In Pac's Corner

The Pacman is back in Los Angeles after 5 weeks of close door training camp in Baguio City and Manila. Last night's episode of 24/7 was shockingly showing some footage of natural disaster that pummels the Philippines few weeks ago. There were also some scenes of trainer Freddie Roach convincing Manny to break training camps early due to the severe bad weather forecast from the news, even threatened to quit training camp should the fighter decide to stay. "My choice was the Vancouver for training camp and they said it rains up there too much and then they do have typhoons in the Philippines" stated by trainer Freddie Roach. Despite keep showing lack of urgency, Manny still look terrific on his training. And despite the chaos that shape up the boxing gym between conditioning coach Alex Ariza and adviser Michael Koncz, Manny still knock downs his bigger sparring partners twice during their sparring sessions.

"I told them to chill out you know and its a
little intense being in the Philippines with the typhoons and all that, a lot of chaos going on of course and were in the big fights eversince, it will not affect our training camp or whatsoever, me and Manny won't let that happen" added by the fame Freddie Roach.

You can't blame Freddie Roach for being so cautious about his fighter because Cotto is undeniably the biggest, strongest, toughest and most powerful world champion amongst all of Manny Pacquiao's previous opponents. Sure, managers and promoters can guide you, family and friends can support you for better or worst. But nobody is as important to a fighter as his trainer. Not even an "Errand boy" can replace the job of an experience fighter and trainer. It is the trainer who is with you on most lonely road in the middle of nowhere before the sun has peeked over the mountains, running with you, pushing you beyond exhaustion to exhilaration. It is the trainer who analyzes your opponent and designs your strategy. It is the trainer who runs your sparring sessions determining the number of rounds, the weapons in your arsenal to be tested and the sparring partners best suited to administer that test. It is the trainer who often works the mitts and wraps your hands, monitor your weight, keeps your mind focus and your body tuned. And when all the other members of entourage have exited the ring and the opening bell sounds, it is your trainer alone who will return to work your corner, keep your engine running, your spirits elevated and your game plan on track, reminding you to throw your jab, launch your hook and stay alert at all times. It is his voice you hear in the heat of battle, his advice you heed. To a trainer, every opponent is beatable, every round winnable and every punch thrown by the other fighter avoidable. When you win, your trainer is the first guy to hug you, when you lose, he's the last guy to leave you.

"We'll have no excuses by fight time. Win or Lose, I'm not in anyway blame Pacquiao" added by Freddie Roach.

Over the years, Manny Pacquiao had only 3 professional trainers, the last one being the hall of famer Freddie Roach, who saw Pacquiao's natural talent and style that makes a potential world champion. Some trainers will try to mold a fighter into their concept of a successful fighter. It's either case of a trainer feeling he knows better or wanting to stamp a fighter with his style so he can take full credit if they succeed. That is not the case for Freddie Roach. He didn't really changed Pacquiao style, he instead improved him into multi-dimensional fighter and taught additional tools to be the pound for pound best fighter in the world.