The pain in his left leg no longer bothering him, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao snapped out of what conditioning expert Alex Ariza referred to as “a little bit of a slump as his leg was bothering him” and in ten rounds of sparring Tuesday “looked phenomenal.”
Ariza said Pacquiao started off with five rounds against Abdullai Amidu, the welterweight from Ghana who is undefeated in 18 fights with 17 wins by knockout and then took on Stevie Forbes for another five rounds.
The original plan was for Pacquiao to spar four rounds with Forbes but Ariza told us “it was Manny who asked for an extra round.”
Ariza said Pacquiao “moved well and looked great.” Ariza said he sat down and talked about ”a couple of things” with Pacquiao “including a couple of things we didn’t do that we did in the last camp (for the Miguel Cotto title fight) and I think we were just too lazy but hopefully we’ll have it taken care of by the time the fight comes” against former champion Joshua Clottey on March 13 at the $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium
Ariza said they did some different exercises focusing on the muscle in Pacquiao’s left leg that was bothering him and Pacquiao indicated that “everything was perfect today.” The conditioning guru said they are not going to stop the treatment .
Pacquiao ran on the track at the Los Angeles High School for the first time after treating his leg for a couple of days and although Manny said “it was a little tight we treated it again after running today and then we did some exercises and stretching before sparring and Manny said he was a hundred percent.”
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Source: boxingscene.com
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