Share Two more world champion boxers are set to join Team Pacquiao’s ongoing training camp in Baguio City.
No less than World Boxing Association (WBA) junior welterweight champion Amir Khan and World Boxing Council (WBC) silver middleweight title holder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. are expected to arrive in the country this week.
The two world champions will join Mexican Michael Medina and Glen Tapia, who have sparred with Pacquiao, to help toughen up the Filipino southpaw for his November 13 fight against Antonio Margarito at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Freddie Roach, the four-time Trainer of the Year who’s supervising Pacquiao’s preparation for his 12-round bout against Margarito for the vacant WBC light middleweight title, informed sports scribes about Khan?s arrival after the world seven-division champion?s four-round sparring session against Medina last Saturday.
This was confirmed by Pacquiao’s Canadian adviser Michael Koncz and chief of staff Jayke Joson in a telephone interview with GMANews.TV.
Koncz said Khan was supposed to come two weeks ago but is now set to arrive sometime this week.
Joson added that Team Pacquiao expects Khan and Chavez to arrive by Thursday.
“They will spar with Pacquiao for maybe two weeks, then we’ll break camp on October 30 and head to the States for the final leg of preparation for the Margarito fight,” Joson said.
