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Manny ends LA camp, motors to Vegas

By Abac Cordero

The Philippine Star 11/13/2006

 

LOS ANGELES — A heavy workout at the Wild Card Gym and a sing-along party at a nearby Thai restaurant highlighted Manny Pacquiao’s last day of training here in this cold City of Angels.

 

Pacquiao and his entourage of around 30 persons will travel four hours and 300 miles Sunday (Monday in Manila) to Las Vegas, the site of the highly-awaited fight against Mexico’s Erik Morales.

 

The 27-year-old Filipino boxer will hear morning mass at Christ the King Church in Hollywood area before taking off for Vegas where the weather has dipped to under 10 degrees over the last couple of days.

 

Pacquiao has been in LA for almost two months now and has practically spent each day running like wild in the morning and working it out at the Hollywood gym owned by his trainer Freddie Roach.

 

Saturday’s workout at the expanded gym also served as Pacquiao’s last day of sparring against taller and heavier Mexican fighters David Rodela and Jorge Padilla.

 

Before dozens of fans, Pacquiao had three rounds with Padilla and two with Rodela. Heavy punches were thrown both ways with Pacquiao, at times, allowing himself to get beat.

 

"You’re taking too much Manny," someone from among the crowd shouted as Pacquiao was pinned by Padilla on the ropes, and took heavy punches to the body.

 

But Pacquiao simply laughed it off as he headed back to his corner.

 

In the third round, he poured it out against Padilla, unleashing several flurries that often hit their mark and sent the 5-foot-9 Mexican reeling until trainer Buboy Fernandez called "time."

 

The crowd clapped with approval as the session ended.

 

Overall, Pacquiao had around 150 rounds of sparring, probably the most he’s had in recent fights. He will no longer spar in the final week heading to the match and will simply go through the motions.

 

"We really doubled our efforts in training for this fight. That’s why I feel so fine. This is the hardest training I’ve ever had. I’m ready. So, Let’s get it on," said Pacquiao.

 

The 27-year-old boxer took a while before emerging from the dressing room, and leaving the gym, but needed two hours to get out of the Nat’s Thai Food, his favorite place for lunch.

 

After filling himself with grilled pink salmon, vegetable and rice with friends and team members, Pacquiao turned on the music. He played the guitar and sang his favorite tunes with his composer Lito Camo.

 

There was no stopping Pacquiao who simply had a very good time. He looked so relax performing at the small restaurant that was later packed by Filipino fans based here in LA.

 

Pacquiao left the restaurant shortly after 4 p.m., boarding his two-seater, top-down Mercedes SL 550 with Demi Dizon, a very close friend from Manila.

 

Pacquiao was smiling as he drove off. Cool and confident.

 

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200611131602.htm

[xycho_g]

more pressure on pacquiao as alcano wins the world pool championship...

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Manny’s power, speed awe Mexican sparmate

 

The Philippine Star 11/14/2006

 

LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao, according to one of his Mexican sparring partners, will be very hard to beat when he climbs the ring against Erik Morales next week in Las Vegas.

 

"He moves quickly and is very, very effective. I know he’s fighting at 130 pounds but he punches like a middleweight," said David "Dangerous" Rodela Friday at the Wild Card Gym here.

 

Rodela, at 5-foot-9 and 140 lbs much taller and heavier than Pacquiao, just finished two rounds of sparring with the hard-hitting Filipino at the Wild Card Gym when approached by Pinoy scribes.

 

Pacquiao’s other sparring partner is Jorge Padilla, another Mexican who is just as tall and heavy as Rodela.

 

Rodela said what’s nicer about Pacquiao is his agility on the ring.

 

"He really has the speed to go with it. He moves from side to side, very in and out and very technical. And he wastes no punches. His condition? I’ve never seen anybody in this condition before.

 

"I know he’s going to win," added Rodela, a pro boxer with a ring record of six wins, a loss and two draws with four knockouts. He’s fighting as a super-lightweight, two divisions higher than Pacquiao.

 

Morales, according to Rodela, is just as good or even better when it comes to boxing skills.

 

"Morales is good and he has the distance but he’s more of a boxer. I don’t think he has the power to knock out Pacquiao. I know he has the skills to hurt but not to knock him down," Rodela added.

 

Any predictions?

 

"I don’t think there’s gonna be any knockdowns. I think it’s going to the scorecards. That’s my personal opinion. They both have the skills. But for me it’s Pacquiao." — Abac Cordero

 

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200611141604.htm

[shafeeq96]

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[tobats04]

good luck kay Pacman.. tuloy-tuloy na yan

[SoulMTC]

sugod pacman~!!!!!!

 

(sino kakanta ng pambansang awit?)

[clubber_lang]

ugong-ugong is Sarah Geronimo...

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Fight odds make Manny uneasy

By Abac Cordero

The Philippine Star 11/15/2006

 

LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao isn’t too happy being tagged as the overwhelming favorite.

 

Or at least, that’s the way he sounded.

 

"Sobra naman ang tiwala nila sa akin (They’re putting too much trust on me)," said Pacquiao Monday, the day the odds on his upcoming fight against Erik Morales continued to soar to his favor.

 

From -210 Sunday evening, Pacquiao is now -220 at Sports Book, the official and state-of-the-art betting station in this luminous city of 24-hour parties and non-stop entertainment.

 

It means that a straight bet of $220 on a Pacquiao win would win just $100. On the other side, Morales is at +190 in that a $100 bet would net $190, a dividend as handsome as the Mexican fighter.

 

When the Sports Book betting opened a few days back, the 27-year-old Pacquiao was already the clear favorite. He was -185 while the 30-year-old Morales was at +165.

 

There are a more than dozen betting propositions for the 12-round fight scheduled Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center. It’s the third and decisive fight between the two.

 

Sports fans can also place bets that the fight will go 12 rounds (-155) or that it won’t go 12 rounds (+135). With only five days before the fight, there are more who believe that the fight would last the distance.

 

People can also bet on Morales winning by decision (5/2) or knockout (4/1), Pacquiao by decision (7/5) or knockout (2/1), and if the fight would end up in a draw where the odds are biggest at 12/1.

 

Then there’s the round-by-round proposition with either Morales or Pacquiao winning via knockout in the first round, all the way to the second, third, fourth, fifth and so on.

 

The odds of Morales winning by KO in the first three rounds are 25/1 and for Pacquiao it’s 20/1 under the same scenario.

 

Pacquiao, who also played the role of the favorite in his first two meetings with Morales, said it doesn’t really matter what the oddsmakers say before the fight.

 

"Papel lang kasi ito eh (This is just a piece of paper)," said Pacquiao as he held the latest print-out of the Sports Book betting guide for Saturday’s blockbuster fight.

 

He said everything becomes even the moment the fighters climb the ring.

 

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/NEWS200611151603.htm

[Stephen A.]

malapit na 'to...

kabado kaya si pacquiao?...

[Mr KIM]

the money pacman will get in this fight kakabahan sya coz

he will have a hard time counting them on his way to the bank

and sure ako after this bout rebulto sa may luneta sunod nito

 

kawawa si binay di na naman lilibot sa makati

si pacman

[Mandrake]

malapit na 'to...

kabado kaya si pacquiao?...

 

Kabado lahat pati mga pupusta sa laban. Dehado si Morales. He checked in at

the hotel in Vegas weighing 136 lbs. If this were true, he would have to bring his

weight down again for Friday's weigh-in.

[adriane888]

Kabado lahat pati mga pupusta sa laban. Dehado si Morales. He checked in at

the hotel in Vegas weighing 136 lbs. If this were true, he would have to bring his

weight down again for Friday's weigh-in.

This is a good news for pacman's fans..

 

Laban pacman..

 

Sino kaya kakanta sa laban ni pacman.. sana di na sintunado.. pero okay lang sintunado basta swerte ka pacman..

[Mirage_hankvoyager]

Guys, do u think Pacquiao can knock out Morales again... If ever, in what round???

 

Make a wild guess.... :cool:

[T.T.]

bro, liitan mo font mo, para kang sumisigaw.

 

I have this strange feeling that somebody will get knocked out, I just don't know if it will be Pacman or Morales

[lover_bong]

:mtc: abs _ cbn ba ang local tv na mag broad cast?? o sino ba me magandang puso jan na magbibigay nang tiket sa sm ..wat time ba coverage sa mga local na mag papalabas? galing kasi ako sa mars kabababa ko lang space ship up date nyo naman ako guys.. :mtc: