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Roach: Pacquiao pain in leg insignificant

The minor pain Manny Pacquiao is feeling in his right leg is exactly that: insignificant.

Allaying fears that the aching appendage could alter Pacquiao?s progress — and ultimately, his fate on May 8 — renowned trainer Freddie Roach told www.mannypacquiao.ph that ?[the pain Pacquiao is feeling] is nothing serious.?

Named Best Trainer for 2003, Roach even revealed that when Pacquiao fought Marco Antonio Barrera in November last year, Pacquiao was experiencing ?pain in his right foot,? resulting from muscle tightness ?[probably] due to running up and down the mountain.?

With a little more than two weeks left before his ward attempts to annex the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Association featherweight titles from Juan Manuel Marquez (42-2-0) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Roach may not burn Pacquiao (38-2-1) in training.

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