Pacquiao's conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, said without irony that the strong rains and winds of Pepeng made Pacquiao to relax a bit.
"He has begun to overdo himself again," said Ariza, after giving Pacquiao a punishing obstacle course of exercises using a 20-pound medicine ball, a bench, dumb bells and a barbell handlebar.
He said this series of exercises was to strengthen Pacquiao. This set is given twice a week.
After this, Pacquiao has to do his abs crunches to strengthen his torso because Puerto Rican boxer, Miguel Cotto, whom he will fight for the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown on November 14 in Las Vegas, is a body puncher and Pacquiao has to tone that part of his body.
Pacquiao sparred with American lightweight Shawn Porter and former champion Jose Luis Castillo, who was flown here on Sunday by Pacquiao's business partner and friend, former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson.
Pacquiao sparred four rounds first with Porter and three rounds with Castillo, who is known as "El Terrible."
"He was getting better. And stronger," said Porter of Pacquiao.
Ariza said Pacquiao was not peaking sooner than they wanted to partly because of Pepeng, which devastated Baguio and the Cordillera.
"It did him good. We had some breaks in the morning and we were able to rest a bit," said Ariza.
"In the beginning of his training here, he was overdoing it. Last week, he was able to relax," he added.
Pacquiao apologized to the public for not being able to send his condolences to the typhoon victims in the city and in nearby La Trinidad, Benguet.
"I have only one month left in my training. I hope they understand," he said.
On October 3, Pacquiao left for Angono, Rizal, to help victims of tropical Storm "Ondoy" there. He returned to Baguio on Sunday night just in time to face the wrath of Pepeng.
This article is from sports.inquirer.net
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