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PACQUIAO'S WEIGHT IN CHECK


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After 12 brutal rounds of shoving Marco Antonio Barrera into semi-retirement, superstar Manny Pacquiao took a hard-earned break.

It's well-documented what he did last season: He spent time with the family, finished a movie, took care of a plethora of endrosement obligations; and wallowed in a little bit of rest and recreation.

Naturally, the time off from training allowed for some excess pounds to grow. The pictures, after all, do not lie.

But the issue on Pacquiao's excess weight is ridiculously overblown.

"Manny wil be fine," nutritionist Nonoy Neri told this reporter via long distance telephone interview. "We've heard those concerns before, during the Barrera rematch last year, and Manny was able to come out okay."

To the uninitiated, Manny had some problems making weight against Barrera last Oct. 16, a concern that fueld speculation about the Pinoy slugger's possible rise to the 135-pound weight division.

And though he looked quite spent after finally making the 130-pound limit against Barrera, Manny came out firing the following day, pummelling Barrera from pilar to post to score an emphatic unanimous decision triumph.

Against a stellar foe in Juan Manuel Marquez, Pacquiao is determined to avoid those weight blues that have sapped a little bit of his energy and firepower.

He is currently in the thick of a brutal regimen under the watchful eyes of Freddie Roach at the Wild Card gym. Besides hitting the road early and often, Manny is begining to spar with chosen combatants. Slowly but surely, he is melting the unwanted pounds.

As always, Manny is watching what he eats. Neri and Jeff DeGuzman, Manny's personal physical therapist, is also keeping an eye on Manny's intake and training, helping assure that those scales won't be hindrance once weighing day arrives.

Manny understands all the worry about his upcoming skirmish with Marquez. But his handlers deflect those worries like flies against a sturdy windshield.

"Manny always takes care of business," reminds Neri.

Yes, indeed. And based on Pacquiao's body of work. That is indisputable.


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