LOS ANGELES, California ? Manny Pacquiao ran for several kilometers at the Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles as he resumed his training, a day after promoting his May 2 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
He did three sessions of all-out 200-meter sprints, followed by core workouts.
?[We started] in the morning until 10 in the evening. Grabe 15 hours straight kami,? said Pacquiao.
The fighting congressman felt he needed to make up after missing one whole training day. Prior the resumption of his camp, he spent the whole day doing video shoots with Mayweather and guesting in the Jimmy Kimmel Show.
Boxing coach Freddie Roach said he?s happy with the way his fighter is training.
He said he?s teaching Pacquiao how to spot some of Mayweather?s strategies.
?He (Mayweather) just set traps pretty well. You have to recognize when he is setting you in a trap so we’re working on that,? said Roach.
The boxing coach has been overseeing Pacquiao?s training despite nursing a bad back. ?I have a bulge at my back, the pain comes and goes.?
Pacquiao also got a surprise visit from Academy Award winning actor Robert Duvall.
Duvall said he?s counting on the Filipino to beat Mayweather.
?I hope Manny wins, he’s (Floyd) very difficult,? said the 84-year-old actor. ?I’m gonna cheer for him.?
Mayweather, meanwhile, said he isn?t afraid of fighting southpaws contrary to Bob Arum?s claim.
?I’m 8-0 against southpaws. But [Pacquiao?s] by far one of the best southpaws I’ve faced,? said Mayweather. ?From a report by Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News
