Ni Eddie Alinea
LOS ANGELES, CA – Handa na ang isip at katawan ni Manny Pacquiao para sa duwelo kay Tim Bradley.
At para hindi ma-burnt out ang eight-division world champion, sinabi ni hall-of-famer trainer Freddie Roach na binigyan niya ng day off si Pacman para makasama ang pamilya sa pamamasyal at kasiyahan.
“Manny needs a bit of rest after a hard day’s work Thursday when he engaged his mates to a no-nonsense sparring, which by far was the best since we arrived here from Manila,” pahayag ng 56-anyos an si Roach.
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“No, I’m not worried at all ‘cause I know he’ll be back tomorrow and like before, he’ll kill himself in the scheduled skirmishes,” aniya.
“As we’ve been saying, Manny’s already in peak form and can easily adjust to whatever glitch that may occur from now until we leave for Las Vegas. “
Pinagpahinga ni Roach si Pacman matapos bugbugin ang dalawang sparring mate na sina Congolese-Canadian Ghislain Maduma at American Lydell Rhode sa kanilang sparring session nitong Biyernes sa Wild Card gym.
Humataw din si Pacman sa kanyang running workout sa bulubunduking Griffith Hills.
Nakatakdang harapin ni Pacquiao si American Timothy Bradley sa non-title bout sa Abril 9, sa MGM Grand .
Ayon kay Roach, magbabalik sila sa light training sa Lunes.
Kinatigan ni conditioning coach Justin Fortune ang desisyon ni Roach na bigyan ng pahinga si Pacman para mapanatili ang kondisyon ng kanyang pangangatawan at kaisipan.
“What we are avoiding at this stage of the run up to the day of the fight is acquiring an injury that might jeopardized the gains we accomplished in the camp,” sambit ni Fortune.
Ikinatuwa naman ni Fred Sternburg, Top Rank media relations ang pamamasyal ni Pacman kasama ang pamilya.
“Manny’s been working hard the past several weeks and Freddie was right in giving him the needed respite,” pahayag ni Sternburg.
“We’ve known Manny for so long and we know he’ll recover immediately with the delay in training.”
