacquiao is expected to begin sparring sometime next week after two of his sparring partners arrive in Los Angeles on Sunday.
In the past, both Pacquiao and Mayweather have conducted worldwide press tours to promote their fights, but this time the LA Press Conference will be the only one before the week of the fight and it is not open to the public but only to accredited media.

Dyan Castillejo will be on-site for ABS-CBN while TJ Manotoc will host the show in Manila with this reporter joining him.
Josh Slagter of mlive.com who helps cover Mayweather reported that ESPN SportsCenter's Lidsay Czarniak will anchor the coverage from the network's studio in L.A., and boxing analyst Teddy Atlas will join her in studio. Neil Everett and Stan Verrett will provide coverage from the red carpet, and reporters Jeremy Schaap and Bernado Osuna also will be on hand.

Meantime, Pacquiao?s aggressive style, speed and power are expected to prevail in the multi-million dollar fight according to Miguel Cotto who has fought both men, losing y a 12th round TKO to Pacquiao in 2009 and then giving Mayweather a hard time when he battled him to a twelve round unanimous decision loss in 2012.

Cotto, in a story by boxingscene.com based on ESPN?s First Take via GMA News said ?I?ve been working with Freddie Roach for my last two fights and I know what he?s capable of doping with Manny. I think he?s going to get Manny through Floyd Mayweather?s mistakes. Manny is going to talke advantage of Floyd?s mistakes. I?m rooting for Manny.?

Cotto believes ?the explosiveness and quickness of Manny is going to have a big impact on Floyd?s performance. The explosiveness will be a big advantage? even as he pointed out that Pacquiao ?can move from point to point in less than a second.?


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