Indicating he is not taking Thai Fahsan 3K Battery lightly, world-renowned American trainer Freddie Roach plans to fly to Manila in the last week of November to personally oversee the final phase of Ring Magazine featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s training for his December 11 tune-up fight against IBF No. 4 super bantamweight.
Restituto ?Buboy? Fernandez, Pacquiao?s personal trainer, indicated that the bespectacled Roach would be calling to confirm his arrival after he undergoes medical checkup in the United States. Fernandez has just arrived from Los Angeles where he accompanied Pacquiao’s younger brother, Philippine super featherweight champion and OPBF No. 1 ranked Bobby, train at Roach?s Wild Card Gym.
Last Saturday, Bobby Pacquiao made a victorios US debut, decisioning Mexican Oscar Villa-Arrieta in a Montebello, California card.
Fernandez informed that lawyer Michael Koncz, a close friend of Roach, arrived with them and immediately flew to General Santos City to meet up with the reigning people?s featherweight king.
Manny Pacquiao meantime buckled down to rigid training at Davao?s Almendras Gym where he began sparring with Philippine lightweight champion Fernando Montilla. Pacquiao motored to Davao City on Sunday after a light workout in his hometown of General Santos City. Pacquiao in an interview revealed that his other sparring partners are Arnel Porras and Chris Saluday.
Lito Mondejar of Team Pacquiao left for Davao on Friday bringing with him a new canvas for the training ring in Davao. Mondejar was scheduled to visit Cagayan de Oro City before going to Davao in time for Pacquiao?s training session yesterday.
Pacquiao’s business manager Rod Nazario, in a separate interview, said he would get Pacquiao to return to Manila once Roach arrives so he could train at the Wild Card Gym in BF Homes, Paranaque.
Pacquiao’s decision to move into serious training and Roach’s decision to fly to Manila indicated that they are not underestimating Fahsan 3K Battery while also looking ahead to the much-awaited February 26 rematch with WBA/IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
The manager of Fahsang 3K Battery Jimmy Chaichotchuang has said that his other featherweight, former IBF No.1 super bantamweight Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym who lost by a first round KO to Pacquiao in Davao City in October 2002 would defeat ?any featherweight in the world including WBA/IBF champion Juan Manuel Marquez? after Fahprakorb knocked out Ronald Kapughu of Indonesia in the second round of an IBF Pan Pacific featherweight title defense in Bangkok.
Chaichotchuang added, ?Manny Pacquiao will taste defeat when he meets my boxer Fahsang 3K Battery in Manila on December 11. I will then have the two best 126 pound boxers in the world. Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym and Fahsang 3K Battery.?
