Pacquiao Steps Up His Sparring

Writes BoxingScene.com’s Ronnie Nathanielsz:

“MANILA—Pound-for-pound king MANNY PACQUIAO is fast getting into the kind of shape he needs against Mexican ANTONIO MARGARITO in their WBC super welterweight title fight on Nov. 13 in Arlington, Texas.

“‘He was very good. A lot better and we have no problems,’ said American trainer Freddie Roach of Pacquiao, who went through 13 rounds on the punch mitts to cap another gruelling regimen yesterday.

“Team Pacquiao is scheduled to drive down Thursday evening after Pacquiao’s final sparring session at the Shape Up Gym in Baguio City where he will take on WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan and Michael Medina again.

“After going four rounds of sparring with Khan and three rounds each with Medina and Glen Tapia the other day, conditioning expert Alex Ariza said Pacquiao ‘looked good.'”
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