Pacquiao enters crucial stage of traininghome/Sports/Top Sports/Pacquiao enters crucial stage of trainingA six-round sparring and four rounds with the mitts ended the lighter leg of WBA regular welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao’s preparedness program on Saturday at the Elorde Boxing Gym inside the Mall of Asia compound in Pasay City. Pacquiao just beg off completing his five-round sparring with world 15th ranked super-welterweight Tim Tszyu that day. The past three days of sparring since Tuesday last week, Manny has so far logged 15 rounds. He started the sparring sessions with four before the training team raised this quite abruptly to five on Thursday then six on Saturday. Also injected into the program, starting when Fortune flew in, was the plyometric exercises aimed at strengthening his muscles and improving his stamina.

Source: Manila Times June 09, 2019 16:17 UTC