MANILA, Philippines – Trainer Freddie Roach is very satisfied with how Manny Pacquiao's training camp has progressed with just over a week to go before the Filipino boxer defends his WBO welterweight belt against Chris Algieri in Macau.
Pacquiao spent the entirety of his training camp in his hometown of General Santos City, and aside from a brief break to play basketball in the PBA, it has been smooth sailing for the "Pacman" and his team.""It's a great training camp, one of the best we've ever had," Roach said. "From Day 1, it's been a great camp. Maybe one of our best camps ever.
" Roach reported that there have been "no problems whatsoever" during the camp and that Pacquiao's "fire" and "explosion" were present right from the start. "I love where Manny Pacquiao is right now," he said.
The trainer's primary concern now is getting the "Pacman" to slow down, as the boxer still wants to go full speed ahead even as Roach wants him to start tapering off. "I gotta worry about overdoing it right now," said Roach.
"He wants to go, go, go, and I want him to start slowing down and save for the fight." "We've already peaked right now, and we're maintaining it. We're going down in rounds, so the sparring is gonna be less and less," he added.
"We do have two more days of sparring left." "It will be more of going through the motions and going over the game plan.
" With Pacquiao in great shape and focused on his title defense, Roach doesn't foresee any problem on fight night. "He's 100 percent ready," said the trainer. "Algieri, you're over your head this time."
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