Fahsang 3K Battery, who battles Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao in a fight card titled ?Yanig sa Taguig? at an open air arena in The Fort on Dec. 11, impressed fight fans during a workout at the Wild Card Gym in BF Homes yesterday.
The soft-spoken International Boxing Federation no. 4 super bantamweight went through his regular routine and showed he was in great physical condition, which would likely be a plus against Pacquiao, whose training appeared to be lacking in intensity and regularity.
Fahsang?s manager Jimmy Ekarat Chaichotchuang said his fighter had been training for the past two months and is ?in very good shape? for the clash with Pacquiao.
The Thai demonstrated a vicious left hook and solid combinations when working on the heavy bag and during two rounds with the punch mitts. However, the Thai boxer, who hopes to score a stunning upset over Pacquiao and turn into an instant millionaire, doesn?t have the quickness of the Filipino champion and this may tell in the end.
Pacquiao, who returned to his hometown of General Santos on Sunday, has had a change of heart and will now train in Kidapawan where Lito Mondejar, a member of Team Pacquiao, has a home. Pacquiao would have Mondejar?s RP lightweight champion Fernando Montilla among his sparring partners.
Fahsang and his manager were scheduled to return to Bangkok yesterday while international promoter Murad Muhammad, who was instrumental in putting the fight card together despite the odds, left for the US Saturday night aboard a Philippine Airlines flight bound for San Francisco.
